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Desk "slide Lamp," Saves Energy
May 10 2012 03:15 AM | eds in Green Energy
Lined with a series of LEDs that light up in sequence, . . . as the user moves the slider control upwards or downwards. This allows the user to customize the intensity of the illumination, . . . according to their needs and save energy as well. Sour...
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World’S First Solar-Powered Helicopter
Apr 12 2013 09:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Queen Mary University of London's, 7 Masters students create "SolarCopter." Source: SolarCopter
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1,000+ Mpg Cars Built By Teens.
Apr 05 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Green Energy
Wow! If they can do it, why can't these ideas be incorporated into regular cars? Story via Grist. http://grist.org/lis...les-per-gallon/
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Southeast Asia’S Largest Solar Plant
Sep 29 2012 02:05 AM | eds in Green Energy
44-megawatt project, called ‘Sunny Bangchak,’ . . . located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, 40 kilometers outside Bangkok, Thailand. it would reduce the need to import about . . . 40,000 tons of coal and . . . mitigate 32,000 tons of carbon dioxide emi...
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Doller A Gallon Gas, For Life
May 28 2012 12:10 AM | eds in Green Energy
“How would you like to drive on a fuel that costs the equivalent of a buck-a-gallon?”
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Led Lights
Mar 20 2012 04:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Albeo Technologies is the first company, . . . to bring the advantages of energy efficient LED. . . . Albeo’s High Bay LED Lights provide up to 95% energy savings . . . compared to fluorescent or metal halide (HID). Source: albeotech caterpillar
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Solar Power + Chip Packets = Clean Water
Sep 30 2014 05:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
780 million people still don’t have access to safe and clean water for: . . . . . . Drinking, . . . . . . Cooking, or . . . . . . Washing. 1.5 million people, mostly children, die every year, . . . from consuming untreated or contaminated water. But,...
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Solarcity Acquired Zep Solar
Sep 16 2014 08:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
SolarCity acquired Zep Solar, a railless mounting system, for $158 million in stock. Zep's system makes the solar panel itself part of the racking hardware, . . . via a specially grooved frame, eliminating rails and . . . using the module fra...
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Evs And Solar Power – Go Together
Apr 25 2013 11:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
A 1.5kW solar system will provide enough energy to run an . . . EV for 17,500kms per annum . . . (based on 4kWh’s per day/kW installed and 8kms/kWh). A 3kW solar system, operating at 80% output (due to temperature, cloud, dust etc) . . . will provide...
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$600-$1,500 Electric Vehicle
Apr 26 2012 03:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Beijing, China's, 3 wheel car is very popular, and . . . you don't even need a license to drive one. It sold in the USA for $20,000.- back in 2008. . . . Today it's $25,000.- Source: evworld inhabitat greenvehicles
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Warren Buffett’S Wind Farms
Oct 13 2014 02:55 AM | eds in Green Energy
Warren Buffet’s energy investment vehicle MidAmerican Energy. . . . is investing $280 million more, . . . into Iowa wind farms. Altogether, by the end of next year, . . . MidAmerican will have been responsible for the development of around . . ....
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Largest Wind Turbine In World
Jan 28 2014 09:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
On Tuesday the world’s largest and most powerful wind turbine, swung into gear at . . . the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild. The prototype V164 wind turbine is . . . . . . 720 feet tall, . . . . . . 260-foot blades, an...
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China: Electric Cars
Sep 07 2014 11:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
China has set a target of having, . . . 5,000,000 new energy vehicles on the streets by 2020. 09-07-2014 Source: China: Electric Cars
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Mexico’S Solar Energy Doubles?
Jul 01 2012 02:05 AM | eds in Green Energy
Mexico with 400 TW of solar radiation a year, . . . only has 6 MW of solar energy capacity installed, . . . but is aiming for 12 MW by the end of the year. Source: Mexico's solar energy
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Our Polluted World – An Infographic
Oct 03 2011 07:30 PM | Hayden in Green Energy
Info graphic with interesting facts about pollution around the world from Reusethisbag.com...
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This Year In Solar—Visualized
Dec 11 2013 03:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
2013: What is the status of Solar in U.S. 2013-12-10 Source: infographic (click on to enlarge)
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Arpa-E To Host Workshop On “Transportation Beha...
Feb 16 2012 09:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
This workshop will explore approaches that combine behavioral economics; consumer marketing; recent technology advances (such as smartphones and social networking); and large-scale data processing and analysis to give consumers more options for their p...
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400-Megawatt Offshore #wind Farm
May 24 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Rhode Island, . . . selected Deepwater Wind, to develop a . . . 400-megawatt, proposal . . . in federal waters far off the coast. 5-24-2018 Source: 400-megawatt offshore #wind farm
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Is It Energy’S Turn Now?
Jun 26 2010 12:00 AM | Hayden in Green Energy
With the overhaul of financial regulation nearing completion, some Democrats are hoping that Congress can turn to the next big legislative challenge – energy and climate change. There is no consensus yet what such legislation should include, but the...
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Wind: Washington State’S Energy Storage
Jan 19 2015 06:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
3 Wind Farms, in Washington state, will have, . . . Modular Energy Storage Architecture (MESA) 1 project, . . . two 1-MW, 500-MWhr lithium-ion battery based systems at one substation. This is the first of 4 energy projects, . . . that Washington state...
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Texas Solar: A ‘Default’ Generation Resource
Sep 01 2014 02:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
Texas is fast becoming the national leader in renewable energy power generation. . . . The Lone Star state is the nation’s leader in wind, with more than . . . 12 Gigawatts (GW) of wind power already on their power grid. . . . And with this resolution...
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Laundry: Save Water, Time And Energy
Aug 25 2013 10:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
Laundry Pod a portable, human-powered machine that saves: . . . energy, . . . water and . . . money. The device uses a hand crank instead of electricity, . . . requiring only a few minutes of work to wash a load of laundry Source: Laundry Pod
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Help Solve Solar’S Big Challenge: Soft Costs
Dec 16 2013 07:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
New research shows that the non-hardware “soft costs” of a solar energy system, . . . now account for up to 64% of the total price of installation in the United States. DOE SunShot announced $10 million to fund outside-of-the-box ideas, . . . to s...
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Electric Mini-Truck
May 02 2012 01:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Tata ACE electric commercial vehicle, . . . unveiled at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, . . . is designed in 4 derivatives; . . . . . . Chassis Cab, . . . . . . Drop Side Mini Truck, . . . . . . Box van and . . . . . . Tipper with opt...
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“The Greenest Town In New Hampshire”
Jun 23 2016 05:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
Located in the U.S.A.. Northeast, . . . .Peterborough, New Hampshire became, . . . “The Greenest Town in New Hampshire” in late 2015 after it turned on a . . . 1-MW solar array that will power its: . . . . . . Townhouse, . . . . . . Fire station, and ....
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