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Nov 23, 2011 10:31AM
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Nov 21, 2011 4:03PM
In this Cleantech Cluster Weekly Spotlight, Contributor Angela Guss discusses the New England Clean Energy Council's work.
Nov 17, 2011 8:39PM
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Nov 11, 2011 12:17PM
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Nov 07, 2011 4:58PM
In a move to help curb costs and expand sustainability efforts, the city of Stamford Connecticut is switching to energy-efficient LED streetlights. The move will save the municipality more than $146,0...
Nov 07, 2011 3:32PM
After lowering guidance for the year and letting it's CEO go because of industry pricing pressure, First Solar (Nasdaq:FSLR) announced it would accelerate efforts to raise module and manufacturin...
Nov 01, 2011 9:05PM
Moving back to my native New Zealand this year, I had the chance to try a different kind of heating system for our house here. One of the most intriguing technologies I'm hearing about here is so...
Oct 31, 2011 4:29PM
In this Cleantech Cluster Weekly Spotlight, Brianna Panzica discusses the work of UK CEED.
Oct 27, 2011 12:06AM
Chris Huhne, Energy Secretary has set out his proposals on giving energy consumers more protection and suggests more powers of enforcement to Ofgem.With the implementation of the EU Third Package meas...
Oct 21, 2011 6:45PM
Apple has always been seen as the leader in technical innovation of the IT sector. Now Apple seems to getting involved in more than just IT: hydrogen fuel cells…
Oct 20, 2011 8:30PM
By Ashley McCormack, BlueGreen AllianceRecently, the Pew Charitable Trusts hosted a conference at Stanford University entitled Accelerating Clean Energy: A Forum on the Intersection of Innovation and ...
Oct 17, 2011 7:30PM
By Peter Lehner, Natural Resources Defense CouncilWhen the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in 2010, we all watched in horror as oil gushed unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico. Cleanup crews flocked to...
Oct 17, 2011 3:31PM
Follow the yellow brick road - between the site of London's 2012 Olympics and Europe's largest mall - as you walk on it, you'll create electricity.
Oct 13, 2011 8:00PM
Google Green is one, so is Tesla Motors. They are just two of the 19 California clean tech companies who will be awarded 2011 “Game Changer of the Year Awards” by Grow-California for their...
Oct 06, 2011 11:30PM
By Bob Keefe, Natural Resources Defense CouncilIn a previous life, I was a technology reporter who covered a company called Apple Inc. and a guy named Steve Jobs. I was lucky enough to be there in San...
Oct 03, 2011 2:52PM
Guest contributor Brianna Panzica discusses the work of the MaRS Discovery district.
Sep 30, 2011 2:58PM
Innovations in quantum dot solar cells may reduces costs while improving performance. Next time someone needs an extra PV panel, they might think about bringing along a spray can so they can create th...
Sep 30, 2011 2:51PM
With potentiallaptops powered by typing and watches powered by moving one's arm, energy harvesting is a growing field with a number of cool products. In Japan, Murata Manufacturing is firmly on ...
Sep 28, 2011 3:58PM
According to some reports, only 16% of Japan's energy is generated domestically, but being located on the ring of fire, Japan is considered the third country in the world with the most geological...
Sep 28, 2011 3:51PM
Penn State University researchers have recently demonstrated a system that produces <strong>hydrogen</strong> from water. Nothing fancy so far. What's interesting is that they use sal...
Sep 27, 2011 10:48PM
Scientists have recently developed a new “smart” window system that, according to them, is capable of reflecting the sun’s rays away during summer time and turn completely transparen...
Sep 27, 2011 10:37PM
A team of professors and students from the Okayama Graduate School of Science and Technology led by Professor Naoshi Ikeda has built a unique solar cell that uses an iron oxide substrate instead of si...
Sep 21, 2011 2:34PM
A team of researchers from the Scientific and Production Association in Uzbekistan have succeeded transforming sunlight into laser light in a fashion that outperforms all the other similar projects th...
Sep 19, 2011 7:25PM
Administered by Ofgem, the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme is a fixed, index-linked income paid to organisations for each kWh of heat produced by renewable technologies such as biomass boilers o...
Sep 15, 2011 7:00PM
By Teryn Norris, Americans for Energy LeadershipOn Tuesday, a group of the nation’s most formidable business leaders — including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Bank of America Chairman C...
Sep 14, 2011 7:08PM
Japan’s FC-R&D has recently released a home energy system called ZEEP24 that uses naturally-sourced energy in a form of hydrogen, water and sunlight. With this system, electricity is generat...
Sep 14, 2011 6:49PM
Researchers at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in collaboration with those from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have announced a new discovery regarding the production of solar power....
Sep 14, 2011 6:06PM
Now this is not our typical green scientific breakthrough, but it may one day change the way we consume energy and improve electric motors for good. This is about a team from the University of Tufts, ...
Sep 12, 2011 3:38PM
Guest contributor Brianna Panzica discusses the work of the Akron Global Business Accelerator.
Sep 03, 2011 5:00PM
Students in Massachusetts are in the midst of coming up with what could become the latest
Aug 01, 2011 2:50PM
This week contributor Angela Guss looks at one of the founding members of GCCA, CleanTECH San Diego, operating in one of America's greenest cities.
Jul 13, 2011 5:00PM
In this edition of the Green Tech Regional Report, we’re looking at plant-shaped solar panels, vehicular innovation, and national policies. We’ll start off on a national scale. On July 7, ...
Jul 01, 2011 8:30PM
When looking into America’s future, one thing is clear-energy matters.The
Jul 01, 2011 2:00PM
Internet giant Google has done much in recent years to show its dedication to clean energy. In fact, just in the last few months, Google has thrown its philanthropic arms around renewable energy to th...
