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Hydrogen Production Process That Uses Sun Power Wins Award

A research project that aims to produce hydrogen on an environmentally friendly and cost-effective basis by using energy from the sun has won a prestigious E.ON research award

18 May 2009

Lithium Ion Battery Power Tripled by New Research

NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries

18 May 2009

Poop to Power As Energy From Wastewater System Starts Operation

An innovative MaxWest gasification system, first approved by the City of Sanford, Florida in 2008, begins operating on May 21 at Sanford’s South Water Resource Center. The occasion also marks the official dedication by the City of its new Water Resource Center

18 May 2009

Biological Particles Found in High Altitude Ice Clouds

A team of UC San Diego-led atmospheric chemistry researchers moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science when it made the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds

18 May 2009

Cleaning The Air and Greening Schools in Austin Texas

Today marks the launch of Drive the Change Austin, a movement created by Austin-based clean tech company, Sabertec, makers of Blade, to clean our air, lower our carbon footprint and improve our fuel efficiency while raising money for the greening of Austin public schools

18 May 2009

LiquiVac Oil Changing System Eliminates The Mess and Hassle of Oil Changes

Airpower America, has introduced an innovative, time-saving, and do-it-yourself alternative to a service company oil change, and a clean and easy solution to a normally messy and difficult project. The LiquiVac Oil Changing System extracts oil in small engines, including lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and tillers, in seconds

18 May 2009

National Restaurant Association Joins Program to Reduce Energy and Water Use in Restaurants

The National Restaurant Association today launched a new campaign - the National Restaurant Association Conserve/EPA ENERGY STAR Challenge - and is encouraging the nation's nearly one million restaurants, their 13 million employees, as well as their suppliers and guests to reduce energy and water use in establishments

18 May 2009