A team of undergraduate students at the Boise State University have conceptualized, designed and driven the fastest vehicle fuelled by vegetable oil. The vehicle, known as Greenspeed, is to be showcased at the Washington Auto Show being held from Jan. 26 - Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
12 Jan 2012
Tri Cascade has introduced a novel energy management system for homes. The elka 700-10 is an energy gateway thermostat that features an energy in-home display.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Jan 2012
Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien (CEE), an equity investment company based in Hamburg, is expanding its portfolio of solar parks with the acquisition of two new ground-mounted solar photovoltaic systems from Gehrlicher Solar, a global photovoltaics company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Jan 2012
Elite Energy Systems, an alternative energy company based in Nevada, has installed a biogas CHP system at the cattle feedlot of Gardiner Farms in Kirkton, Ontario. The farm is producing thermal energy and electricity independently.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Jan 2012
The Estonian government has placed an order with ABB for 200 DC chargers for building a network of fast-charging stations for electric vehicles (EV).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Jan 2012
NxGen Power, a developer of renewable energy facilities, has completed a 1.3 MW of photovoltaic array in Raleigh, North Carolina. The location of this solar power plant is at the Neuse River wastewater treatment plant.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
A LED lighting company in San Francisco Bay area, Elemental LED has declared that it is sponsoring a project, On the Green Road undertaken by environmentalists, Brenda Daugherty and Cece Reinhardt who performed retrofitting of a 2003 Airstream to help it function in a sustainable manner off the grid.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Smart Fog has declared that its top selling product, the ES100, an industrial and commercial humidifier has 90% better energy efficiency when compared to steam for duct mount and building applications.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Clean Energy Fuels has considerably increased its fueling station project in 2011 and is speeding up the expansion program to assist the growing demand in natural gas vehicle fuel.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
ET Solar Group, a manufacturer and supplier of vertically integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in China, has delivered 600 KW PV modules to different rooftop solar systems in the UK.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University report a big step towards turning cockroaches into cyborgs. Case Western Reserve chemistry professor Daniel Scherson collaborated with biology research assistant Alan J. Pollack, chemistry professor Irene Lee, biology professor Roy E. Ritzmann, and graduate student Michelle Rasmussen to produce a biofuel cell to provide electricity for various recording devices, sensors or just to control an insect cyborg.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Austin Energy together with Hector Gonzales and Lee Leffingwell, Mayors of Village of Webberville and Austin City, respectively has declared the activation of a 30 MW solar power plant in the Village of Webberville of Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Puralytics, a photochemical water purification product provider using light-stimulated nanotechnology, has declared that its 3 l water purifier, SolarBag is the first-ever non-chemical, non-powered system to satisfy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards for water purification equipment.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Evatran, a manufacturer of industry’s first wireless electric vehicle charging systems called Plugless Power solutions, has established a satellite office in the Research Triangle Park located in North Carolina.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012
Industrial Accessories Company (IAC), along with its fully-owned construction subsidiary, Adelphi Construction, has completed a design-build project for a $6.6M 100,000 ton-per-year biomass pellet plant of Midwest Farmer’s Co-operative.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Jan 2012