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• Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean electricity

  The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new £1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy. Click to enlarge: Creating a reaction British scientists will this week begin work to create a nuclear Read More...
  Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:09 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Nuclear energy, nuclear fusion reactor

• Google's Clean Energy 2030

  Right now the U.S. has a very real opportunity to transform our economy from one running on fossil fuels to one largely based on clean energy. We are developing the technologies and know-how to accomplish this. We can build whole new industries and create Read More...
  Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 9:27 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Electric cars, Environment, green industry

• Invention special: Green technology

  As the evidence that humans have altered the Earth's climate and environment for the worst continues to grow, the race is on to produce technologies that will reverse or slow those ill-effects. This week New Scientist looks at some recent patent applications Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:31 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Solar cells, Wind energy

• Strategies for the Energy Crisis

  After nearly 30 years at Caltech as a professor of theoretical physics and, eventually, provost, Steven Koonin took a leave of absence in 2004 to become BP's chief scientist. After a year of study, he recommended a strategy for the company that has Read More...
  Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:53 PM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Solar cells, biofuel

• $100 billion could yield two million 'green' jobs

  A $100 billion US government investment over two years could create 2 million "green" jobs in such industrial sectors as steel and construction, according to environmental and labour groups. "From the point of view of the steelworkers union, Read More...
  Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 6:19 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Environment, green industry

• Solar Roofing Materials

  In an effort to promote the adoption of solar technology, United Solar Ovonic of Auburn Hills, MI, has teamed with a major roofing company to create a metal roof system that generates electricity from sunlight. The partnership offers seven different prefabricated Read More...
  Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 5:36 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Solar cells, home construction

• Space-Based Solar Power Breakthrough to Be Announced:

  First-of-a-Kind Long-Distance Demonstration of Solar-Powered Wireless Power Transmission Technology What: Space solar power could be a clean, renewable solution to America's long-term energy needs. John C. Mankins, former manager of NASA's Exploration Read More...
  Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 5:10 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Solar energy, Alternative energy, Space, NASA, NSS

• Nanotechnology Increases Lithium Ion Battery Storage Capacity 10 Times Over

  Last December, researchers at Stanford University found a way to use silicon nanowires to store 10 times the amount of energy of existing lithium-ion batteries. A laptop that now runs on battery for two hours could operate for 20 hours, but more importantly, Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:03 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: lithium-ion batteries, Nanotechnology, Alternative energy

• TURNING WASTE MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL

  Nanoscale catalysts could tap syngas as cheap source of ethanol Say the word “biofuels” and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there’s another, older technology called gasification that’s getting a new look from Read More...
  Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:34 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Ethanol, biofuel, nanospheres

• Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes

  The scientists have recently demonstrated that flying a single 10-square-meter kite could produce 10 kilowatts of power, which could supply electricity for about 10 homes. In their next experiment, the researchers plan to test a 50-kilowatt version, called Read More...
  Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 2:00 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alternative energy, Wind energy, kite