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Video: Hydrogen-powered Toyota Highlander gets 431-mile range

Desh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:29:12 +0000

Two Toyota Highlander fuel cell hybrid vehicles — advanced (FCHV-adv) recently finished a 331-mile round trip drive between Torrance and San Diego, California. The surplus fuel in the tanks suggested that the SUVs could have easily crossed...

Developing cost-effective ethanol from corn stover!

Irani — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:51:10 +0000

With ethanol as the present buzzword for the oil-producing industries, and the world concerned with the effects of global warming, ethanol derived from corn stover i.e. cellulosic ethanol will soon be found in the global market. And, with...

'Invisible' floating wind turbines! MIT designs

Irani — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:42:59 +0000

A good news for the tourists and the tourism industries. You no more need to worry about the windmills hindering the unobstructed beauties of nature - especially the beaches. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has come up with...

Skystream 3.7: wind generator for grid-connected residential markets

Zodingliani — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:58:45 +0000

After three years, U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory succeeded in creating this new wind power harnessing generator that has the potential to save $500 to $800 per year for every homeowner and provide 40 to 90...

Wind powered hydrogen produce

Irani — Sat, 13 May 2006 05:54:56 +0000

Producing hydrogen from wind! Yeah, this innovative “wind to hydrogen” research is signed at a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Xcel Energy just...

Reduce your trucks' idling with new 'truck stop electrification station locator

Irani — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:52:03 +0000

Good new for truckers. A new Internet-based mapping program can now help truckers find truck stops with idle reduction facilities. It is an on-site system that can help not only in cutting down on fuel use, but also reduction in air emissions at...

DOE to Develop $27 Million Offshore Wind Turbine with GE

Irani — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:17:05 +0000

To develop a new offshore wind-power system over the next several years, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has signed a $27 million, multi-year contract with the General Electric Company (GE). And for the project, DOE will...

Eco Echoes: Google SketchUp lets you design buildings with green credentials

Aditi Justa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:15:19 +0000

Software engineers at the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have proved their ingenuity with the launch of the OpenStudio update this week. The updated version of their plug-in for SketchUp, Google’s open-source...

Boston University to recycle used cooking oil for heating purpose

Desh — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:11:56 +0000

Adhering to the Massachusetts’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act completely, the Boston University begins recycling the waste cooking oil to heat thirteen of university’s buildings. Each year, the BU produces 5,000 gallons of cooking oil waste....