Jun 12, 2011 12:05AM
David Cameron has recently announced his plan to introduce Technology and Innovation Centres throughout the UK. The Technology Strategy Board will be leading the project and has published a report out...
Jun 05, 2011 3:00PM
The United Kingdom already has a thing or two going on the realm of offshore marine power. The U.K. Department for Business Innovation
May 27, 2011 3:45PM
The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE)
May 09, 2011 5:17PM
Evolution inspires. And it has inspired some computer science researchers from the University of Adelaide and MIT to find out how to better place wind turbines in order to maximize their productivit...
May 06, 2011 8:00PM
Cal State Long Beach has chosen an electric motocross bicycle called the EMXB as the winner of its 2011 Innovation Challenge. Built by mechanical engineering seniors David Pearce, Rogelio Rosas, and D...
Apr 21, 2011 4:04PM
Will we continue to fund new, renewable energy research as President Obama suggests, or take a step back and de-fund alternative energy research under the guise of deficit reduction as Congressional R...
Apr 13, 2011 6:15PM
This time last year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department
Apr 03, 2011 5:30PM
Not so long ago, we brought you the new Jump direct luminaire lighting system from Phillips. Now the company would have you know that this innovative LED track lighting system (developed for
Mar 30, 2011 5:35PM
Princeton-based startup Proterro has announced the development of a technology that can produce sugar, the main source for <strong>ethanol</strong>, by using engineered cyanobacteria, pho...
Mar 30, 2011 4:28PM
Today, the heavily (52-28) Democratic majority in the California Assembly voted easily to approve, by 59 to 19, one of the most ambitious renewable energy programs in the world, joined by several Cali...
Mar 30, 2011 4:20PM
A French company, Wysips, has developed a way to charge your cell phone, e-book, tablet, or similar device without having to plug it in to anything. Not only that, but it’s technology would only...
Mar 29, 2011 3:00PM
The many office parks of the Silicon Valley hold a myriad of technology firms large and small trying to make a name for themselves in the annals of history. There are obvious giants like Apple and HP,...
Mar 29, 2011 3:00PM
The many office parks of the Silicon Valley hold a myriad of technology firms large and small trying to make a name for themselves in the annals of history. There are obvious giants like Apple and HP,...
Mar 28, 2011 8:04PM
MIT professor Daniel Nocera, the inventor of a type of electrolysis that mimics the plants photosynthesis, and Ratan Tata, the CEO of the Indian Tata group, have signed a funding agreement allowing...
Mar 28, 2011 6:53PM
Algae Screen, a new technology that can help oil algae growth much easier by killing microscopic predators, without the use of chemicals, has been announced today by Origin Oil. The company's ...
Mar 22, 2011 5:34PM
The cattle growing activity has been associated for some time with increased greenhouse gas emissions, such as nitrous oxide. Grazed pastures have been studied and their increased nitrous oxide emi...
Mar 14, 2011 5:36PM
A new technology that could bring an increase in solar cell efficiency has been presented by Purdue researchers. They use an ultra-fast pulsing laser which creates “microchannels” needed t...
Mar 14, 2011 5:33PM
All of the LEDs you see in every device that you put your hands on is made with precious sapphire rock - artificially grown one, but still an expensive material to work with. A new technology devel...
Mar 14, 2011 5:29PM
Japan-based OS Co. Ltd has revealed its latest invention in the field of solar panels. The company has developed a portable power generation system called “Mobile Solar Unit GSR-110B” that...
Mar 08, 2011 12:08AM
Samsung has recently revealed a transparent 46-inch LCD screen powered by solar energy. It is an upgraded model of a see-through LCD panel showed at the SID 2010 in Seattle, in May last year.
Mar 07, 2011 10:33PM
The Swedish tidal energy device developer Minesto has revealed its latest technology using underwater kites to produce clean electricity. Unlike other similar systems, the new technology, called Deep ...
Mar 05, 2011 4:57AM
SiGNa Chemistry Inc has created a kind of a battery that can be recharged with water. At first sight, there’s something fishy with their mobile-H2 in the sense that it only needs water to operat...
Mar 05, 2011 4:24AM
Argentinean designer Francisco Tablado has recently designed an autonomous power unit dubbed NEWEN that taps into green electricity for all of your power needs while camping. It is also capable of pro...
Mar 02, 2011 6:36PM
Belonging to the family of the world’s lightest solids, a new material invented by two researchers from the University of Central Florida, Assoc. Prof. Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianhu...
Mar 02, 2011 6:30PM
Israel-based Solaris Synergy and French EDF Group are planning to develop a new system of floating solar panels, called AQUASUN, that has the possibility of being installed on the surface of existing ...
Mar 02, 2011 6:24PM
After in late 2010 the petrol capital of Houston has been announced the recipient of a $10 million investment in electric car recharging networks, it's not Chicago's turn, as utility Exelon,...
Mar 02, 2011 2:25PM
Innovative tidal power technology given Carbon Trust funding The Carbon Trust has awarded £350,000 funding for Minesto UK to carry out operational testing for its tidal power technology in North...
Mar 02, 2011 2:22PM
Renewable energy technologies must be developed alongside CCS technology if they are to succeed within the market, one expert has claimed. Dr Jeff Chapman, chief executive of the CCSA, said the UK...
Mar 02, 2011 1:44PM
Vertical axis turbines have the potential to reduce the cost of generating power from offshore wind in some circumstances, a new study has concluded.
Mar 02, 2011 11:55AM
Phone’s copper ‘skin’ takes on the warm glow of its ownerIt's one of the great irritations of our time. You set off and realise that your mobile phone is almost out of battery. ...
Feb 28, 2011 5:26PM
A University of Arizona engineering team led by Roger Angel has designed a new type of solar concentrator that uses half the area of solar (PV) cells used by other optical devices and delivers a ...
