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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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 [...]
Bangalore’s Eko Vehicles has launched the world’s first hybrid motorcycle in partnership with United States-based Emerging Vehicle Technologies Inc.
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The new Eko ET-120 motorcycle is fitted with a high power electric motor with a 70 cubic centimeter four-stroke petrol engine that charges a battery while running.
The new Eko ET-120 motorcycle is fitted with a high power [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s all in the numbers: The EPA has finally figured out exactly what the testing procedures might be (the regulation hasn’t formally been adopted yet) for plug-in hybrid vehicles like the Chevy Volt. This week Chevy announced that the Volt will deliver 230 mpg. Other plug-in-hybrid manufacturers won’t be long in announcing similarly astonishing fuel-economy [...]
GM amps up competition, says Volt will get 230 mpg.General Motors Co. posted a number yesterday that had nothing to do with bankruptcy and everything to do with the future of the world’s former largest automaker: 230 — as in 230 mpg.
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The number is the automaker’s estimate of the city mileage rate for the 2011 [...]
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The flying caris on itsway.->….
An American company Terrafugia Transition, based near Boston, is set to unveil the dual-purpose car-cum-plane vehicle called ‘The Flying Car‘ as early as 2011. The two-seater vehicle can let you fly if you wish to avoid the congested city traffic.
If you want to drive on [...]
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 [...]
Scientists have designed a novel energy storage device using nanopores created on very thin film:
It’s unlikely that anyone in Calcutta would know Parag Banerjee. But soon, we all will be benefited by the work being carried out by this young Bengali researcher, born and raised in Chandigarh, at the University of Maryland in the US.
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The ability of leaves to clean themselves has inspired Indian scientists to develop a self-cleaning paint. So a car that receives a coat of such paint will not need washing during its lifetime.:
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Peering through the powerful microscope before him was more than enough for scientist Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh to gauge the magnitude of the invention his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you think that pollution and weather damage buildings, think again, for a new study has revealed that bacteria also have a role to play.
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Researchers in Spain have found that bacteria are responsible for the ageing of buildings and monuments through biodeterioration, a process where organisms actually change the properties of materials through their [...]
Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York City skyline to the east. You’re also standing on a critical part of New Jersey’s, and the nation’s, energy future.
…A methane gas collection pipe sticks out of the 1-E landfill [...]
Scientists have begun work to commercially produce a tiny and cheap satellite that could collect readings from your electricity and gas meters. AN>
The CubeSat, with sides measuring just 10cm and weighing the same as a large bag of sugar, could also collect data from remote locations such as wind farms, the Herald and Channel 4 [...]
BORCULO (Netherlands): Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for ani mal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable plastics – and with increasing interest, biofuel.
In a warehouse 120 miles southwest, a bioreactor of clear plastic tubes is producing algae in pressure-cooker fashion [...]