Avatar Posted by mannuuckasdf 5523 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GE vests eSolar combed solar gas plants
A pilot eSolar plant which uses sun-tracking mirrors to create heat to make steam which makes electricity through a conventional turbine. (Credit: ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by yeroppy 5571 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Toyota accept priority registration Prius Plug-I
The Prius Plug-in will offer electric-only driving for about 13 miles and an anticipated 50 MPG hybrid driving. (Credit: Toyota) Folks who want to... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Eleen 5626 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Sub du jour goes all-electric
Battery pack lets Ego cruise for up to eight hours. (Credit: Raonhaje) This sub could make even Philippe Cousteau, with so many water toys at his... read more »
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Avatar Posted by rockyraj25k1 5579 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Solar fuel research mimics photosynthesis
NEW HAVEN, Conn.--In an ambitious attempt to replicate nature, various researchers are seeking to create fuels from water and sunlight, much the way... read more »
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Avatar Posted by rockyraj1919 5626 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Deep offshore wind sized
(Credit: University of Maine/James W. Sewall Company) Deep offshore wind could produce energy for 8-10 cents per kilowatt within 10 years, accordi... read more »
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Avatar Posted by James01 5740 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Pay dirt: Why rare earth metals matter tech (FAQ)
A topic most people once considered as boring as dirt--rare earth minerals--has fast become a matter of international significance with a direct impa... read more »
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Avatar Posted by paulklilla 5661 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: BP: Renewable energy outpace growth of oil
Given how many variables are involved, predicting the future of energy with accuracy is difficult. But BP's annual Energy Outlook, which came out to... read more »
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Avatar Posted by RobertsAccs 5690 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Hitachi Molycorp plan rare earth joint venture
U.S. rare earth metal supplier Molycorp today said that it is planning a joint venture with Hitachi Metals to produce rare earth metals in the U.S. ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by hairreplacement 5572 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Google plants $100 million giant wd farm
The Shepherds Flat wind farm is expected to be fully operational in 2012 and supply 235,000 average U.S. homes. (Credit: General Electric) Google... read more »
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Avatar Posted by stpetroski 5600 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: NRC plans review as focus turns nuclear fuel srag
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to do a "systematic and methodical" review of U.S. nuclear facilities following the onset of the crisis... read more »
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Avatar Posted by smithadam 5627 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Stand tweaks recipe quantum dot solar cells
To improve solar cell efficiency, Stanford researchers added a self-assembling monolayer (SAM) of an organic molecule to a titanium oxide semicon... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zimansuf2 5721 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Green-tech companies look overseas foothold
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Rather than follow a well understood game plan, energy technology entrepreneurs need to think more like chess players on the fast-... read more »
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Avatar Posted by restaurantpaoli 5648 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Snow-meltg road technology works
Solar road panels are layers of photovoltaic cells, heating elements, and wireless LED lights encased in durable glass that provides asphalt-like t... read more »
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Avatar Posted by maxx8888 740215 days ago (http://venturebeat.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: secure is smart grid?
What if a‚ burglar‚ could browse data which reveals which houses in an area are empty, or a cyberattack could create an electricity blackout What if y... read more »
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Avatar Posted by shyhhyhhhh 5607 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Japan crisis challenges nuclear around world
Even as the world tensely monitors Japan's nuclear crisis, it's clear that nuclear power will face harsher public scrutiny and a reevaluation of nuc... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zacharyheath1953 5733 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GM envisions refreshing EV batteries
A General Motors patent application addresses one of the downsides of electric vehicles--battery degradation--with a system that would let technicia... read more »
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Avatar Posted by albertabbb 5554 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Building GEs Ecomagination ecosystem (Q & A)
BOSTON--In one respect, green-tech companies are realizing what IT manufacturers did many years ago: just selling a box will only go so far. To ge... read more »
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Avatar Posted by pnosufterjik 5675 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Solar panel maker Stion create 1 000 Miss. jobs
Stion makes CIGS solar panels at its San Jose, Calif.-based facility with plans to expand to a factory in Mississippi. (Credit: Stion) Thin-film s... read more »
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Avatar Posted by svetalaqm 5520 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Google: We largest EV charging network
Juiced: Google&39's technical program manager for electric transportation, Rolf Schreiber, gets ready to charge a Nissan Leaf. (Credit: Screen cap... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Andreye 5675 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: First Solar supply Chinas massive solar plant
First Solar has signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, to supply its thin-film solar panels to China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Developmen... read more »
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