Feb 25, 2011 10:50PM
The term of “co-generation” is often heard in the crowds of biofuel scientists and generally burnable fuels, because it provides both heat and electricity, through an intermediate mechanis...
Feb 24, 2011 2:41AM
High performance single-crystalline solar cells have historically been expensive, mostly due to the materials used in the manufacturing process. A Santa Clara, CA, startup company, Crystal Solar, has ...
Feb 24, 2011 2:35AM
Researchers around the world are trying to find new methods to improve the lithium-ion batteries used to store energy for electric cars. The units may one day be used to power more than just cars.
Feb 24, 2011 2:23AM
Darwen-based Bakewell Ovens is the only supplier world-wide of bakery ovens that use biomass technology in a unique, integrated design that saves energy, reduces carbon footprints and brings up to 5...
Feb 21, 2011 2:46PM
Cement is one of the most important CO2 emitters, accounting for 5% of the world’s total man-made emissions. Producing 1 ton of Portland cement, for example, outputs 800 kilograms of carbon diox...
Feb 21, 2011 2:15PM
Do you remember Eric Jacqmain, who built his “Death Ray,” a solar concentrator that was able to melt everything that stood in its path? Well, Solar Beam, a Canadian company now produces so...
Feb 18, 2011 10:59PM
eIQ Energy's Parallel Solar technology achieves significant wiring savings at new solar power installation in California. A Bee Safe Storage facility in Murrieta, Calif. has selected eIQ Energy&...
Feb 17, 2011 9:25PM
RainPerfect is a solar-powered pump for use with rain barrels. The RainPerfect pump system enables homeowners to more fully utilize off-grid water harvested in rain barrels by providing enough pressur...
Feb 17, 2011 7:29PM
Tuning existing solar cells so they run at their best is the hardest thing to do next to creating new ones, with the most advanced technology to date. HyperSolar, a company specialized in building sol...
Feb 17, 2011 2:27PM
Will kitchens become the new gas stations?What do you do with the food left on your plate at the end of the meal? For many of us, the answer is a guilty shrug: it goes straight in the bin. All those l...
Feb 17, 2011 12:05PM
The Alternative Agenda : Natural Gas Makes Enemies; Masdar To Build Second Solar Power Plant; Obama Budget Pushes Energy Innovation. Environmental groups want to extinguish the ardor many are feeling ...
Feb 15, 2011 7:51PM
Greenearth Solar Energy, a subsidiary of Greenearth Energy, along with its major shareholder Advance Publicity, have agreed to establish a demonstration site of high concentration photovoltaic an...
Feb 15, 2011 3:44PM
Sharp Corp has recently unveiled an LED device that has a luminous efficiency of 91 lumens/Watt with an input power of about 25W, being used for lighting purposes. According to the company, the ...
Feb 15, 2011 1:00PM
In 2007, the America Competes Act created a new agency called ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects-Energy) in order to fund and foster breakthrough energy technologies. Staffed on a temporary basis by s...
Feb 11, 2011 8:29PM
A group of undergraduate students at Cornell University has conceived a device that can harness wind-induced vibrations into electricity through the piezoelectric effect. The Vibro-Wind Research Group...
Feb 11, 2011 8:21PM
Inspired by a cold-war ultra secret Russian invention, the Ekranoplan, Jaron Dickson, an Australian designer has designed a hydrogen-powered boat that can hover above the water at astonishing speeds b...
Feb 11, 2011 7:56PM
Scientists at Xylofuel LLC, a startup from Columbia, MD, discovered microorganisms that convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to alcohols and hydrocarbons similar to the components of gasoline. The gase...
Feb 11, 2011 7:45PM
Over the past years, several companies have been invented technologies which allows see-thru windows to be converted into solar panels. These have included Octillion’s NanoPower window, EnSol&rs...
Feb 11, 2011 5:36PM
A plant that will eat up waste pop soda and beer and will output ethanol good for pouring in fuel tanks will be set up by the end of February in Atlantic Canada. The $500,000 pilot plant is part of a ...
Feb 07, 2011 11:03PM
A system that converts the energy of sunlight directly into hydrogen has been discovered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scientists there have managed to design what they call a “biohybrid pho...
Feb 07, 2011 10:56PM
A research led by the Prof. Jonathan Coleman at the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), from the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland has discovered a new method o...
Feb 07, 2011 4:39PM
Conventional domestic and commercial solar PV systems use a large, central "string" inverter, typically one per system, to convert the DC output from solar modules (panels) into AC for conne...
Feb 03, 2011 3:21AM
A Sanyo air-source, carbon dioxide-based heat pump has been installed by the CAT as part of its sustainable technology programme. The centre, based at Machynlleth in Wales, will use the Sanyo system t...
Feb 03, 2011 3:17AM
I like simple ideas that really bring a difference in the way you live, and probably the way you power your phone is just the thing that might save your life when you’re trapped somewhere, or lo...
Feb 02, 2011 9:42PM
Scientists are hoping to make filling up with hydrogen fuel as simple as refuelling with petrol as they develop a new way to make the gas a liquid at room temperature.
Feb 02, 2011 9:33PM
Leading provider of recharging solutions, Elektromotive has signed an important deal with one of China’s main energy providers CLP to expand its global reach to Hong Kong.
Jan 31, 2011 10:28PM
The joint efforts of a team of researchers from the LANES have produced a new semiconducting material, made with MoS2. The new discovery could have important applications in transistors that are super...
Jan 28, 2011 11:11PM
The Prius, the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf...everyday there seems to be a new electric car, or EV hitting the streets. Now what's needed is some EV charging infrastructure. If you have an issu...
