The University of Michigan has developed a novel approach to harnessing the slow moving energy at the bottom of oceans or large rivers. Called VIVACE or Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy, the hydro system can produce energy with just 2 knots of water movement. Oceans and rivers worldwide typically move at a clip • Read More »
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Cruise Car Solar Electric Hybrid Vehicles Go Hollywood
November 24, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: News.Universal Studios in Hollywood, California has decided to throw their gas-powered carts under the bus and go solar. In fact, Universal Studios has decided to buy 300 Cruise Car solar electric vehicles for all sorts of people to drive around their 415 acre lot. The Cruise Car Solar Electric Hybrid Cars are currently the only • Read More »
Wind to Battery Technology Developed in Minnesota
November 21, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Wind Energy.A company called Xcel Energy is looking to store excess wind energy from utility scale turbines inside of batteries, very large batteries. In fact, the batteries for testing are so large they are about the size of two semi-tractor trailers stack on top of each other. There are times when the wind blows so hard • Read More »
Honda FC Sport Concept Shown at L. A. Auto Show
November 19, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.At this year’s Los Angeles International Auto Show, Honda decided to give its fuel cell Clarity an extreme makeover. The Honda FC Sport is a design concept that shows what a hydrogen fuel cell supercar could look like sometime in the future. The Honda FC Sport is a three-seater with the driver in the middle • Read More »
GreenField Solar Cuts Costs on PV Cells
November 17, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.Greenfield Solar has developed a small 1.5 Kw power plant that can be assembled by two people in half a day using regular tools. The kicker is that their $6,000 unit has the output of about $4 per watt compared to the industry norm, which is currently about $8 per watt. The concentrating solar power • Read More »
Kia Borrego FCEV Bursts into Los Angeles
November 14, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.It’s that time of year again when the green cars are rolling out at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. And, one of the sparse fuel cell cars that have seen the light of day this year is being unveiled, the Kia Borrego FCEV. For several years now, Kia has been making the hydrogen car • Read More »
MotorWind Turbines Integrate Power Generation and Advertising
November 12, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Wind Energy.At first glance some small microturbines like the MotorWind from MotorWave may seem like novelty items, and perhaps they are. But, these circulate nylon blades also have a dual function, which is advertising / education. These microturbines have already been tested in hurricane force winds in Hong Kong in 13 different locations without any damage. • Read More »
Flexible and Transparent Ultra Thin Solar Panels
November 10, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.Researchers at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana are patting themselves on the back for coming up with a new printing-like process to put ultra-thin solar panels in flexible plastic or fabric. The solar panels can be printed at 1/10th the size of a human hair, yet yielding strength and flexibility. In fact, the solar • Read More »
HHO Games & Expo Shows of Water Car Technology
November 7, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Gas Savers.I’ve blogged about run your car on water systems many times in the past. I’ve also taken a lot of heat from the critics for promoting this emerging green technology. Next week, starting November 11, 2008 in Palmetto, Florida the HHO Games and Exposition will be legitimizing hydrogen on demand systems at the world’s largest • Read More »
Solar Panel Breakthrough Captures 96.21-Percent of Light
November 5, 2008 | By Kevin | No Comments | Filed in: Solar Energy.Let’s face it, solar panel breakthroughs are a dime a dozen. Every day or two some university or company is declaring a more efficient solar panel, usually, though by a small percentage. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have changed all that. Professor Shawn-Yu Lin and a group of fellow scientists have developed a special solar panel • Read More »