Solar Night Industries Ground Mount Solar Thermal Project: January 2008
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GOCE’s Electric Ion Propulsion Engine Switched On
GOCE’s sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite’s post-launch commissioning phase. |
How Cleantech Ideas Happen: Report from an Innovation Summit
What is innovation? At its base, it is the act of thinking of something new. The buzzword has been recruited to represent much larger ideas — from solutions for intractable global problems, to breakthrough technologies for our iPersonal entertainment. Washington’s Innovation Summit examined the process of innovation and how it affects business and the economy. (photos) |
Tiny Solar Cells Built To Power Microscopic Machines
Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines — for example, an inch-long array of 20 of these cells, each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase “o” in a standard 12-point font. |
Nanostructure Boosts Efficiency In Energy Transport
Chemists have grown a titanium nanostructure that delivers a 33 percent gain in power-collecting efficiency. Part catalyst and part conductor, the novel material could serve clean power applications like water-splitting, where a titanium catalyst has been shown to separate and store hydrogen and oxygen gases. |
Utah’s Next Governor Doesn’t Buy Human-Caused Global Warming
 By Timothy B. HurstJust two weeks after President Barack Obama’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, was replaced by new Kansas governor, Mark Parkinson - who quickly ended a nearly two-year standoff by granting an air permit for a new coal-fired power plant in the southwestern part of the state - another one of the President’s high-profile political appointees will be replaced as governor by a politician less concerned about the environment.Now that President Obama has tapped Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, a Republican, as the next U.S. Ambassador to China, attention has turned to his likely replacement, Utah Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert, and the direction the new governor plans on taking the state. While observers don’t expect any sudden policy reversals, Herbert’s position on the human-causes of global warming stands in striking opposition to his predecessor’s.The pair, described by some as a political odd-couple, stand strongly opposed on a variety issues across the political landscape. Herbert said in a news conference Monday that he and Huntsman have always agreed on “core issues.”"We understand the importance of clean air and clean water and being good stewards of the Earth,” said Herbert, who has said in the past he does not believe in man-made climate change.While Huntsman had entered Utah into the seven-state Western Climate Initiative in an effort to set the stage for a market-based control on greenhouse gas emissions, Herbert is less concerned with the issue, noting that a carbon cap would raise energy prices and drive jobs overseas.”I have no plans to pull us out” of the bipartisan cap-and-trade program being developed by Western states, Herbert said, despite calls for such a move by some conservative Republican legislators.At least he doesn’t plan on pulling out right away.Herbert will have a shortened one-year term before a special gubernatorial election in 2010. In the meantime, the far-right Herbert will do his best to not rock the centrist ideological-boat that Governor Jon Huntsman had been steering since 2005.Reprinted with permission from Red Green and Blue |
Hydrogen Powered Municipal Vehicle Being Tested In Everyday Use
Scientists have developed a hydrogen powered municipal street cleaning vehicle. The vehicle is named the “Bucher CityCat H2″ and is the first municipal utility vehicle in the world powered by fuel cell technology. For the next 18 months it will be tested in everyday usage. |
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