Harvesting Waste Heat Could Boost Photovoltaic Power: Scientific American
Engineers at Stanford University may have developed a way to double or triple the efficiency of solar power, in a...
New York’s Solar Thermal Plans
By unveiling a solar heating and cooling programme that could create 25,000 new green jobs, generate US$2.6 billion in revenue and see 2 GW of new solar thermal capacity installed in the state over the next decade, New York has revealed its ambition to become America’s national leader in solar heating and cooling. Thermal storage is also an area that, if effectively solved, would allow for additional advancement of the industry
Major decline in illegal logging
Illegal logging in the world's forests has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2002, according to the most thorough analysis yet. The London-based thinktank Chatham House says consumer pressure, legal restrictions by importing countries and media attention have all contributed. Some important forest countries such as Brazil, Cameroon and Indonesia have seen much larger cuts.
Solar plane completes historic 24-hour flight
PAYERNE, Switzerland — An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the...
SELF Named a Winner in Ashoka’s Changemakers Challenge
The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) has been announced as one of three winners in the Women | Tools |...
Bloom Energy Makes Lower Carbon Electricity From Gas in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Scientific American
The state of Tennessee just got its first Bloom Energy “Server”, which turns any gaseous fuels into electricity using its...
Mobile Solar-Powered Biofuel Processors Will Roam the U.S. in Search of Fuel : CleanTechnica
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a concept for a new biofuel process that could enable the biofuel industry to...
Morocco’s new Solar Project to Generate 2000MWs
Morocco is a North African country with no oil reserves. But nature has endowed this country with another bounty i.e....
Energy Grid Could Make Offshore Wind Power More Reliable
Scientists believe that natural resources can meet the energy needs of the entire human population. Wind energy too has huge...
Salt Water: The Tangy Taste of Energy Freedom
A visitor to Eastern Europe after the fall of communism would have been awestruck by the massive posters touting Winston...