A team-up of engineers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Makeyev State Rocket Center in Miass, Russia has developed a new model of wind turbine for home use.
The turbine, which will be produced by company Wind Sail, is a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) to be used as generator for off-the-grid and distributed-grid systems.…
Japanese city streets will soon have solar powered lights. Sharp Corporation is launching the new light, which combines a new type of solar cells with high-intensity LED lights.
The “Lumiwall” street light will be marketed from mid September at a retail price of 500,000 Yen ($4,000).…
The Eco- marathon we previewed last week was a close contest between ‘Inspiration’ and ‘Team Green’ on Sunday at the
Grampian Transport Museum in Scotland. Team Green took the lead after the first run with Inspiration not far behind.
Inspiration in action
They both improved in the second run as Inspiration closed the gap and finally went into the lead on the third run.…
Former Crosby Stills Nash and Young singer, Neil Young chose soya oil to power his 2004 USA tour. The singer was escorted by a fleet of biodiesel powered vans and buses.
Biodiesel is the fastest-growing fuel alternative in the USA. Army and school buses now run on this cleaner fuel in some parts of the country. …
The lightest, smallest cars in the world will be competing this weekend in a strange car race in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Hydrogen car Gh2ost and its driver
Teams from all over the planet will drive their vehicles around a 10-mile track during the Scottish round of the Eco-marathon, an annual fuel economy competition organised by Shell Global Solutions programme.…
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We have done a deal to get our readers the best possible price on a great little powerpack that will convert solar energy into trickle charge electricity.…
Careful planning can decrease the amount of energy consumption of an off-grid building — a key issue if you don’t want to maintain a shed full of batteries. A house built with energy efficiency in mind can consume as little as a tenth of the average grid connected house! Here are things to consider:
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Houses on the banks of New York’s East River might soon be powered by a new kind of electricity.
Six electricity turbines will be plunged into the East River in September this year this will be the first tide-powered turbine farm in the world.
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Actor Dennis Weaver is doing more than just talking about energy conservation. He created his own environmental consultancy and is regularly seen driving off from his Earthship house (made of recycled tyres) in an hybrid car
Weaver and engineers in front of hydrogen-powered cobra…
Approval’s been given for more relaxed planning permissions for wind farms and other renewable energy projects.
The government’s plan to increase renewable energy was under threat because of difficulties in gaining planning permission at the moment it takes nearly 1 year for the average wind farm planning application to be accepted.…
Oil giant BP have a strategy of enlisting celebs to back their green energy program. Actors Daryl Hannah, Pierce Brosnan and Danny DeVito are part of the program, which will provide solar energy systems for 25 low-income families this year.
Daryl Hannah…
Washington (AP)
Oil prices could rise as high as $50 per barrel before the year is up, analysts said, as the world’s growing thirst for crude stretches supplies thin and uncertainty abounds in petroleum-producing nations.…
