Researchers at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana are patting themselves on the back for coming up with a new printing-like process to put ultra-thin solar panels in flexible plastic or fabric. The solar panels can be printed at 1/10th the size of a human hair, yet yielding strength and flexibility. In fact, the solar […]
Continue ReadingI’ve blogged about run your car on water systems many times in the past. I’ve also taken a lot of heat from the critics for promoting this emerging green technology. Next week, starting November 11, 2008 in Palmetto, Florida the HHO Games and Exposition will be legitimizing hydrogen on demand systems at the world’s largest […]
Continue ReadingLet’s face it, solar panel breakthroughs are a dime a dozen. Every day or two some university or company is declaring a more efficient solar panel, usually, though by a small percentage. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have changed all that. Professor Shawn-Yu Lin and a group of fellow scientists have developed a special solar panel […]
Continue ReadingIt’s no secret that T. Boone Pickens (pictured right) wants to see alternative energy succeed. In fact, Pickens has and is investing heavily in wind power. The Pickens Plan outlines how the U. S. can put up wind farms all along the Wind Corridor from Texas up the middle of the country all the way to […]
Continue ReadingIn January 2008, I had talked about how Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in Northern California was working with Finavera to deploy an offshore wave farm. The AquaBuoys were to be placed out to sea a little north of San Francisco in Humboldt County. Well, now the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has stricken this […]
Continue ReadingWhile some people are wringing their hands, quietly waiting for the Chevy Volt or another plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to hit the showrooms in the next couple of years, a Fisher PHEV transit bus has already shown itself to the public. Funded mainly by the U. S. Department of Energy, Fisher Coachworks put the […]
Continue ReadingSince I’ve talked about wind turbines large and small over the past year, I thought it was about time I put out a wind power generators guide for those who want to know the top resources in this area. I’ve selected four categories within the wind power generators industry to profile including Large Scale, Large […]
Continue ReadingGreat Britain and Australia are bent on giving this world a better plan by rolling out recharging infrastructure to support future electric cars. Both countries believe the immediate zero emissions future lay in encouraging consumers to buy electric cars when they first become widely available in the next 2 or 3 years. On Monday, the UK […]
Continue ReadingEven though many would argue that the U. S. economy is already in recession, green jobs may just be one of the pathways out. I’ve talked about green collar jobs in the past as a growing segment of the employment market for years to come. Now, there’s some historical proof that green really pays, well, […]
Continue ReadingOver this past summer it’s no secret that electric bikes (eBikes) have been soaring in popularity due to the high gas prices. Because of this phenomenon there are a couple of details worth mentioning in regard to electric bikes. The first notable is the Ultra Motor A2B eBike that was rolled out last month that […]
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