Jan 28, 2011 5:17PM
The IceCard MP4 Player concept, powered by transparent, extra-sensitive solar penals to play tunes, looks to be hardly thicker than a credit card.
Jan 28, 2011 12:29AM
Researchers have discovered a new way to remove the snow from roads using solar energy. They are convinced that <a>the solar panels</a> used to heat our houses could soon keep our streets ...
Jan 27, 2011 4:40PM
President Obama spoke last night before a packed Congress and global television audience as he delivered the State of the Union address. He certainly touched upon a lot of themes which drew applause f...
Jan 27, 2011 3:50PM
City 2046: Art, Life and Ingenuity: this was the theme for the ninth annual Michelin Design Challenge, an international automotive design competition for individual designers, teams, studios, and comp...
Jan 26, 2011 5:59AM
Every now and then, a concept design comes along that strikes us as both high tech and high touch. The Remember Project, a solar-powered video journal/memory box by designer Ian Duffy of San Francisco...
Jan 24, 2011 2:45AM
President Obama, wasting no time after reaching high level agreements with Chinese leaders on clean energy and green tech, headed to “Schenectady, New York where he visited a GE plant building h...
Jan 23, 2011 12:14AM
The United Arab Emirates to Have a New Solar Powered Desalination PlantAbu Dhabi’s Environment Agency has developed a new solar energy desalination system that unlike conventional ones is less c...
Jan 22, 2011 10:20PM
Tamura Improves Back Reflecting Material for LED Lights and Solar PanelsTamura Corp. has recently created a new type of white reflective material for LED lights and solar panels that unlike the conven...
Jan 22, 2011 1:37AM
Green heating system unveiled at London shopping centre Land Securities has unveiled the green heating and cooling system installed at its One New Change shopping centre in central London.
Jan 22, 2011 1:25AM
Human rights, the under-valued yuan and yes, green energy have all been top items on the Chimericaagenda. In a relatively short time, China has emerged as one of the world’s largest green power ...
Jan 21, 2011 10:28PM
Much of the excitement around thin-film solar is related to the lower cost and relative ease of installing it on rooftops, particularly on existing buildings.
Jan 21, 2011 12:22AM
Fellows, some straight talk here on Valentine's Day. If you've got the kind of gal who swoons over flowers and sweets, chances are, you've already got the florist on speed dial and a...
Jan 19, 2011 6:16PM
Testing on a Scuderi split-cycle engine at the Southwest Research Institute suggests the model would consume 25 per cent less fuel than a standard petrol engine while matching its power and torque.
Jan 18, 2011 9:16PM
A Canadian startup is looking to raise roughly C$18 million ($18.13 million) to support the construction of up to eight biodiesel plants. Ontario-based Energy Innovation Corp., which produces biodiese...
Jan 18, 2011 7:11PM
A new technology which enables safer and more fuel efficient travelling on motorways has been successfully demonstrated for the first time.
Jan 18, 2011 6:12PM
Musical instruments are practically as old as humanity, but the new museum in Phoenix that celebrates them comes with cutting edge technology. Most people will never see it, but it’s right there...
Jan 17, 2011 3:02AM
Smart homes and smart buildings rely on a host of wireless sensors, each of which require a small but consistent power supply. Devices that harvest energy from indoor light are an increasingly popular...
Jan 13, 2011 11:55PM
Kinetic energy–from the Greek word kinesis, meaning motion–is energy supplied by moving things. Wind turbines make use of kinetic energy in the form of wind, while water-wheels and other f...
Jan 13, 2011 6:33PM
It is not just the car makers displaying their alternative fuel wares at the Detroit Motor Show this week. Supplier of technology solutions for the automotive industry, Johnsons Controls is also on ha...
Jan 13, 2011 5:18AM
Ioxus, a company located in Oneonta New York, developed a new type of lithium ion ultracapacitor. Ioxus offers pre-packaged modules, individual cells, or complete system integration to streamline prod...
Jan 12, 2011 9:14PM
Solar-powered microelectronics? Not unusual. But a solar-powered microchip with no battery – that is to say, a chip with the solar cell integrated into it and running directly off available ligh...
Jan 11, 2011 10:49PM
How photocatalysis works. Cleaning water effectively so it becomes potable is an important issue in poor countries nowadays. Using solar power, a team from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University led by ...
Jan 11, 2011 10:42PM
The CES 2011 was the perfect scene for another stunning presentation: the first wirelessly powered Tesla car. Fulton Innovation, a company dedicated to “creating technologies that not only affec...
Jan 10, 2011 10:17PM
We told you earlier this week about ThinkEco’s Modlet, one of many products at the Consumer Electronics Show this year that’s about trimming energy use without giving up our creature comfo...
Jan 10, 2011 9:55PM
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, the yearly gathering in Las Vegas put on by the Consumer Electronics Association and its member network of consumer electronics manufacturers, wrapped yesterday. Th...
Jan 09, 2011 6:09PM
A giant like Panasonic comes to the Consumer Electronics Show with a lot of goals – on the day before the event began, it put out no fewer than nine press releases with the “LAS VEGAS&rdqu...
Jan 06, 2011 11:14PM
Well, that was fast. Just a month after announcing the general availability of its home energy monitoring application and service, Eragy is at the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil a second generati...
Jan 06, 2011 10:33PM
Nuclear fuel is the most common source of energy available and can contain heavy fissile elements, that can be made to undergo a nuclear fission chain reaction in a nuclear reactor.
Jan 06, 2011 10:28PM
If you thought all that Jetsons-like smart-home stuff was still a ways off into the future, LG is in Las Vegas to tell you to think again. “This isn’t a gradual evolution – LG THINQ ...
Jan 06, 2011 4:56PM
If big business can snag attention with electronic billboards, why not the little guy, too? That seems to be the inspiration between the solar-powered Public Poster concept design by Cheng Ya-Fang and...
