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Washington DC Government Agencies to be 100% Powered by Wind Energy

Via: shub-orinuj • Alternative Energy • 39 Comments • 7 years ago

Washington D.C. has just announced a huge step forward in its quest to become Americas greenest city . TheDistrict of Columbia Department of General Services (DGS) has signed a one-year...

'Star in a Jar’ Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy

Via: sixpick • Alternative Energy • 7 Comments • 7 years ago

New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields. For several decades now , scientists from around the world have...

Does burning coal have to be a bad thing ?

Via: petey-coober • Alternative Energy • 49 Comments • 8 years ago

LINK : http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/11/ending-age-of-steam-with-supercritical.html November 04, 2014 Ending the age of steam with Supercritical CO2 The age of steam has generally...

Facing the Prospect of Walking Away from My Little Mountain Cabin

Via: community • Alternative Energy • 24 Comments • 8 years ago

As I have mentioned in passing a number of times, a proposal by a foreign company to place 40, 525' tall wind turbines on the ridge near my house in the Pocono Mountains, may ultimately...

Virginia Auto Dealers Launch All Out Assault On Tesla Motors

Via: community • Alternative Energy • 18 Comments • 8 years ago

The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association has filed a long, convoluted complaint with the state’s Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. It accuses Tesla Motors of committing illegal acts at is authorized...

Tarter: The battle is on between oil, ethanol

Via: shub-orinuj • Alternative Energy • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

Ethanol blends at the pump have become the norm at the pump. Lawmakers in Washington are strongly considering eliminating $5 billion of tax credit subsidies that gives refiners 45 cents a gallon...

Solution to a better future #1

Via: shub-orinuj • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

When I first got the idea to write this article I wanted to put down several ideas and mash it all together. As the days have gone past it was clear to me the direction of this site that only one...

MODEC unveils SQWID offshore wind-current Ocean Energy Platform

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

Aiming to combine two abundant and reliable offshore renewable energy resources, Japan's MODEC has come up with SQWID, "a floating wind and marine tidal power platform that makes use of a Darrieus...

Nanotubes boost potential of salinity power as a renewable energy source

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

In November 2009, Norwegian state owned electricity company Statkraft opened the worlds first osmotic power plant prototype , which generates electricity from the difference in the salt...

Green Energy Goes Yellow

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

Link Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, which is a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, have developed a...

Even big oil admits that electric vehicles are the wave of the future !

Via: petey-coober • Alternative Energy • 36 Comments • 9 years ago

Yup . Shell Oil has gone on record as projecting the widespread use of e-cars &/or hydrogen vehicles . Link...

The ultimate form of alternative energy takes a key development step

Via: petey-coober • Alternative Energy • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-fusion-project-takes-key-step-lab-test-210522616.html Nuclear fusion project takes key step in lab test By MALCOLM RITTER | Associated Press 1 hr...

Forget plugs, charge your mobile with a WIND TURBINE: Portable propeller harnesses breezes to power up a phone

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Hunting for your charger and a free plug socket could soon be a thing of the past. This is according to two electricians, who have designed the worlds first portable turbine phone charger...

Bike to the future! Slick electric motorcycle cruises 125 miles on just one charge

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Electric bike has an almost-silent motor integrated into the rear wheel Tiny motor provides 14hp and a top speed of 74mph Side mirrors have integrated displays showing bikes speed...

The sports car that runs on CHIP FAT OIL: Convertible roadster reaches 200mph and lasts 2,000 miles on one tank of fuel

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

Trident claims its Iceni model is the worlds most fuel efficient sports car It can reportedly travel 2,000 miles on a single tank of mineral or bio-diesel Engine uses 'torque...

Is this stealth bike the future of policing? SILENT electric motorcycles could be used to sneak up on criminals

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

California-based Zero Motorcycles have designed an electric bike for police Motorcycle is silent so it can be used to creep up on criminals undetected The LAPD is evaluating the...

Would YOU drive this 'car'? £4,000 Elio needs stabilisers to stop it tipping over - and reaches a top speed of 100mph

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

Elio Motors plans to start making vehicles for the US market next year It seats 2 passengers, one behind the other, and does 0-60 mph in 9.6s Because it has 3 wheels, the Elio is...

Electric cars flood the luxury market

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

BMW's i8, pictured in concept form, is expected to eke supercar performance from a super-frugal drivetrain. The name may not be terribly attractive, but your future luxury car could very...

Solar Power Tower equals singed birds ?

Via: petey-coober • Alternative Energy • 14 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK : http://news.yahoo.com/emerging-solar-plants-scorch-birds-mid-air-054013072.html Emerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN LOCHER 6...

The sports car that runs on SALTWATER

Via: larry-crehore • Alternative Energy • 15 Comments • 9 years ago

Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds - and has just been approved for EU roads Quant e-Sportlimousine's top speed is 217mph - equal to a McLaren P1 The car uses a saltwater flow...

IBM Research, Airlight Energy work on affordable solar tech

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-10-ibm-airlight-energy-solar-tech.html A system that can concentrate the sun's radiation by 2,000 times and convert 80 percent of it into useful energy has been...

Dutch Company Powers Streetlights and Phones With Living Plants

Via: nona62 • Alternative Energy • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

Dutch Company Powers Streetlights and Phones With Living Plants. Please don't bring politics or religion into the discussion...Thank you! In November, more than 300 LED lights were...

Toyota opens fuel cell patents to drive "hydrogen society"

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 19 Comments • 9 years ago

Source Toyota is serious about hydrogen fuel cell technology. It's so serious that it's not only welcoming competition, it's helping it. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the...

Robotic Solar Cleaning in the Desert

Via: hal-a-lujah • Alternative Energy • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Source The Ketura Sun solar park in Israels Negev desert, which was built by Siemens AG and solar energy pioneer Arava Power , and is currently operated by Siemens AG, may be the...

Scientists make strides in beaming solar power from space

Via: sixpick • Alternative Energy • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

The idea of powering humanity by gathering an endless supply of solar energy from space has taken a huge step towards becoming a reality. Scientists working for JAXA, Japan's space administration...

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