In January this year, I had talked about how solar chargers are charging ahead in the marketplace. Small devices to recharge cell phone, iPods and other items were on display in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. New on the market is the Voltaic Generator, which is a laptop carrying bag aimed toward those […]
Continue ReadingFirst Nissan gave us the gasoline-powered Cube, then there was the Cube3 and now the Japanese automaker has upped the ante by unveiling an all electric version at the 2008 New York International Auto Show. The Nissan Denki (which means “electric”) Cube concept has the styling of a couple of sugar cubes pasted together, but […]
Continue ReadingThe all-electric CHP Chopper, a collaboration by Hybrid Technologies and Big Bear Choppers, is being shown now at the New York International Auto Show. The CHP Chopper was also built in with input from the California Highway Patrol, and thus the CHP part of the name. The California Highway Patrol helped design the bike in […]
Continue ReadingOrganic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) developed by GE Global Research in conjunction with Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) have been demonstrated in the world’s first roll-to-roll manufacturing process. OLEDs are made of thin, organic materials for the lighting industry and offer the same quality illumination and lower cost that other comparable lighting. The demonstration by GE […]
Continue ReadingTexas and Illinois, who earlier this year competed for the FutureGen clean coal prototype power plant are turning to other green energy solutions to help clean up their states. Last week I had talked about how wind farm technicians are needed in several states because turbines are popping up faster than employees. Now, General Electric […]
Continue ReadingThere’s a festival going on today that is celebrating a double dose of green. Not only is the St. Patrick’s Day festival in Holland celebrating leprechauns, the luck of the Irish and green beer, but they are also celebrating green energy as well. Sure, there will be a parade with the traditional floats, a grand […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked before about wave power being the wave of the future. This past January, I even talked about the Finavera AquaBuOYs bobbing up and down off the shores of Northern California. But, now Scotland has thrown their hat in the watery ring of wave power. In fact, Scotland is dead set on developing the […]
Continue ReadingPhase I of the Smoky Hills Wind Farm project has been completed by Enel North America about 140 miles west of Topeka, Kansas. The 101-megawatt wind farm (which may expand to 250 mw) is situated on a 10-mile stretch just off Interstate 70 on the border of Lincoln and Ellsworth counties. Currently, 56 wind turbines […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve seen the ads that say “Run your car on water” or the world famous “Water Car” but how does a person go about discerning fact from fallacy, truth from scams, shams and spam? The simple truth is that there is not such a simple way to do this. There are many do-it-yourself (DIY) systems […]
Continue ReadingWith 25,000 miles of highways and byways on the lower 48 states, Solar Roadways wants to use these heat collectors for reneable solar energy. But, you can’t drive an 18-wheeler on a solar panel! Or, can you? According to the folks at Solar Roadways, yes we can (with apologies to Barack Obama for using this […]
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