Jan 06, 2011 4:54PM
They say there are two types of adventure junkies: smart adventure junkies, and dead adventure junkies. With that in mind, Eton is at the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil the Raptor, an adventure t...
Jan 06, 2011 4:50PM
An end to “clunky black bricks and wall warts” and a move toward “sleek, efficient digital power adapter architectures capable of exchanging information between the power source and ...
Jan 06, 2011 4:46PM
Not everything at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is gadgets or computers. Appliances are also a big thing at this tradeshow, with greener washers and dryers – mainly via energy efficiency a...
Jan 05, 2011 11:28PM
Somfy, the maker of motors and controllers for window coverings, both interior and exterior, is moving beyond windows to automating all the lighting and heating/cooling elements of your home, and they...
Jan 05, 2011 11:23PM
AC adapters left plugged in but not charging a device? That’s just pure, unmitigated waste, the most evil form of vampire power in existence. And that’s what Freescale Semiconductor said i...
Jan 05, 2011 11:20PM
Many off-grid homes with solar electricity systems feature a diesel generator for back-up power. Now, homes connected to the grid can use solar power as a back-up, thanks to the Ecotricity ECO1800 sol...
Jan 05, 2011 1:55AM
Did you know that German fighter airplanes used synthetic fuel made from biomass? This is what Australian line Qantas and US-based fuel producer Solena are negotiating about these days, in an attempt ...
Jan 05, 2011 1:49AM
Portable Solar Shelter Could Be the Solution for Disaster ReliefOne of the latest disasters in Australia, that demands huge relief efforts and centers on the need for portable energy is flood. The col...
Jan 05, 2011 1:14AM
The fact that pyrampyramid electricity The Pyramid Effect Producing Enough Electricity to Run a 12W Fan have peculiar features is well-known worldwide. We are all informed that the seeds found in the ...
Jan 05, 2011 12:35AM
After four years of development in engineering, building and testing, the Sonex LLC E-Flight N270DC electric airplane has taken to the skies, successfully completing its first test flight.
Jan 04, 2011 4:19PM
With large, sleek, flat-screened TVs now ubiquitous – and power-hungry – manufacturers are beginning to differentiate their products based on green attributes. We told you a few months ago...
Jan 04, 2011 4:10PM
You may have heard that New Jersey is one of the leading states on solar power. Now it has a chance to lead on home energy management systems as well, as Verizon has announced a pilot program for its ...
Jan 04, 2011 3:53PM
Among the many eco-tech innovations debuting this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the Modlet by ThinkEco, Inc., said to be the first wirelessly-communicating ...
Jan 02, 2011 10:14PM
Rather than using the classic approach of a solar cell and a battery, researchers from the University of Twente, the MESA Institute for Nanotechnology have developed an interesting microchip that embe...
Jan 02, 2011 6:56PM
DSM have recently outlined their new solutions-based approach for the global windmill blade manufacturing industry. At the heart of DSM’s new approach is a move to educate the wind energy indust...
Dec 31, 2010 4:02PM
Though previously biofuels with only a five per cent ethanol content had been available in Germany, that will all change as of January 1, 2011. From the turn of the year, Super E10 will become availab...
Dec 31, 2010 3:59PM
The US will employ 310 quick chargers using the Japanese CHAdeMO system as part of its large scale electric vehicle tests in Arizona, California, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington.
Dec 30, 2010 9:50PM
Tony Verrelli, CEO of a Toronto start-up known as Cleanfield, believes that the market potential for urban wind is massive, and he’s making some bold moves to prove it. To date, Cleanfield&rsquo...
Dec 30, 2010 9:45PM
K Road Power said yesterday it had acquired the planned Calico solar power project from struggling Tessera Solar at an undisclosed price. In making the announcement, K Road said it would largely ditch...
Dec 30, 2010 9:43PM
Say you're in the market for a new washer and dryer. You know you want your new appliances to be energy-efficient, but there are so many competing claims. Should you get the pair that uses the...
Dec 29, 2010 10:47PM
Google has another partner for its free energy monitoring tool, adding the PowerCost Monitor by Blue Line Innovations. This gives Google PowerMeter users access to real-time home-electricity use data ...
Dec 29, 2010 4:09PM
Back in October when we introduced you to the new green-in-every-way food-science center at the University of California at Davis, we said it was aiming for LEED Platinum certification. That ambition ...
Dec 28, 2010 10:20PM
Solar Vox, the unique portable solar charger that we told you about in August, has taken to the Kickstarter online funding platform in an effort to bring the American-designed project to market.
Dec 28, 2010 4:56PM
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA, which is developing STAR, said it will transform and accelerate the local sustainability movement by offering cities and counties a roadmap for advancin...
Dec 28, 2010 4:27PM
Solar cells are notoriously expensive to produce-and though they generate renewable energy, they can also be pretty hard on the earth in terms of the natural resources required to produce them. Concen...
Dec 27, 2010 4:27PM
Christmas time, while a great deal of fun can typically be a time of excess and quite frankly waste. Plastic wrappings around Christmas gifts and toys can be one of the biggest causes of extra rubbish...
Dec 24, 2010 12:25AM
Sun tracking devices increase energy production by allowing solar modules to follow the course of the sun and optimize the incident angle of sunlight on their surface. Because the actual value of PV...
Dec 23, 2010 11:38PM
Nuclear forces in the heart of the sun are responsible for the light that brightens our days and powers our photovoltaic solar electric systems. An art installation by the Berlin-based spatial and med...
Dec 22, 2010 11:29PM
Can a skateboard qualify as a viable long-distance source of transportation? Perhaps the answer is 'yes,' if that skateboard is a powerboard, the electrically souped up model available. I...
