A company called First Solar has just raised the bar for every other photovoltaic cell manufacturer by setting a record for PV efficiency. First solar, among other things, makes cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar cells and increased their efficiency to 17.3-percent. According to First Solar, “…it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar […]
Continue ReadingThis may not sound like a big deal at first. What, another hybrid? But, this is much bigger than that. The Volvo V60 PHEV is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs not only on battery power but on clean diesel fuel as well. I’m getting all green with excitement, now. According to Volvo the […]
Continue ReadingIf the Internet were a country it would rank fifth in the world for energy usage according to a recent report from Greenpeace. For those of you keeping track at home, that means that data centers around the world use more energy annually than India or Germany. The report, released in April this year, examined […]
Continue ReadingThe winner of the $10 million Progressive Automotive X-Prize was the Li Ion Wave II electric car. The whole idea behind the Automotive X-Prize was to encourage green car builders to come up with a vehicle that uses less fuel, is something that is easy to commercialize and that people would actually want to buy. […]
Continue ReadingWell, this happens to be a trifecta of days. This is Earth Day, Good Friday and the anniversary of the worse ecological disaster in U. S. history, the BP oil spill. Now Earth Day is a day to celebrate and Good Friday for Christians is a day of blessing. But, one year later, after the […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Haliyma Barrow The average person has probably never used the phrase hypermiling techniques in a regular conversation. Furthermore, most regular people have never thought of the idea of using hypermiling practices in order to improve their fuel usages. Their lack of knowledge in this area is understandable since the word hypermiling did […]
Continue ReadingResearchers at Michigan State University are giving Motor City executives something to squawk about, a new wave disk generator for hybrid cars that is twice as efficient as a traditional gasoline-powered engine. According to Discovery News, “…researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel […]
Continue ReadingGuest Blogger Jessica Bosari Smart grid technology is quickly moving from theory to reality in many parts of the United States. The technology consists of a group of new energy delivery techniques based on ideas that started over 100 years ago in the mind of Nikolai Tesla. He saw a world where power was delivered […]
Continue ReadingBy Guest Blogger AJ Wilcox If you’re anything like me, the outlook right now for powering your home is looking abysmal. Oil prices are at an all-time high. We’re trying to get away from burning coal, but radiation leaks after the Japanese tsunami are making everyone question. Unfortunately all of these occurrences point to us […]
Continue ReadingWith the fossil fuel levels around the planet steadily declining, both governments and individual consumers are looking for alternate energy sources to reduce costs and carbon footprints. You might want to ask your handyman how you can convert your house to be more energy efficient. Solar energy, once an inefficient and expensive process, has had […]
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