Bacteria Power: Future For Clean Energy Lies In ‘Big Bang’ Of EvolutionBacteria may hold the key for our future. Amid mounting agreement that future clean, “carbon neutral,” energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun’s light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, […]
Find Some New Arguments.Please!I often hear, from modern energy slowpokes, that (in regards to wind turbines) they are “ugly” or “too loud” or “too BIG”. After I address these outdated complaints (for the LAST time.or until next time, anyway), I beg you, please go out and finally purchase the wind turbine you’ve been secretly pining […]
Bill Gates Invests in Sapphire EnergyBill Gates’ investment firm, Cascade Investment, is putting its money where the algae is, funding Sapphire Energy.Based in San Francisco, Sapphire Energy is working on a process to make automobile fuel from algae. Last year, it announced that it had produced 91 octane gasoline from algae, and dubbed this fuel "Green […]
Well, I have good news and I have bad news..The good news is: The new energy bill passed in the House last week! The bad news is that it did not pass in the Senate! But there is good news about the bad news! The Senate is voting on the bill again tomorrow! Therefore, once […]
We Can Lead our LeaderSierra Club has started a “Be Part of the 2% Solution” Campaign. The motivation behind the campaign came from a growing consensus illustrated below: The world’s scientists agree: Global warming is real, here, and happening faster than anyone predicted. But scientists also say we can curb global warming and its consequences […]
Maria Cantwell’s Clean Energy Investment Assurance ActUS Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) recently introduced legislation entitled the Clean Energy Investment Assurance Act. This act makes modern energy more feasible to the consumer by extending current tax credits making renewable energy solutions more competitive with fossil fuels. This bill will also play a large part in reducing […]
Wireless EEG System Self-powered By Body Heat And LightScientists have developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ambient light which could be used to monitor brain waves after a head injury or for other applications. The hybrid power supply combines a thermoelectric generator that uses […]
UltraBattery Sets New Standard For Hybrid Electric VehiclesThe odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle recently reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system. The UltraBattery combines a supercapacitor and a lead acid battery in a single unit, creating a […]
The Process of Buying the Wind: Come, Follow the Crow’sBruce and Tammy Crow of Fort Defiance Virgina recently purchased a Skystream 3.7 from us and took the time to log the entire process from the information gathering phase through to completion. Here it is. As they point out, it should answer any questions a future […]
Solar Collector Could Change Asphalt Roads Into Renewable Energy SourceScientists have found a way to use asphalt’s heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source by developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous — and inexpensive sources of electricity and hot water.
Nanowires May Boost Solar Cell Efficiency, Engineers SayElectrical engineers […]