Dec 22, 2010 1:17AM
Reynaers' high insulation window system, the CS104, will make its debut at EcoBuild in March and with a Uw value of 0.78 W/m²K, for complete window frame, it meets and will be certified to t...
Dec 21, 2010 11:43PM
Remember attaching playing cards to your bicycle wheels as a kid, just to listen to them flap past the spokes? Here’s the grown up version: a kinetic energy charger that fits on your bike in lar...
Dec 21, 2010 2:26AM
In the future, battery-powered gadgets and gizmos may seem as archaic as old-fashioned wind-up toys, as a new technology being pioneered by Japan's Fujitsu Laboratories opens the door to devices ...
Dec 20, 2010 5:03AM
When traffic backs up and tempers flare, why should motorcycles have all the fun? A new concept by industrial designer Michael Barthels of Berlin called the Follow Me sneaks right through open spaces ...
Dec 19, 2010 5:34PM
We’re hauling around gizmos galore these days, so it’s no surprise to see a proliferation in portable charging options, especially ones that might be touted as green. The latest example: A...
Dec 19, 2010 4:58PM
Silfab Ontario has showcased its new monocrystalline photovoltaic modules SLA 250M and SLG 300M at Solar Canada 2010. The Canadian subsidiary of photovoltaic provider Silfab SpA, Silfab Ontario Inc., ...
Dec 18, 2010 3:31PM
It looks as if another player has entered the increasingly crowded home energy management space. Eragy, a developer of smart home software applications and services for home energy management and moni...
Dec 18, 2010 3:10PM
Getting your entire apartment or condo onboard with wind or solar generation can be next-to-impossible–but what you do on your own balcony is your own business. That’s the idea behind an i...
Dec 17, 2010 8:57PM
OasysWater Water Desalination Made Cheaper With Oasys Waters New TechnologySo far, there’s been plenty of water in the oceans and seas, but that’s salty and undrinkable. Oasys Water, a com...
Dec 17, 2010 5:56PM
Rice Solar Energy Project Uses Molten Salts To Store Californian Sunlight For Use At NightA new and revolutionary solar power project has been recently approved by the state of California. SolarReserv...
Dec 17, 2010 5:49PM
Thermoelectric materials are being used widely to convert heat into electricity for different cutting-edge technologies, like energy recovery in cars. Still, they are mostly inefficient and can’...
Dec 16, 2010 4:36PM
Solutions are always evolving for the polluting world out there, to compensate for the millions of tons of contaminants that poison the gas we breathe and the water we drink.
Dec 16, 2010 3:20PM
If you’re looking for a last minute Christmas gift–especially for family in the UK or Europe–look no further than the solar powered solarpod charger by thousandsuns, said by its deve...
Dec 14, 2010 4:58PM
A new hybrid system for light duty trucks has been developed by Hino Motors and is now under testing in Japan. Hino is part of the Toyota Group and focuses on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and bus...
Dec 11, 2010 5:30PM
The microscopic battery has an anode made from a single nanowire 100 nanometers wide and 10 micrometers long, a "huge" lithium cobalt oxide cathode measuring three millimeters in length, and...
Dec 11, 2010 5:25PM
Air conditioner Split Wall mounted Type 300x300 China’s First Solar Air Conditioner that Can Send Power to the GridThe first solar-powered air conditioner that can also send energy to the grid h...
Dec 11, 2010 5:10PM
photo thermo converter 300x225 Both Light And Heat Harvested by New Device from FujitsuSolar panels harvest light and thermoelectric devices harvest the heat – but recently, Fujitsu Laboratories...
Dec 10, 2010 4:24PM
An eco super yacht? Complete with solar sails and a retractable, futuristic wind turbine? That’s the Bloom yacht concept from Xiang Yu of the Netherlands, which seeks to make the independently w...
Dec 10, 2010 3:37PM
You may not be able to pronounce the name of the company, but as of now, you can select from their extensive line of LED light bulbs to phase out those old energy-hogging incandescents, and even mercu...
Dec 09, 2010 10:05PM
biosolar solar module 300x190 BioSolar Develops New PV Components From Renewable Plant SourcesBiosolar focuses on exploring how to implement a cost reduction of solar cells by replacing petroleum-base...
Dec 09, 2010 9:53PM
After modifying Israeli highways to produce energy from piezoelectric pads installed beneath the asphalt, Innowattech, an Israel-based company, now applied their technology on railroads.
Dec 09, 2010 3:20PM
Internet giant Google, certainly no slouch when it comes to dealing with issues related to green technology, opened up another front for itself in this arena last week at the International Climate Cha...
Dec 08, 2010 8:38PM
First there was the Hornblower Hybrid, a revolutionary vessel that began plying the waters of San Francisco Bay in 2008 using a combination of solar, wind and diesel power. Now Hornblower Cruises &...
Dec 07, 2010 4:13PM
When you think of General Electric in the home, you might think of distinct appliances such as ovens, refrigerators and dishwashers. The company is moving aggressively to change that. In the unfold...
Dec 06, 2010 10:53PM
I had heard that the European Union wants to prohibit the production of incandescent lighting bulbs, but I never thought that would be possible in a short time. Frankly, on the one hand I'd ...
Dec 06, 2010 12:58AM
Perhaps you recall the name Konarka, an American solar tech company that’s been making waves with everything from a solar curtain wall to funky and functional Euro-styled solar bags. Now, the co...
Dec 06, 2010 12:53AM
When it comes to its new electric truck pilot program, Southern Oregon University (SOU) is shopping local. Their new truck conversions will be supplied by Ashland's own Ambiente Motors, an electr...
Dec 04, 2010 9:46PM
Measuring wind speeds and potential at a future wind turbine site is a critical early step when it comes to picking the best wind energy locations. Community scaled wind projects, such as farms, indus...
