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Tag Archives: Renewable energy

09Oct/17

How coffee could power your car

October 9, 2017ScienceBiodiesel, Bioenergy, Biofuel, Biofuels, Biomass, Bright green environmentalism, energy, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fuels, Issues relating to biofuels, Jim Drury, Lancaster University, London, Physical universe, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Sustainable development, Sustainable technologies, United Kingdomsmbale

A new one-step process that turns spent coffee grounds into biofuel could help in the fight to reduce our reliance on diesel made from fossil fuels, say researchers at Lancaster University. Jim Drury reports. Continue reading →

08Oct/17

Solar cars begin race across Australian desert

October 8, 2017MotorsportAdelaide, Australia, Belgium, Bridgestone, Cal State LA Solar Car Team, Canada, Chile, Company: Bridgestone, Country: Australia, DARWIN, Darwin Northern Territory, Electric vehicles, energy, Environment, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Photovoltaics, Poland, Renewable energy, Solar car, Solar car races, Solar car racing, Solar challenge, Solar power, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, World Solar Challengesmbale

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA (OCTOBER 8, 2017) (BRIDGESTONE WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE) – The World Solar Challenge began on Sunday (October 8) with nearly 40 solar cars crossing Australia’s tropical north to its southern shores, a gruelling 3,000 km (1,864 mile) race through the outback. Continue reading →

19Sep/17

China launches world’s largest ore carrier

September 19, 2017TransportBrazil, Bulk carriers, Business/Finance, Chen Jing, China, China Central Television, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, City: Qingdao City, Company: CCTV, Company: CSIC, Company: WC Shipbuilding, Country: China, Geography of China, Maritime transport, ore carrier, Port of Weihai, Qingdao, Qingdao City, Qingdao Port, Renewable energy, Shandong, Shipbuilding, Ships, Shipyard, Subdivisions of Chinasmbale

China Central Television (CCTV)- China launched the world’s largest ore carrier on Tuesday in Qingdao City of east China’s Shandong Province.
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05May/17

Next stop outer space, as Solarstratos plane successfully passes first test flight

May 5, 2017InnovationAbu Dhabi, André Borschberg, Articles, Bertrand Piccard, Cantons of Switzerland, Electric aircraft, Electric vehicles, energy, Environment, Payerne, Payerne Air Base, Photovoltaics, Raphael Domjan, Renewable energy, Renewable energy technology, Solar energy, Solar Impulse, Solar power in Switzerland, Solar-powered aircraft, Subdivisions of Switzerland, Switzerland, Vaudsmbale

PAYERNE, SWITZERLAND (MAY 5, 2017) (REUTERS) – A unique prototype plane, covered with 22 square metres of solar panels and with a 24.8 metre wingspan, Solarstratos successfully achieved on Friday morning (May 5) its first test flight on the Swiss air base of Payern, the result of three years of work.
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20Mar/17

Google’s Project Sunroof shows huge solar potential of U.S.

March 20, 2017InnovationArticles, Boston, Company: Google, Country: United States, Digital media, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Fresno, Google, Houston, Los Angeles, NEXT MEDIA, Outline of solar energy, Phoenix, Photovoltaics, Project Sunroof, Renewable energy, Solar panel, Solar power by country, Solar power in the United States, Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, World Wide Web, Zero-energy buildingsmbale

Google launched a project called Project Sunroof in 2015, which measures solar potential of individual homes in the U.S. The result of the project shows most U.S. homes have great solar viability.
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19Mar/17

Renewable energy storage gets boost from Namibian meteorite

March 19, 2017InnovationAmy Pollock, Articles, Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne, Emerging technologies, FLORIAN LE FORMAL, Geophysics, Gibeon, Hydrogen vehicle, KEVIN SIVULA, Lausanne, Meteorite, Namibia, Renewable energy, Renewable energy technology, Science and technology, Sustainable technologies, Switzerland, Technologysmbale

Meteorite fragments could be used as a high performing catalyst to help store renewable energy cheaply and efficiently, according to Swiss scientists. Amy Pollock reports.
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12Dec/16

Scientists say methane surge requires ‘urgent attention’

December 12, 2016EnvironmentArctic methane emissions, Atmosphere, Atmospheric methane, Carbon offset, Chemistry, Clathrate gun hypothesis, Climate forcing, Climate variability and change, Climatology, dairy farmers, Environment, Gases, Greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Methane, Methane emissions, Nature, Physical geography, Renewable energy, Robert Jacksonsmbale

Researchers are warning that combating climate change also requires more controls over the rate at which methane in the atmosphere is now rising.
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07Dec/15

G7, EU pledge 10 bln U.S. dollars to aid Africa’s renewables plan

December 7, 2015EnvironmentAfrica, African Development Bank, Articles, BOURGET, Bright green environmentalism, Businesspeople, Egypt, France, Group of Eight, Humans, Laurent Fabius, Low-carbon economy, Paris, Renewable energy, Renewable energy technology, Richard Branson, Technological changesmbale

Group of Seven industrial nations and the European Union back Africa’s renewables plan with 10 billion U.S. dollars.

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27Nov/15

World Bank sets out plan to bolster Africa against climate change

November 27, 2015EnvironmentAnimal ecology, Articles, Climate change adaptation, Climate change in Africa, Climate change policy, Energy development, Gabon, Global warming, Jamal Saghir, Low-carbon economy, Makhtar Diop, Natural environment, Nature, Niger, Plant ecology, Renewable energysmbale

The World Bank Group has unveiled a new plan that calls for 16 billion U.S. dollars in funding to help African people and countries adapt to climate change and build up the continent’s resilience to climate shocks.

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09Oct/15

Lego’s new toy – a 78 turbine wind farm

October 9, 2015EnvironmentArticles, Danish Culture Canon, Danish design, DONG ENERGY, Energy development, Hamburg, Jorgen Vig Knudstrop, Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Lego, Lego Group, Lego timeline, Paris, Renewable energy, The Lego Group, The Lego Movie, Toy industry, Toys, William Demantsmbale

(BVO) – This isn’t the sort of construction most people would associate with Lego.

Seventy-eight wind turbines are in this farm 300 kilometres off the coast of Hamburg.

Lego and its partners, DONG Energy and William Demant say it will create power for 320,000 German households.
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