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Electric Car Battery That Uses Charged Fluid Can Be Refilled Like a Fuel Tank

A new type of redox flow battery presents a huge advantage for electric cars. If the rechargeable batteries are low, the discharged electrolyte fluid can simply be exchanged at the gas station for recharged fluid – as easy as refilling the petrol tank

13 Oct 2009

Ultra Portable Backpack Power Plant Updated in New Version

Bourne has completed a new version of its Backpack Power Plant (BPP-1) hydrokinetic system, a zero-fuel continuous 24/7/365 power generator that is ultra-portable

13 Oct 2009

Qteros Launches Final Stage of Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Business leaders, politicians, and venture capitalists were on hand today as Qteros officially launched the build-out of their cellulosic ethanol pretreatment plant site in Chicopee

13 Oct 2009

Scientists to Gather and Discuss the State of the Earth

Thousands of scientists will meet in Melbourne, Australia in mid-2011 to discuss the state of the Earth, including its climate and atmosphere, water resources and oceans, volcanoes and polar regions

13 Oct 2009

Casino Gets Energy Saving LED Display

Federal Heath Sign Company has installed a state-of-the-art LED video display at the Isleta Casino & Resort, located in Albuquerque, NM

13 Oct 2009

Efficiency Environmental Award For Building Products Company

Recognition for aircrete manufacturer H+H’s sustainability effort is coming in from all directions. The first aircrete manufacturer to be awarded the Carbon Trust Standard, and the first company to be awarded a ‘very good’ rating in BES 6001:2008 Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products, H+H has now also received the award for Achievements in Resource Efficiency at the Environment Awards for Kent Business 2009

12 Oct 2009

Chocolate Powered Racing Car to be Featured on BBC's Blue Peter Television Show

Researchers at the University of Warwick will be appearing on the BBC’s Blue Peter show on Tuesday 13th October to demonstrate their eco friendly “WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car” which can be powered by chocolate, steered by carrots, and as bodywork made partly from potatoes

12 Oct 2009

New Process Makes No Waste BioDiesel With Cosmetics and Food Grade Glycerol As a ByProduct

Yellow Diesel B.V. succeeded in producing high-quality biodiesel in a continuous fixed-bed micro plant based on heterogeneous catalysis. This process gives pure biodiesel plus a cosmetics/food grade glycerol, with practically no waste streams

12 Oct 2009

Construction Starts on Eco Friendly Power Plant in Slovakia

In the presence of ¼ubomír Jahnátek, the Slovakian Minister of Economics, the ground-breaking ceremony was held today for the Malženice combined cycle power plant in Slovakia. Malženice is located in Trnava, a region with highly dynamic economic development. Siemens Energy is erecting the natural-gas-fired plant for E.ON as a turnkey project

12 Oct 2009

President Obama's Wins Nobel Peace Prize - What Greenpeace Thinks About That

We hope that this award will give President Barack Obama the courage of his convictions on climate change, that it will spur him to take personal leadership on climate change to avert climate catastrophe

12 Oct 2009

Leadership in Photovoltaic Materials Wins Award for Dow Corning

Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, was named winner of the 2009 SOLAR Industry Award in the photovoltaic material category for its new Dow Corning® PV-6100 Encapsulant Series and manufacturing process, which have demonstrated cost savings and superior protection for solar modules

12 Oct 2009

DOE Projects Aim to Accelerate Adoption of Solar Energy and Develop Solar Workforce

At the opening of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon on the National Mall, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced up to $87 million will be made available to support the development of new solar energy technologies and the rapid deployment of available carbon-free solar energy systems

12 Oct 2009

Greenpeace Calls on Obama, Brown, Merkel and Sarkozy To Immediately Act On Climate Change

As the climate talks in Bangkok limped to a close, Greenpeace called on the leaders of the rich world to take the political decisions that will save the climate

12 Oct 2009

BMW C1-E, Concept Vehicle Combining Electric Motoring With The Safety of a Car and Freedom of a Motorbike

This is what a safe, environment-friendly and highly practical single track vehicle for city traffic could look like in the future. BMW Motorrad developed the C1-E study as a contribution to the European safety project eSUM

12 Oct 2009

Progress Made on the 'Bricks and Mortar' of Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations

The penultimate negotiating session before the historic UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December wrapped up Friday in the Thai capitol Bangkok with progress made on what needs to constitute the "bricks and mortar" of the Copenhagen agreed outcome, but a continuing lack of clarity on key deliverables to make a successful international climate change deal workable

12 Oct 2009