SHARP DEVELOPS AND INTRODUCES NEW SOLAR MODULE FOR MOBILE DEVICES WITH THICKNESS OF 0.8 MM, THE INDU
Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce into the global market the new LR0GC02 Solar Module for Mobile Devices that features a thickness of 0.8 mm, the industry`s thinnest level. Solar (photovoltaic) power generation is drawing attent...
27/05/2009
Worldwide first electric boat powered by hydrogen fuel cells
On April 29/30, 2009 the Austrian companies Fronius, Bitter and Frauscher successfully presented the worldwide first electric boat powered by hydrogen fuel cells at Schloss Orth on Lake Traunsee in Austria. TV- and media representatives from 7 countries, numerous politicians and leading business executives...
26/05/2009
Solar Panels
What are solar panels? The solar panels are devices that use solar energy to convert it into useful energy and heat for human activities. There are two different categories of solar panelsī products according to their use: photovoltaic...
31/05/2008
Space Based Solar Power
In March 2007, the National Security Space Office`s Advanced Concepts Office presented the idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) as a potential grand opportunity to address not only energy security, but environmental, economic, intell...
24/10/2007
Sustainable Mobility
Sustainable Mobility, also commonly referred to as Sustainable Transportation or Sustainable transport. SustainableMobility is about meeting or helping meet the mobility needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet these n...
15/10/2007
Fiat Presents Fuel Cell Powered-Panda Fleet to City of Mantova
Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) presented three Nuvera Fuel Cell-powered Panda cars to the municipality of Mantova today as part of the Zero Regio project. Zero Regio is an integrate...
22/09/2007
House passes renewable energy bill
The House approved an energy bill Saturday that would steer the nation toward cleaner fuels. Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in ta...
06/08/2007
Biofuel by milk in New Zealand
New Zealandīs smallest oil company today launched the first commercial biofuel to hit the nationīs service station forecourts - a petrol blended with ethanol made from milk. Gull New Zealand has launched a biofuel, Gull Force 10, which...
01/08/2007
Sugar could power hydrogen fuel cars
Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia propose using polysaccharides, or sugary carbohydrates, from biomass to directly produce low-cost hydrogen for the new hydrogen economy. A team o...
03/06/2007
Hydrosol project
The Hydrosol project has developed a method of producing hydrogen from water-splitting, using the energy of the sun, which could lead to environmentally friendly production of hydrogen for energy purposes. The Hydrosol project i...
16/03/2007
Sales of Statoils E85 biofuel grew by 270 in Sweden
Sales of Statoilīs E85 biofuel grew by 270% in Sweden last year compared with 2005, the Norwegian oil giant has revealed in a statement.Svenska Statoilīs petrol stations sold 19.5 million liters of E85 in 2006. The oil...
20/01/2007
UE sets new climate change target
The European Unionīs executive branch proposed the 27-nation bloc reduce emissions by at least 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, and called on other developed nations to cut their emissions by 30 percent. EU puts climate change at heart of energ...
11/01/2007
Renault launches Trafic and Master models that run on b30 biodiesel
Renault launched B30(1) biodiesel-compatible diesel versions of two of its commercial vehicles in December 2006. Trafic 2.0 dCi B30 and Master 2.5 dCi B30 are the first expressions of Renaultâs commitment to biofuels...
21/12/2006
Some us cities ratify Kyoto agreement
Australia and the United States are the only two leading industrial nations that refuse to accept the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Despite the refusal of the United States to accept Kyoto proposals, more than 300 cities in the nation, including Washington, have agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol on behalf of future generations....
11/12/2006
Indonesia aims to export 12 billion liters biofuel
Indonesia has targeted to export 12 billion liters of biofuel until 2010, an official said here Monday. The government already announced the ambitious project in biofuel production with a planned investment of 205 trillion rupiah (arou...
15/08/2006
Firm to make biofuel from catfish
Vietnamese company called Agifish plans to convert the fat of catfish into biofuel, which will be used domestically in diesel engines. Ho Xuan Thien, the chief engineer of the project, planned to build a 10,000-tonne-per-year factory in 2007 to mass...
05/07/2006
wind energy in ue25
Wind powered electricity generating capacity increased by over 150% in the EU25 since 2000. The total electricity generating capacity in the EU25 amounted to almost 704 GW1 in 2004, 6% more than in 2000....
23/05/2006
Solar plant in Colorado
Cel Energy outlined its plans Thursday for a solar power plant that could supply enough electricity for 1,800 Colorado homes without consuming scarce water or producing any pollution. The photovoltaic plant in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado will produ...
02/04/2006
Mazda starts leasing rotary hydrogen vehicles
Mazda Motor Corporation received permission from Japanīs Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) on February 10, 2006, to begin leasing the RX-8 Hydrogen RE to its first two corporate customers. These vehicles, equipped with a...
15/02/2006
