Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun's rays were strongest. Now researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research ...
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Ambitious plans for a civic wind energy scheme in Preston are moving forward with the appointment of engineering and design consultancy, Hyder Consulting (UK). As a specialist in wind and renewable energy projects, Hyder will be advising ...
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Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel ...
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Can one person accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles? Sure, if he's Elon Musk. But what about one more typical person, who doesn't run a car company? Sven Thesen thinks that answer is yes. He calls himself an EV evangelist and ...
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Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd has outlined plans to put panels on just over 44 acres of land off Somerton Door Drove. The company submitted a request to South Somerset District Council relating to the proposed solar farm. It wanted to ...
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French supplier of industrial gases and services Air Liquide is set to expand its filling stations business for hydrogen-powered cars. This move by the company is in response to the demand for the vehicles. These vehicles emit only water ...
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Choosing and installing the right kind of overcurrent protection is becoming more important as projects increase in size and power, says Tony Garlinge-Warren, applications engineer at Eaton's Bussmann business. News that cumulative PV ...
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Natural gas and renewables will power country's economic growth Natural gas and renewable energy are poised for boom times in China over the coming decades, and they'll be key factors in the development of the nation's economy, a global ...
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The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV joins a new generation of production vehicles embarking on an alternative-fuels crusade in the coming years. PHEV, which stands for Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle, is essentially the next evolution of hybrid ...
Taiwan-based photovoltaic (PV) conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials will establish a 5MWp PV system in Palau, with power purchase agreement to be signed with Palau Public Utilities Corp (PPUC) by the end of 2013 and completion of the ...
Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France says that renewable-energy power plant developer Focusic New Energy Holding Co Ltd of Zhengzhou, China has secured a loan for 200m Yuan (about $32.7m) from the China ...
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This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting Coloradoans to participate in one of 11 "listening sessions" that the agency is conducting around the country to solicit ideas about the best ways to reduce carbon emissions ...
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Every once and a while an idea comes along that just so simple yet brilliant that it makes a boatload of common sense. Take this gem of an idea for instance. A UK company called Oxford Photovoltaics, (a commercial offshoot from the Oxford ...
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The Switch introduces new game-changing drive train technology to the shipbuilding sector. The Switch, a Finnish manufacturer of permanent magnet motors, generators and converters, announced today the launch of its next-generation drive ...
Tags: Transportation, Shipbuilding, logistics
Now a day's pollution, global warming, melting of ice is the very serious and challenging question for every country. So firstly we have to solve that and concentrate that what is the exact result behind it. The main reason behind this all ...
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