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• Chevy Volt Owners Confirm EPA MPG Statistics

  

  Brent Waldrep of Auburn Hills, Mich., has driven more than 23,500 miles in his Volt in 21 months, and had to go to a gas station twice. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Electric Car Crosses Australia on Less Than $15 of Electricity

  

  The Wind Explorer (Credit: Evonik) The Wind Explorer, a lightweight zero-emission electric car piloted by German extreme sportsmen Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Panasonic Will Provide Subaru’s First Hybrid SUV With Ni-MH Batteries

  

  Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid (Source: Panasonic Corporation) Panasonic Corporation has announced its intention to supply nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) battery... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Stanford Students Plan to Transform Green Home Construction

  

  Stanford students, from right, Erica Levine, Yoo-Yoo Yeh, Claire Frykman, and classmates prepare to place floor joists that will support a deck at the... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World’s Largest KrF Gas Laser Focused on Fusion

  

  Time-integrated image of laser focal-spot (left) and time varying image of the beam/target diameter viewed through rear surface (Photo: U.S. Naval Research... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Prevent Energy Loss From Heat in Solar Cells

  

  Researchers from the Colorado School of Mines have figured out a new way to increase efficiency of photovoltaic cells. It is well known that electricity carrier... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Navitas’ Solar Car to Race in Shell Eco-Marathon

  

  Zack Lapetina (kneeling), a Purdue University student and president of Purdue Solar Racing, shows off solar car Navitas with students Sam Stevenson and Sally An... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• UCLA Center Released Interactive Map of Los Angeles’ Electricity Use

  

  LA electricity average consumption map, June 2012 (Source: California Center for Sustainable Communities) A new energy map of Los Angeles developed at UCLA... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Samsung Announced Eco-Friendly Air Purifier That Runs on Solar Energy

  

  (Source: Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics has announced the availability of Eco Trees, a smart companion for a richer, sustainable, healthier life. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar Activity Lower Than Anticipated, Electrical Grid Safe for Now

  

  Artist's depiction of solar wind particles interacting with Earth's magnetosphere. Sizes are not to scale (Source: NASA) According to NASA, solar activity this... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• General Electric Builds World’s Most Efficient Wind Turbine

  

  GE's 2.5-120 wind turbine (Credit: GE) General Electric has announced yesterday that a prototype of the world’s most efficient high-output wind turbine, the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Detect Magnetic Fingerprints of Defects in Solar Cells

  

  A new highly sensitive method of measurement allowed physicists form Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy to directly detect defects in solar... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Flat Thermoelectrics Can Recover Wasted Heat Energy

  

  3D printing makes it possible: A demonstrator of a printed TEG wriggles flexibly around a sample component. (Source: Fraunhofer IWS) Only a fraction of the tota... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Sets Energy Efficiency Targets for 2030

  

  The flag of the European Union (Credit: MPD01605, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpd01605/) Yesterday The European Commission took the first step towards... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Improve Quantum Dot Solar Cells With Nanowires

  

  While potentially much more efficient, than conventional photovoltaic systems, quantum dot solar cells are still at a pre-commercialization stage. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Reusing Ash from Burning Waste to Produce Hydrogen

  

  Control room of a moving grate incinerator (Published on Wikipedia with the permission of ''VGB Power Tech GmbH'' Germany Source of foto: ''Steag'', Germany)... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Chevron Announces Oil Discovery in Gulf of Mexico

  

  Coronado prospect in prolific Lower Tertiary Trend (Credit: Chevron). Chevron Corporation has announced an oil discovery at the Coronado prospect in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Flexible Organic Solar Module for Mobile Applications Developed

  

  Flexible solar cell developed by Japanese company PV Japan (Credit: Marufish, http://www.flickr.com/photos/marufish/). A technology developed by the HiFlex... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ceramic Coating Will Stop Tritium Permeation in Fusion Reactors

  

  Inspired by JET: David Harber's sculpture at Cricket St Thomas. (Image: Julian Siret Source: EFDA) Tritium, which is used in fusion reactors, is a radioactive... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Upgrades Fusion Experiment

  

  Outside view of the NSTX reactor (Photo credit: Princton's Information Services Office, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) An important stage of the $94... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY