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Battery Breakthrough Increases Charge Life by 800%
Monday, 17 Nov, 2008 – 4:26 | No Comment
Battery Breakthrough Increases Charge Life by 800%

A team of researchers at South Korea’s Hanyung University led by professor Cho Jaephil (pictured), has claimed a breakthrough that could extend lithium ion battery charge life up to 8 times current values that means …

Duke Energy to build 5,000 MW of Wind Energy in Wyoming
Monday, 17 Nov, 2008 – 4:14 | 2 Comments
Duke Energy to build 5,000 MW of Wind Energy in Wyoming

Duke Energy Corp. plans to produce more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity from wind projects located primarily in the West, Southwest and Midwest. That’s more than 2.5 times the power generated by Rocky Mountain Power’s …

Renewable Energy Projects Cancelled
Friday, 14 Nov, 2008 – 7:00 | No Comment
Renewable Energy Projects Cancelled

Abandoned Solar Power plant – Carrizo Plain
Until September, cleaner technology was on a roll, collecting some $3.3 billion in venture capital investment during the first nine months compared with $2.6 billion for all of 2007. …

Is Japan Making Mistakes in Solar Power Development?
Friday, 14 Nov, 2008 – 6:31 | No Comment
Is Japan Making Mistakes in Solar Power Development?

Ota City’s tiny Pal Town neighborhood, nestled among strawberry fields is one of Japan’s sunniest spots. This is one of the main reasons the rooftops of the houses here are shining with solar panels, making …

Asian Cities Smothered in Killer Smog
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 14:35 | No Comment
Asian Cities Smothered in Killer Smog

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself and this photograph looks like it could be from 1950′s London. Unfortunately it is from Beijing circa 2007. Natural light is now 10 to 25 percent dimmer …

Beijing to Spend $34B by 2012 on Traffic Infrastructure
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 12:20 | No Comment
Beijing to Spend $34B by 2012 on Traffic Infrastructure

China Daily reported that Beijing will spend 240 billion yuan (US$34 billion) by 2012 to upgrade its traffic infrastructure. In the five years before the Olympics, the city spent 170 billion yuan.
“We will make sure …

Despite Economic Crisis IEA Calls for “Global Energy Revolution”
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 10:41 | No Comment
Despite Economic Crisis IEA Calls for “Global Energy Revolution”

The International Energy Agency’s has just released it’s annual publication the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2008. IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said that the report highlights that current trends in energy supply and consumption are …

First Biodiesel Trans-Continental Jet Flight
Wednesday, 12 Nov, 2008 – 15:29 | No Comment
First Biodiesel Trans-Continental Jet Flight

This week, Green Flight International is back with the announcement that the BioJet I, an old L-29 military aircraft, flew across the U.S. burning pure biodiesel. The majority of the flight was made using pure …

Pentland Firth in Scotland to be Developed as Tidal Farm
Wednesday, 12 Nov, 2008 – 14:56 | No Comment
Pentland Firth in Scotland to be Developed as Tidal Farm

Artists Impression of a Tidal Turbine
International Power Marine Development, a subsidiary of International Power plc, has secured a grid connection and they will build a 10-Megawatt tidal farm in the Pentland Firth. The scheme is …

High Speed Rail is GO in California!
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 14:39 | No Comment
High Speed Rail is GO in California!

Last Tuesday, Californians voted in favor of an 800 mile high speed train system that will stop in every major city from Sacramento to San Diego. According to the High Speed Rail Authority, California is …