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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Aeroplane Takes Silently to the Air

Anyone expecting to hear the engine roar into life when the "Antares DLR-H2" motor glider takes off, will be in for a surprise, the aircraft rises almost soundlessly from the runway powered by electricity producing fuel cells

26 Mar 2009

Race Has Begun To Develop High Power Batteries For Hybrid and Electric Cars

Financial sponsorship running into millions has opened the way for the development of new generations of high energy batteries for use in plug-in hybrid automobiles and the electric powered vehicles of the future

26 Mar 2009

Ascent Solar Opens New Thin Film Solar Manufacturing Plant

Ascent Solar, developer of flexible thin-film solar energy modules for a variety of applications, including building systems, has opened a new production facility

26 Mar 2009

Mazda Starts Commercial Leasing of World's First Hybrid Rotary Hydrogen Vehicle

Mazda Motor Corporation today commenced commercial leasing of the Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid, a hydrogen hybrid vehicle that offers substantially improved performance thanks to the addition of a hybrid system

25 Mar 2009

Economical, Environmentally Friendly Process Developed to Convert Algae into Biodiesel

Chemists are reporting development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from petroleum as a fuel

25 Mar 2009

Siemens Expands Solar Thermal Power Abilities

Siemens Energy to acquire a 28 percent stake in the Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy and expand solar thermal power plant technology

25 Mar 2009

Linde Takes the Wraps Off Ground Breaking Hydrogen Car Fuelling Technology

Linde North America is introducing ground-breaking technology that provides a safe, fast and efficient way to fuel hydrogen vehicles

25 Mar 2009

Search On For Biosolutions to Climate Change Problems

Global environment organization WWF and leading enzyme biotechnology company Novozymes today announced an initiative which will map how and where low carbon biosolutions can eliminate the first strategic billion tonnes of CO2

25 Mar 2009

Nuclear Materials Tracked and Monitored Using New RFID Technology

Scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical conditions of containers of nuclear materials in storage and transportation

25 Mar 2009

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gets $1.6 Million DoE Grant to Develop Faster, Cheaper Fuel Cells

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have won a $1.6 million DoE grant to develop new methods for manufacturing a key fuel cell component. The multi-year grant aims to create new technology and processes for faster, more cost-effective manufacturing of fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies

25 Mar 2009