The Geneva International Motor Show this March is turning out to be a very important event for Porsche A.G., as the German carmaker reveals another hybrid concept car that has beaten even its racer thoroughbreds.
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The two-seater Porsche 918 Spyder runs with a 500-horsepower, V8 combustion engine, as well as electric motors on the front and [...]
Fuel cell electric vehicles can now use Honda’s solar hydrogen charging station prototype to recharge for the daily commute, approximately 10,000 miles per year.
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Designed to fit in a garage, the charger can refuel a fuel cell electric vehicle eight hours overnight with around 0.5 kilograms of hydrogen.
Conventional solar hydrogen chargers required both an electrolyzer, a [...]
Taiwan has recently finished construction of a Solar- Powered Stadium that will generate 100% of it’s electricity from Photovoltaic Technology Designed by Toyo Ito, the 50,000 seat arena.See the pictures below:-
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Sarasota County schools in Florida saved over $8 million in energy costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives in 18 years through Calmac Corporation’s thermal energy storage technology.
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To date, around 12 megawatts of energy has been used to produce ice equivalent to 11,000 tons of cooling used to cool schools during daytime.
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognized one of the largest landfill gas-to-liquefied natural gas facilities in the world, along with seven other landfill methane capture projects for renewable energy generation and emissions reduction innovations.
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The winning projects will avoid the emission of 546,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually..
The agency gave out the awards under [...]
RiskyChemicalsThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its latest assessment of the chemicals people are carrying around in their bodies.
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The biomonitoring study is the most comprehensive in the world, measuring 212 chemicals in the blood and urine of 8,000 Americans.
The CDC highlighted a few chemicals because they are both widespread — found [...]
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is to study the impact of meat output on climate change in the light of debate about meat’s contribution to greenhouse emissions, the Paris-based body said .
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The initiative, which will be the OIE’s first on an environmental issue, follows requests from its member countries to look at a [...]
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Vestas Wind Systems, the world’s largest wind turbine company, is set to ship out 48 wind turbines to German wind farm developer Prokon which is building projects in Poland.
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The Danish wind giant will deliver 2-megawatt turbines from 2010 to 2012 to Schleswig-Holstein, Germany-based Prokon.
Prokon has been developing wind energy projects over 15 [...]
Prices of everyday goods such as clothing and food will barely rise if rich nations slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a study that concludes green lifestyles are affordable.
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The study, in New Scientist magazine based on data for Britain from consultancy Cambridge Econometrics, said prices of only a few consumer goods dependent [...]
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. has tapped Clackamas-based Oregon Iron Works to construct its first commercial wave energy station in North America.
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The construction of the PowerBuoy system is the first phase of an expected 1.5-megawatt wave power station located off the Oregon coast near Reedsport.
The Reedsport wave energy station will utilize 10 PowerBuoy systems, with the [...]
Wind energy alone could help attain up to 65 percent of the emission reduction pledges by industrialized countries, states a report by the Global Wind Energy Council, an international forum for the wind energy sector.
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The council calculated that global wind energy alone could contribute 34 percent of a 25 percent emissions reduction and 21 percent [...]
Researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles found a way to create genetically modified bacteria called cyanobacterium, which consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol, reported Science Daily.
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The research originally published on Wednesday in the journal Nature of Biotechnology states that consumption of carbon dioxide is directly powered by the sun, [...]
New Mexico will be drafting a statewide plan to turn itself into a leader in the United States biofuel industry, a renewable energy area where the state’s officials see huge potential.
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The plan, to be presented in April next year, will be a comprehensive biofuels roadmap for the state. It will get input from an advisory [...]
Worried you haven’t been green enough in life? Don’t let death come in the way of a more eco-friendly you.
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From coffins made of recycled cardboard to saying no to embalming chemicals that seep into the soil, people are increasingly searching for ways to make their final resting place a more environmentally-friendly one.
Now cremation, the [...]
You might find the idea of going without toilet paper a bit shocking, but lots of people around the world do it, and there are good technologies available now to replace your toilet or add on to it. It is cleaner and healthier, and saves a lot of water — making a roll of toilet [...]
The world’s first mass-produced zero-emission minicar, the “i-MiEV“, is all set to debut in Japan next month, which promises to usher in a new age of driving that does not require fossil fuel.
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Developed by the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the car has neither an engine nor a muffler and does not need an internal combustion engine [...]
Most of us are fully aware about the global warming crisis and hopefully we are trying to make an effort in doing our part to save energy. For those of you who are faithfully working toward conserving energy and working for a greener future, should be commended. As for those of you who are still [...]
Pressure assisted toilets have come a long way in the past few years and are now becoming very efficient and quiet. Unlike standard gravity fed toilets that depend on the force of gravity to flush a toilet when water in a toilet tank is released, a pressure assist toilet uses compressed air or a small [...]
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A brewing company in the US is adapting a new system that will make its own high-quality ethanol fuel from discarded beer yeast.
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According to a report in Live Science, the company, known as the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., in Chico, California, has developed the new system, in collaboration with E-Fuel Corporation.
The company [...]
One must note that not all “green” homes are really green. It seems that the trendy word used now is “green” and with the current real estate market softening everywhere, realtors, developers and homeowners are getting “creative” with words that might help draw attention to their home(s) for sale.
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We at Listed Green call this the [...]
Researchers at Baylor University have developed a new way to transform coconut husks into automotive interiors.
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They say that it is possible to make trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibres from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic polyester fibres typically used in composite materials.
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In todays world everyone is starting to feel the need to go green, and everybody is starting to think of ways that they can help the planet but still keep the lifestyles they’re accustomed to. Wind power is an excellent alternative energy source that has many benefits.
Generating electricity with the [...]
Trees begin as providers to our eco system. They make Oxygen and burn Carbon Dioxide thus helping our systems. They serve a good purpose in our lives till they die, and then have to be replaced. Before the replacement they have to be removed. Removing is a job that has to be done right or [...]
Electric cars are becoming more popular as more people hear about how great they are especially to the environment. More people are looking into what the electric car conversion process involves. Some people will do electric car conversion for a hobby whereas others just want to buy electric cars without messing with the conversion part.
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The use of ethanol as an alternative fuel is becoming increasingly popular by ever conscious consumers wishing to do their little bit for the planet. It may even be a better alternative to bio fuel, it seems that it is a lot more pleasant to make at any rate.
What is Ethanol?
Ethanol is a grain alcohol, [...]
UPPSALA: The car of the future could be powered by small “ping-pong balls” filled with hydrogen gas. If the project takes off commercially, this
could be a signal contribution from Sweden towards reducing the world’s dependence on fossil fuel for transport. This is what astronautics professor and inventor Lars Stenmark of the department of materials science, [...]
POZNAN (Poland): A Swiss teacher completed the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car on Thursday and said he hoped the 52,000-km (32,000-mile) odyssey would inspire carmakers to make greener models.
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Louis Palmer smashed his “solar taxi” through a wall of polystyrene blocks marking the end of the 17-month trip outside the venue of [...]
A healthy home is your refuge. It’s the place where you go to relax and be with your family. The place where you feel safe. However, your home may also be the place that most affects your health in a negative way.
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The following list of tips will help you get started in making sure [...]
This winter, New Year’s Eve revelers will have a close-up view of Times Square’s first environmentally friendly billboard powered entirely
by wind and sun.
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But the billboard might not be quite as dazzling as some of its high-powered neighbors along the Great White Way.
Construction on the 35,000-pound sign advertising Ricoh Americas Corp is to begin this [...]