Archive for September, 2008

‘Nanosculpture’ Could Enable New Types Of Heat Pumps And Energy Converters

Mayor Marks Kyoto Anniversary with Home Show TourSeattle Home Show — Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels commemorated the anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol on opening day of the 64th Annual Seattle Home Show with a short speech and a tour of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy exhibits here.

New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into ElectricityResearchers have invented […]

Turning Waste Material Into Ethanol

SNI and Farmergy at the Ozark Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living ExpoSNI will share a tent at the Ozark Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Expo, with Farmergy, on September 22-23. The Expo will take place at the Les Bourgeois Winery just outside of Columbia, MO. For more info on this great event click here.

Turning Waste […]

Carbon Capture Milestone In China

Coating Improves Electrical Stimulation Therapy Used For Parkinson’s, Depression, Chronic PainResearchers have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of nerves by outfitting electrodes with the latest in chemically engineered fashion: a coating of basic black, formed from carbon nanotubes.

Carbon Capture Milestone In ChinaJust weeks out from the Olympics, the CSIRO and its Chinese partners […]

Deloitte cuts waste through app centralization

US Postal Service saves over $5 million on transportation using smart techUSPS, IBM develop Highway Corridor Analytic Program to optimize mail transportation and cut costs READ MORE

Press Release from Solar Night Industries12.13.2007-Solar Night Industries (PINKSHEETS: SLND), a renewable energy company formed to accelerate the adoption of Modern Energy Solutions, today issued a corporate update. […]

Shimmering Ferroelectric Domains

Farmergy Installs 10kW Solar System at Adolphus Busch Property (Belleau Farm)As Seen In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: October 24, 2007 Belleau Farm displays solar panels By Nancy Cambria ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Wednesday, Oct. 24 2007 O’FALLON, MO. EUR

Slicing Solar Power Costs: New Method Cuts Waste In Making Most Efficient Solar Cells

Compost Heap Bacteria Could Provide 10% Of UK Transport Fuel NeedsBacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fiber into ethanol could eventually provide up 10% of the UK’s transport fuel needs, according to new research.

Engineers Work To Clean And Improve Engine PerformanceIowa State University’s Song-Charng Kong and his students are working to […]

Press Release from Solar Night Industries

Press Release from Solar Night Industries12.28.2007-Solar Night Industries (PINKSHEETS: SLND), a renewable energy company formed to accelerate the adoption of Modern Energy Solutions by providing design and product solutions, had a challenge. Project Manager Alan Brani of Solar Night began working with their Michigan Installer/Partner, Mark Bauer of Bauer Power, who was concerned about finding […]

Toward The Next Generation Of High-efficiency Plastic Solar Cells

Big Old House Windows - Part 3 in the seriesLets continue prying into this big old house.

Investing for a Healthier, Wealthier Tomorrow

Carbon Nanotubes Made Into Conductive, Flexible ‘Stained Glass’Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for many high-technology applications due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal, chemical, optical and electrical properties. Now researchers have used metallic nanotubes to make thin films that are semitransparent, highly conductive, flexible and come in a variety of colors, with an appearance similar to […]

Solar Night Industries Ground Mount Solar Thermal Project: January 2008

FY 2009 Budget Request Means Big Cuts for Efficiency, RenewablesThe total FY 2009 request for the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is a 27 percent cut from the FY 2008 level. Nuclear and “clean coal” are obvious priorities for the Administration, with increased budget proposals for each.

Cisco boxes up the remote […]