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The Versatile System: a fully featured algae-powered energy system that combines a dozen new and existing technologies to treat waste, produce methane and bio-oil for fuel, produce food for humans and livestock, sequester greenhouse gases, and produce oxygen. Invented by 15-yr old Javier Fernandez-Han

created by pioneers of Airborne Wind Energy to make the hot new technology available to the world.

Articles on piezoelectricity, nanotech, and the new green technologies

Mobile consumers are empowered to make climate-friendly purchase decisions and urge companies to take action on climate change.

Green is the most efficient "semi-transparent" colour for producing electricity, although red and purple also work well. Oxford PV predicts that manufacturing costs of its product will be around 50% less than the current lowest-cost thin film technology and expects its new mechanism will eventually match the unsubsidised cost of electricity generated from fossil fuels.

SunEdison has received the final payment of EUR230m from First Reserve for the sale of a 70MW photovoltaic power plant located near the town of Rovigo in northeast Italy.

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received orders to supply turbines with a total capacity of 117MW for German and Italian wind power projects.

"Sunlight in one hour could power the world for a year, but we don't tap into it for either electricity or for making solar fuels," Detty said, explaining the importance of his work. "Plants use sunlight to make their own fuels. Humans don't. We use oil. So if we want to have energy independence, it will come from solar."

This type of generator is characterized by its simple, robust design, requiring no excitation power, slip rings or excitation control systems. This results in high efficiency even at low loads.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has denied selling the 5% Federal Government shares in Eleme Petrolchemical Co Ltd. illegally for N4.375 bln to Inorama, as per NIgerianpilot. A statement, its spokesman said the bureau has always adhered to the National Council on Privatization's approval for sales of government entities, that the Eleme Petrochemical transaction was not an exception.

Every TreeHugger worth their roots loves solar power. After the (not always low) upfront costs are paid back you get free power from the sun, without emitting greenhouse gases or supporting continued extraction of fossil fuels. What's not to like, right? Well, according to a new report released by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition at the manufacturing and disposal stage of those über-green solar panels' life there's a whole bunch not to like, and little oversight to boot.

A growing number of people who have had a chance to ride on the buses have posted photos and comments on the electric buses on blogs and SNS services such as Twitter on their own. As a result, the city said Namsan Electric Buses have generated a desire to experience them first-hand among people planning to visit Namsan.

According to a new report from Pike Research , the number of e-motorcycles and e-scooters on the road will increase from 17 million in 2011 to 138 million by 2017.

Gionata Gatto and Mike Thompson created a new lamp that is completely powered by light energy absorbed from ambient sources. By utilising photoluminescent pigments to capture escaping light, Trap Light converts waste energy back into visible light.

The new tool is based on computer-based geographical information systems (GIS) that collect, store, analyse and present geographical data. This means that the tool describes real roofs in the correct surroundings. The sun in the model illuminates the three-dimensional built environment and simulates how surrounding buildings, terrain and vegetation throw shadows.