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General Motors Receives 135 Clean Energy Patents in 2010

The latest patent growth index on clean-energy in the U.S. indicates that General Motors, a leading automaker in the U.S., has obtained 135 patents constituting around 14% of the total 1,881 patent applications received from 700 companies.

19 Apr 2011

Charging of Electric Vehicles at Night to Reduce Formation of Ozone

Researchers from the University of Texas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. conducted a study on the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) to determine the optimum way to charge these vehicles.

19 Apr 2011

Plasma Nanoscience for Efficient Creation and Storage of Energy

Plasma nanoscience could help tackle the challenge faced by the world today regarding creation and storage of energy by conducting more research in this field.

18 Apr 2011

European Commission’s Joint Research Center Announces Winners of Green Programmes

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the in-house science arm of the European Commission, has announced winners of its GreenLight, GreenBuilding and Motor Challenge programmes.

18 Apr 2011

NASA Awards $16.5 Million to Develop Fuel Efficient and Low Noise Aircraft

The Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate of NASA has recently awarded $16.5 million to four teams from academia and industry through its Fundamental Aeronautics Program for developing a new technology to reduce fuel intake, carbon discharge and noise in aircrafts.

15 Apr 2011

Aerospace Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Sets Sustainability Targets

For Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) going green is good for the environment and good for business. In its 2010 Corporate Energy, Environment, Safety and Health Report released today online, Lockheed Martin details how energy, water and waste to landfill reduction programs are helping the company meet its sustainability targets and improve operational efficiencies.

14 Apr 2011

Fraunhofer Institutes to Showcase Redox Flow Battery at Hannover Messe

The growing need for power has necessitated the introduction of innovative solutions for storing the solar and wind generated power during night or low wind conditions respectively.

7 Apr 2011

Fraunhofer AutoMOBILE Production Alliance Develop Resource Friendly Car Manufacturing Practices

Magnesium instead of steel – this could be an option for lightweight car body parts. A car door made of magnesium is roughly 50 percent lighter. This is one of the exhibits drawn from along the automobile manufacturing chain that researchers at the Fraunhofer AutoMOBILE Production Alliance are showcasing

4 Apr 2011

Innovative Coatings and Adhesives Help Reduce Energy Consumption and Improve Quality of Life

Innovative coatings and adhesives formulated with polyurethane raw materials from Bayer MaterialScience offer solutions for numerous challenges in these areas. They satisfy the requirements arising from the aspiration of a sustainable reduction of CO2 emissions and fossil fuel independence, as well as from increasingly urgent calls for "green" products in the widest sense of the word.

29 Mar 2011

LEGO Wins Award for Energy Efficiency

As a company devoted to energy efficiency in thought and action, Arburg annually bestows an award to a customer who places particular emphasis on energy efficiency in its philosophy and activities. On 22 March 2011, the LEGO Group was delighted to receive the Arburg Energy Efficiency Award.

29 Mar 2011