Dec 04, 2010 6:58PM
GE has built and demonstrated a new electric bus powered by a dual battery system. The company's hybrid systems research team said it thinks the design could be a breakthrough for the electrific...
Dec 04, 2010 6:43PM
Those fans that sit atop wood stoves and take advantage of temperature differences to create their own power are more than cute. Turns out they might make a whopping difference in your home-heating ...
Dec 04, 2010 6:22PM
Back in January we learned about SwissINSO and its new solar water purifier designed for deployments ranging from humanitarian crises to resorts on remote islands. The company now looks to have a sale...
Dec 04, 2010 6:12PM
A new speed record of 162 mph was established by a French pilot with his twin-motor, electric powered Cri-Cri, exceeding the previous record of 155 mph set by an Italian team in 2009.
Dec 02, 2010 2:49PM
Our phones, laptops and some electric vehicles are celebrating something special today: their batteries. 30 years ago, four Oxford University researchers have developed the first experimental lithium ...
Nov 29, 2010 1:05PM
Automatic transmission specialist Antonov has been won the 2010 Innovation Award for Transport from the respected Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) for the development of an innovative n...
Nov 29, 2010 12:19PM
Getting smart meters into homes and businesses has hardly been a breeze — in California, the big utility PG&E has had more than its share of missteps. But the latest tracking report from P...
Nov 29, 2010 12:15PM
Got a burned out 60-watt incandescent bulb? Before you replace it with the same old energy hog (soon to be extinct), Osram Sylvania would like you to know that there’s a greener, longer lasting ...
Nov 26, 2010 2:52PM
Gordon Murray Design's efficient iStream® Manufacturing Process has won the SMMT 2010 Automotive Innovation Award. The award was the given to the automotive design company, best known for its...
Nov 25, 2010 8:50PM
Who really rocked the clean-technology world in the past year? The Cleantech Open National Awards - self-styled as the "Academy Awards of Clean Technology" - are probably as good a measure a...
Nov 25, 2010 8:15PM
Back in June we first learned about Nokero and its desire to bring solar powered light bulbs to developing nations. The company’s first model, the N100, looks to have done well enough – 50...
Nov 25, 2010 8:02PM
A German developer of semiconductors for <strong>LED </strong>lighting technology and other high-voltage applications, has raised more than $19 million from European and North American e...
Nov 23, 2010 11:00PM
First, we brought you the Solarflora, a solar electricity generator that doubles as a giant metal flower. Now, we bring you its perfect complement, the appropriately named Power Flower wind turbine.
Nov 23, 2010 2:28PM
It's no question that a lot of Christmas goodies come with batteries-and long after the shiny new toys under the tree have faded, those batteries will be sitting in your local landfill, doing not...
Nov 21, 2010 2:45PM
As we’ve confessed before, we loves us some kinetic gizmos here at EarthTechling. But we’ve also come to believe that designers are even more partial to these energy-producing devices, tur...
Nov 19, 2010 11:03PM
All you procrastinating clean-energy geniuses out there can relax. The USPTO announced it has extended the deadline for its program that expedites the processing of patent applications related to gree...
Nov 19, 2010 9:05PM
Modern life, increasingly, involves portable technology. Whether it's laptops, cell-phones, MP3 players, handheld games or all of the above, all that tech requires juice to keep it running, cre...
Nov 18, 2010 7:30PM
Panasonic has just announced a new type of 32-bit microcomputers specially built for saving power and for flexible designs. Their main achievement of Panasonic is a built-in flash memory, which is the...
Nov 18, 2010 3:35PM
Amazon aimed its DX ebook reader at the textbook market last year, testing it at colleges around the country, and it was generally poorly received. Students had a range of complaints, but were partic...
Nov 18, 2010 3:13PM
17 years ago, my alternative power system consisted of one solar panel, one golf cart battery, one DC light, and one DC car stereo. Today, I live in a modern off-the-grid home complete with many large...
Nov 17, 2010 10:01PM
The existing building was a former service station and convenience store. Until the start of construction in August, 2010 the structure still bore the affects of the neighborhood's stresses fr...
Nov 17, 2010 8:24PM
When I used to guide backpacking trips, I worked with a guy who pointed out to our group every morning and every night that they had just brushed their teeth without running water. His point was that ...
Nov 17, 2010 2:32PM
Even as smart plug start up ThinkEco was debuting its modlet smart plug for commercial installations, across the Atlantic UK based Energy Optimizers Limited (EOL) was announcing a new version of its s...
Nov 17, 2010 2:28PM
Finelite, a maker of what is described as energy efficient lighting solutions, recently was awarded Energy Star certification for its Curve LED desk lamp. This rather stylish looking light has also be...
Nov 16, 2010 8:04PM
An independent technical report from the CPI has this week confirmed major technical advances made by AFC Energy plc, the world’s leading developer of low cost alkaline fuel cells. Dr Jon Helliw...
Nov 15, 2010 5:43PM
A new market structure is needed which will allow equal investment in thermal, renewable and nuclear power stations, a top Scottish business leader has claimed.
Nov 10, 2010 6:45PM
The U.S. federal government has unveiled a new and voluntary Home Energy Score program which will help homeowners figure out how energy efficient a home is.
Nov 09, 2010 9:21PM
After discovering plasma TVs account for 10 percent of power bills, the new energy standards in California require TVs to halve their power consumption by 2013. In order to be compliant with these new...
Nov 09, 2010 6:58PM
Stirling engines can offer great advantages if used in cars. It is also possible to use such an engine in a heating boiler for your household. Evita is the name of the latest boiler made by Remeha, a ...
Nov 09, 2010 5:38PM
The US solar energy provider Congenra has made an impressive leap toward a new direction in its field, boasting its services and flipping the switch on a defiant capital project.
