News tagged with green energy

Researchers find simple and cheap way to mass-produce graphene nanosheets

Mixing a little dry ice and a simple industrial process cheaply mass-produces high-quality graphene nanosheets, researchers in South Korea and Case Western Reserve University report.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (33) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Not so windy: Research suggests winds dying down

(AP) -- The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 6

Buzz builds around electric cars as Nissan plans debut

As the Gulf of Mexico disaster casts an ugly spotlight on the pitfalls of global oil dependency, Japan's auto giants are moving into high gear in a drive to mass-market electric cars.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 23

Deep Green underwater kite to generate electricity (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An underwater tidal turbine called an “underwater kite” has just secured finance from investors to ensure its 2011 tests can go ahead.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (25) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

New technique announced to turn windows into power generators

An international team of scientists and industrialists is to meet at the University of Leicester to develop of a revolutionary new technique for harnessing green energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen still in the eco-car race

(AP) -- Hydrogen, one of Earth's most abundant elements, once was seen as green energy's answer to the petroleum-driven car: easy to produce, available everywhere and nonpolluting when burned.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 9

A new generation of power: Hi-tech rechargeable batteries developed for military

Scientists reported progress today in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power portable electronic ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (24) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 3 weblog

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

(AP) -- Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (19) | comments 27

Obama unveils historic power grid reform

President Barack Obama Tuesday announced the largest modernization of the US electricity grid in history, in a 3.4-billion-dollar bid to launch a new era of renewable energy consumption.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Chicken waste turned to watts

A Nevada energy developer says it has developed an environmentally clean way of using animal waste from chicken farms across the state to light up homes and offices. Green Energy Solutions wants to convert ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Wind energy creating a problem with military and weather radar

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the push for creating green energy, giant windmill farms are becoming more and more common for electricity production. However, the National Weather Service and the United States Air ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

A Glimpse of the Future MEMS-based Storage: Totally Green & Thumbnail Size

The University of Twente--Enschede, The Netherlands published newly conferred PhD Mohammed Ghiath Khatib's thesis, "MEMS-based Storage Devices: Integration in Energy-Constrained Mobile System". The new MEMS, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 0 weblog

France builds world's biggest photovoltaic solar plant

French energy giant EDF is building the world's biggest photovoltaic solar power plant at an abandoned NATO air base and plans to have it open by 2012, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Ore. town uses geothermal energy to stay warm

(AP) -- When snow falls on this downtown of brick buildings and glass storefronts in southern Oregon, it piles up everywhere but the sidewalks. It's the first sign that this timber and ranching town is like few others.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 8

Green energy

Green energy is the term used to describe sources of energy that are considered to be environmentally friendly and non-polluting, such as geothermal, wind, solar, and hydro. Sometimes nuclear power is also considered a green energy source. Green energy sources are often considered "green" because they are perceived to lower carbon emissions and create less pollution.

Green energy is commonly thought of in the context of electricity, mechanical power, heating and cogeneration. Consumers, businesses, and organizations may purchase green energy in order to support further development, help reduce the environmental impacts of conventional electricity generation, and increase their nation’s energy independence. Renewable energy certificates (green certificates or green tags) have been one way for consumers and businesses to support green energy.

For more information about Green energy, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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