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SOLAR PANELS What are solar panels? The solar panels are devices that use solar energy to convert it into useful energy and heat for human activities. There are two different categories of solar panels´ products according to their use: photovoltaic...
31/05/2008
Wind energy farm will help solve power crisis
South Africa inaugurated its first commercial wind farm. It´s located in Darling, a town of 5,000 people, will provide only a 100th of national energy needs but the country´s minerals and energy minister called it a first key step. Fo...
24/05/2008
Space Based Solar Power
In March 2007, the National Security Space Office`s Advanced Concepts Office presented the idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) as a potential grand opportunity to address not only energy security, but environmental, economic, intell...
24/10/2007
Sustainable Mobility
Sustainable Mobility, also commonly referred to as Sustainable Transportation or Sustainable transport. SustainableMobility is about meeting or helping meet the mobility needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet these n...
15/10/2007
Fiat Presents Fuel Cell Powered-Panda Fleet to City of Mantova
Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) presented three Nuvera Fuel Cell-powered Panda cars to the municipality of Mantova today as part of the Zero Regio project. Zero Regio is an integrate...
22/09/2007
House passes renewable energy bill
The House approved an energy bill Saturday that would steer the nation toward cleaner fuels. Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in ta...
06/08/2007
Biofuel by milk in New Zealand
New Zealand´s smallest oil company today launched the first commercial biofuel to hit the nation´s service station forecourts - a petrol blended with ethanol made from milk. Gull New Zealand has launched a biofuel, Gull Force 10, which...
01/08/2007
Sugar could power hydrogen fuel cars
Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia propose using polysaccharides, or sugary carbohydrates, from biomass to directly produce low-cost hydrogen for the new hydrogen economy. A team o...
03/06/2007
Hydrosol project
The Hydrosol project has developed a method of producing hydrogen from water-splitting, using the energy of the sun, which could lead to environmentally friendly production of hydrogen for energy purposes. The Hydrosol project i...
16/03/2007
Sales of Statoils E85 biofuel grew by 270 in Sweden
Sales of Statoil´s E85 biofuel grew by 270% in Sweden last year compared with 2005, the Norwegian oil giant has revealed in a statement.Svenska Statoil´s petrol stations sold 19.5 million liters of E85 in 2006. The oil...
20/01/2007
UE sets new climate change target
The European Union´s executive branch proposed the 27-nation bloc reduce emissions by at least 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, and called on other developed nations to cut their emissions by 30 percent. EU puts climate change at heart of energ...
11/01/2007
Renault launches Trafic and Master models that run on b30 biodiesel
Renault launched B30(1) biodiesel-compatible diesel versions of two of its commercial vehicles in December 2006. Trafic 2.0 dCi B30 and Master 2.5 dCi B30 are the first expressions of Renault’s commitment to biofuels...
21/12/2006
Some us cities ratify Kyoto agreement
Australia and the United States are the only two leading industrial nations that refuse to accept the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Despite the refusal of the United States to accept Kyoto proposals, more than 300 cities in the nation, including Washington, have agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol on behalf of future generations....
11/12/2006
Indonesia aims to export 12 billion liters biofuel
Indonesia has targeted to export 12 billion liters of biofuel until 2010, an official said here Monday. The government already announced the ambitious project in biofuel production with a planned investment of 205 trillion rupiah (arou...
15/08/2006
Firm to make biofuel from catfish
Vietnamese company called Agifish plans to convert the fat of catfish into biofuel, which will be used domestically in diesel engines. Ho Xuan Thien, the chief engineer of the project, planned to build a 10,000-tonne-per-year factory in 2007 to mass...
05/07/2006
wind energy in ue25
Wind powered electricity generating capacity increased by over 150% in the EU25 since 2000. The total electricity generating capacity in the EU25 amounted to almost 704 GW1 in 2004, 6% more than in 2000....
23/05/2006
Solar plant in Colorado
Cel Energy outlined its plans Thursday for a solar power plant that could supply enough electricity for 1,800 Colorado homes without consuming scarce water or producing any pollution. The photovoltaic plant in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado will produ...
02/04/2006
Mazda starts leasing rotary hydrogen vehicles
Mazda Motor Corporation received permission from Japan´s Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) on February 10, 2006, to begin leasing the RX-8 Hydrogen RE to its first two corporate customers. These vehicles, equipped with a...
15/02/2006
Energy label for Renault cars
Renault rolls out its ´energy label´ across the distribution network. From January 1, 2006, Renault is rolling out a CO2 energy labeling system across all its sales outlets in France. In this way, it is implementing government measures to educate consumers...
25/01/2006
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