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General Motors Solar Charging Station
General Motors has taken going green to another level by starting its solar charging station at Genesee County. The Al Serra Auto Plaza in Grand Blanc is among the first in the country with GM’s solar charging station. This is a test run for the more than 2,000 station GM hopes to have in place. [...]
MoreThe 100 Watt Electric Hybrid Vehicle Goes On Eco Tour Across USA
Sometimes small things grow into big ideas and so it was with Pierce Hoover, a journalist. He was fed up of his son, Nash, wasting power and so decided to put him on an exercise bike which could tell how much electricity was being produced by pedal power. When Nash struggled to produce the electricity [...]
MoreSouth Korea’s First Solar Powered Floating Island
South Korea is a very technological advanced country, so it is no wonder that the country ha already inaugurated the first floating island which is completely solar powered. Floating on the Han River, off Seoul, the 35,000 sq.ft. island, called Viva, floats on 24 giant airbags, so there is no danger of being swept away [...]
MoreThe Algae Mobile A Device To Reduce Car Pollution
The Environmental Pollution Agency has given a sustainability award to a Texas teen for his anti-polluting device. Param Jaggi, a 17-year-old senior at Plano East High School, was just learning to drive three years ago when he saw the polluting emissions coming out of a car in front of him. It took him three years [...]
MoreSamsung To Debut A Solar Netbook In Africa
Many parts of Africa do not have electricity, particularly many rural areas, jungles and outdoors. What it does have is a lot of sunlight being an equatorial place. Recently Samsung exhibited many of its new products in the second annual Africa Regional Forum in Nairobi. Samsung is taking this opportunity to unveil the Samsung NC215S, [...]
MoreSolar Leaf Technology To Provide Energy
Nature always provides inspiration in many ways to man and the manner in which a leaf uses the sun for photosynthesis has been mimicked by Dr. Daniel Nocera of MIT. Many people have tried to do this and there are other research projects which are ongoing, but this one has succeeded. This artificial solar leaf [...]
MoreAirforce Plane Uses Biofuel And Reduces CO2 Emissions
While it is true that commercial and private airlines use a great deal of fuel and emit pollution, often in the higher reaches of the atmosphere, there is another class of aircraft which is equally at fault. And that is the air force. It seems that the government is taking a serious stand on environmental [...]
MoreRolls Royce Bites The Bullet – Goes Electric
Rolls Royce is a name synonymous with high end luxury cars ever since the inception of the brand. Now the brand’s owner, BMW AG has announced that they are working on a prototype which will it will show at the Geneva auto show shortly. Based on the Phantom, the car will be an electric version [...]
MoreSynthetic Fuel With No Emissions
Both gasoline and diesel emit carbon dioxide apart from other pollutants into the air. While there are hybrids and electric cars available which help in reducing the total pollution level in the air, what if there was a fuel which would not give out any pollutants? UK based Celia Energy is working on just such [...]
MoreJapan’s New Eco-Friendly Electronic Rickshaw: The Meguru
Japanese companies have been at the forefront of innovation and technology. When these come together along with a concern for the environment, you get new products. The Yodogawa Group in concert with other smaller manufacturers has built the Meguru, an eco-friendly three wheeler rickshaw which can seat three people.
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