All Posts Tagged With: "Algae"
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Dell’s solar-powered parking lot; Alarming risks in natgas drilling; Cracking Algae With Electricity; Eco-Techno-Utopian Transit; Plantable Christmas Confetti
Dell’s solar-powered parking lot Dell is tricking out its parking lot with big, solar-powered structures that serve three purposes: charging the company’s Round Rock, Texas HQ with green energy, juicing electric vehicles parked at the lot and provided [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 23 October, 2009
Pedal Powered Water Purification Island; Algae a secret weapon; BMW Offers Plug-In Electric Diesel Hybrid; Earthship Makes Landfall in Nicaragua; UPS Trying New Hydraulic Hybrid Trucks
Pedal Powered Water Purification Island This people-powered water purification island, designed by Jakub Szczesny as part of the Synchronicity architecture and art festival in Warsaw, Poland, hooks up basic exercise [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 18 September, 2009
Electric Motorcycle ZEVS; Plastic as Fuel; Feeding Captured Carbon to Algae; Solar Powered Skyscraper; Train Runs on the Weight of Sewage
Electric Motorcycle ZEVS This could be the coolest electric bike I have ever seen. “The first electric motorcycle for the real biker.” Designs for “real men”, dusty roads, in the spirit of Harley Davidson, [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
Peugot Diesel Hybrid; Energy Efficient Appliance Rebates; Driving shots of the Tesla Model S; New, More CO2-Absorbent Algae Strain; Generating Electricity from Rainwater
Peugot Diesel Hybrid. Peugot is likely be the first to combine clean diesel engines with a hybrid drive train, which always has the front wheels powered by the diesel engine, while the [...]
The Daily Five: Monday, 17 August, 2009
Algae-Powered Transport Truck; New Dwell eco-homes in Seattle; One Gallon Challenge; Nonprofit Program Could Make Solar More Affordable; America’s First “Living Building”
Algae-Powered Transport Truck. Yep, you read that right…a truck designed to transport goods around the world and inside warehouses – that is powered by algae biofuels!
New Dwell eco-homes in Seattle. Dwell’s most recent project, [...]
The Daily Five: Friday, 31 July, 2009
Milking Algae for Oil; Making Solar Greener; Hospital Strives for 100% Renewable Energy; Kodak Solar Charger; Amtrak carbon tracking
Milking Algae for Oil. OriginOil, based in Los Angeles, just announced new technology that promises a better way to “milk” algae to extract their natural oils. Origin uses electrical pulses to get at the oil inside algae [...]
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 15 July, 2009
Exxon gets into Algae; Recycling robot; Baltimore smart grid; Rural coops using wind turbines; Smart appliances go on the grid
Smart appliances go on the grid. GE should start selling its smart appliances — dishwashers, water heaters, microwaves and other devices embedded with communications technology — as early as this summer, and these appliances will [...]
The Daily Five: Tuesday, 30 June, 2009
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel; Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery; LED clock munches bugs and converts carcasses into energy; Storing Hydrogen Using Chicken Feathers; Toyota Prius vs. VW Clean Diesel
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel. Scientists have been trying for years to find a non-food source for ethanol. A company in Bonita Springs, Florida, [...]
The Daily Five: Thursday, 2 October, 2008
The Senate votes overwhelmingly to send nuclear power technology to India; U.S. carmakers take a beating; and China embraces algae-based biofuels.
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A better way to keep that hydrogen tiger in your tank; algae biofuel begins to meet regular diesel standards; and China standardizes USB chargers for all cellphones.
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