New Energy Stream for 11/20/08
Sun + Water = Fuel
With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy.
Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy
FOR a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe.
New Energy Stream for 11/18/08
Clean Tech Investor Summit Trailer
A quick overview of the Summit. (video below)
Searaser Device Uses Waves to Pump Sea Water Uphill, Could Be Huge Boost for Hydro Power
A UK engineer has invented a device that harnesses wave power to pump sea water uphill, from where it can flow downhill to create hydroelectricity, raising hopes of a cheap, abundant source of renewable energy.
New Cost-Effective Battery Tested to Store Wind-Power
For the first time in America, a company has developed an efficient battery solution to storing wind power, a clear answer to critics who claim turbines are unreliable.
New Energy Stream for 11/16/08
Boulder, CO.: America's First 'Smart Grid City'
Video and Article: Boulder's love of the environment is taking on an innovative, technological edge perhaps more at home in science fiction than in average living rooms as the city transforms itself into America's first Smart Grid City.
Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes (Update) from PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- Underground nuclear power plants no bigger than a hot tub may soon provide electricity for communities around the world. Measuring about 1.5 meters across, the mini reactors can each power about 20,000 homes. (Please see below for an update)
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Natural gas rush stirs environmental concerns from PhysOrg.com
(AP) -- Advanced drilling techniques that blast millions of gallons of water into 400-million-year-old shale formations a mile underground are opening up "unconventional" gas fields touted as a key to the nation's energy future.
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Earth would be heading to a freeze without CO2 emissions from PhysOrg.com
Scheduled shifts in Earth's orbit should plunge the planet into an enduring Ice Age thousands of years from now but the event will probably be averted because of man-made greenhouse gases, scientists said Wednesday.
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Clean Energy Stream for 11/15/08.
New nano coating boosts solar efficiency
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Researchers have developed a new anti-reflective coating that boosts the efficiency of solar panels and allows sunlight to be absorbed from almost any angle.
Barack Obama's vision of a scientific America
After eight years of neglect, researchers are hoping the new president makes good on his promises, says Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse.
