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Orange Unveils Solar Powered Tent for Staying Connected While Camping in Luxury

Orange has revealed their vision for the tent of the future. Utilising cutting edge eco-energy technology, the Orange Solar Concept Tent will allow campers to keep in touch and power their essential camping gadgets

24 Jun 2009

Energizer Released Range of Rechargeable and Solar Power Devices for Consumer Electronics Like the Apple iPhone

From power for iPhone and Smart phones to netbooks and camcorders, Energizer continues to develop innovative and creative portable power solutions for on-the-go consumers. Making its debut will be the new line of Energizer Energi To Go branded rechargeable power packs and emergency charger products for all types of mobile electronic devices

24 Jun 2009

Great Minds Gather to Explore Next Generation Energy Storage and Advanced Batteries

IBM will gather many of the top minds in science, industry and technology to explore the next frontier of electrical energy storage and advanced battery systems

24 Jun 2009

Low Energy LED Lights Create Unique Shopping Experience

LED luminaires from OSRAM’s innovative new range have been used to create a unique shopping experience at The Trafford Centre in Manchester

24 Jun 2009

Chicken Feathers May Hold the Key to Fuel Storage for Hydrogen Cars

Scientists at the University of Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method - carbonized chicken feather fibers - that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a far lower cost than other hydrogen storage systems under consideration

24 Jun 2009

Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Energy Plus Other Nanotechnology and Alternate Fuel Markets Expected to Reach $14 Billion by 2014

According to a newly released report from iRAP, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen
Energy and Related Nanotechnology - A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the fuel cell and hydrogen energy industry is highly fragmented. Worldwide about 3870 organizations are involved in fuel cells, hydrogen energy and related nanotechnology and spent an estimated $8.4 billion in 2008

24 Jun 2009

ExxonMobil Introduces Electric Car Program

Today ExxonMobil took another important step in meeting the world’s
growing energy needs by announcing the sponsorship of an all-electric car-sharing and rental program, called AltCar

24 Jun 2009

Hydro Showcases Their Energy Efficient Building Technologies in Energy Neutral Building

Hydro, Europe's leading aluminium company and a global supplier of advanced building systems, opened an energy-neutral building in Ulm in southern Germany on Tuesday, showcasing its latest technologies for more energy-efficient buildings

24 Jun 2009

Bioplastics From Metabolix to be Used in Rubbermaid Products

Metabolix today announced that Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products whose brands include Rubbermaid, Calphalon and Paper Mate, is the customer that will purchase Mirel bioplastic injection molding grade under a previously announced supply agreement

24 Jun 2009

Next Generation OLED Materials From DuPont Can Last For Over 100 Years

DuPont today announced the development of its new, proprietary "Gen-3" solution-based organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials technology that can last a record lifetime of more than 1 million hours - equivalent to over 100 years of constant use

24 Jun 2009

Palm Oil Biodiesel to Be Produced by Vale S.A.

Vale announces a project to produce biodiesel to supply its operations in the Northern region of Brazil, from 2014 onwards

24 Jun 2009

Super Fast Shrinkage of Ice Sheets Can Occur In a "Geologic Instant"

Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buff...

23 Jun 2009

Microbes Shown to Break Down Polluting Pthalates

Immobilized microbes can break down potentially harmful phthalates, according to researchers in China, writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution. The microbes might be used to treat industrial waste water and so prevent these materials from entering the environment

23 Jun 2009

Microbes Shown to Break Down Polluting Pthalates

23 Jun 2009

Stopping the Destruction of the Ozone Layer May Be Leading to Global Warming

Hydrofluorocarbons that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

23 Jun 2009