Nov 09, 2010 4:02PM
Neptune Renewable Energy, a UK based start up focused upon tidal and wave power, recently announced completion of trials of its Proteus NP1000 tidal stream power generator.
Nov 09, 2010 3:14PM
According to Richard Parkinson, owner and Managing Director of ocean energy installer, Mojo Maritime, the UK is well placed to ramp up its nascent wave and tidal industry.
Nov 09, 2010 2:41PM
The Centre for Process Innovation and Tata Steel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new national High Temperature Innovation Centre (HTIC) at Tata Steel’s Teesside Technolo...
Nov 08, 2010 7:25PM
The Aerogenerator X is a biomimetic turbine design based on the sycamore principal which could revolutionise the UK’s offshore wind industry.
Nov 08, 2010 7:13PM
Alaska Airlines is setting an industry first by equipping its entire fleet with a new flight guidance technology which, it claims, has enabled it to bring a plane into Seattle airport with a 35% reduc...
Nov 08, 2010 6:45PM
Could Parisians be getting power out of the Seine by next spring? As part of the city’s 2020 Climate Plan, the Mayor’s office wants to raise awareness of all possible sources of renewable ...
Nov 08, 2010 4:24PM
Fluorographene is the name of the researchers’ last innovation in one of the latest discovered materials, graphene.
Nov 08, 2010 3:55PM
The pioneering Wave Hub marine energy project in Cornwall (England) has been connected to the electricity grid for the first time since its installation over the summer and is now officially open for ...
Nov 08, 2010 2:13PM
In the cold regions such as Alaska, biogas is hard to produce, since temperatures do not allow for bacteria to ferment the organic waste.
Nov 08, 2010 1:47PM
The United States’ Department of Agriculture researchers found a plant called field pennycress to be a perfect match for a biofuel resource, because its seeds contain a lot of oil that could be ...
Nov 05, 2010 9:38PM
REC, a world leader in the production of polysilicon and wafers for solar applications, has opened a new €1.4 billion manufacturing facility in Tuas (Singapore.)
Nov 05, 2010 3:09PM
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond joined with the wind energy sector on Tuesday to formally mark the launch of the UK's first Modern Apprenticeship for the wind power industry.
Nov 04, 2010 11:22PM
Last week, a 49-foot naval gunboat was the first to test-drive algae-based fuel as part of the United States military’s initiative for a new improved, energy efficient strike force.
Nov 03, 2010 12:36AM
A group of researchers have created a new piezoelectric-photovoltaic fiber that has the possibility to be implemented into different gadgets to power them using light and motion.
Nov 01, 2010 9:23PM
IPT (Induction Power Transfer) is the name of the world’s first commercially-available wireless electric car charging system, just launched in London.
Nov 01, 2010 9:12PM
Energy firm First:Utility has announced it is commencing the nationwide rollout of gas and electricity smart meters to its customers. It is the first firm in the UK to take such action and follows a r...
Oct 26, 2010 3:12PM
Sainsbury’s has opened its extended Crayford store which is the largest in its estate and features “world leading” geothermal technology.
Oct 25, 2010 4:51PM
We’ve seen green focused televisions from consumer electronics giant Philips before, but the new Econova (42PFL6805) 42-inch display soon to be available in Europe may very well blow all others ...
Oct 22, 2010 5:57PM
The Spending Review has presented some great opportunities for the heating and plumbing industry, which is at the "front line of carbon saving".
Oct 22, 2010 5:18PM
Northamptonshire is looking to become a beacon for sustainable construction innovation and attract dozens of green building start-ups, with a new £8 million centre of excellence set to open next...
Oct 22, 2010 2:09PM
General Electric has created new halogen compact fluorescent light bulbs, GE Reveal and GE Energy Smart Soft, that unlike typical fluorescents (CFLs), contain less mercury (only 1 milligram) and don&r...
Oct 21, 2010 10:08PM
A new data centre in Helsinki uses the cool waters of the Baltic Sea to regulate the temperatures of its 2MW server. The water, heated by its passage through the centre, is then fed into an existing d...
Oct 21, 2010 9:56PM
Backed by the Indian Government, the $35 solar-powered Sakshat could bring affordable computing to Indian schools and villages across the country.
Oct 21, 2010 9:37PM
Stephentown, New York, is set to become home to the world’s first grid-scale flywheel energy storage plant, after Beacon Power Corporation secured the final $43 million needed to complete the pr...
Oct 21, 2010 7:05PM
The American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution and the Breakthrough Institute have released the report, "Post-Partisan Power," to encourage the advancement of cleantech.
Oct 21, 2010 6:08PM
Two Japanese companies already want to change Compact Fluorescent Bulbs for LEDs – straight tube LED lamps, which, they say, are much more economical.
Oct 21, 2010 4:09PM
A report from industry analyst firm NanoMarkets says that new materials used for thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV), will grow rapidly in importance, with this market topping $1.3 billion within five year...
Oct 21, 2010 1:21PM
Not only are Japan stuffed with the latest gadgets not yet found anywhere else, but now they want to set an example for the US and Europe to follow.
Oct 21, 2010 1:11PM
A few days ago, the Israel-based energy company ZenithSolar has officially unveiled its 3rd generation Solar Z20. The solar energy generator is a combined heat and power system, able to deliver 72% ef...
Oct 20, 2010 3:12PM
Sony UK, with WWF’s support, is calling on designers and inventors to sharing ideas on how Sony technology can be utilised to help us sustain the planet’s resources
Oct 19, 2010 1:35PM
First Solar, a provider of solar solutions and leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, broke the $1.00 a Watt price barrier last year, being able to produce thin film at $0.76 cents a ...
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