A century ago, Switzerland decided to electrify its railways. Out went coal, coal pollution and energy dependency. Today, what about switching all our cars over to electricity? The air would be cleaner, but what would be ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 27, 2015
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Mali has signed an agreement with a Norwegian renewable energy specialist to build west Africa's first industrial-scale solar power plant, the company announced in a statement on Friday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 10, 2015
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Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China—now the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2)—can reverse the rising trajectory of its CO2 emissions ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2015
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Researchers who paired Siamese fighting fish in mock fights found that winning fish could supply more energy to their muscles during fights than losing fish.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2015
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The continual increase in global incomes means people are living more comfortably, including having the ability to afford air conditioning. Staying cool is good but there's a wealth of fallout. The demand for more "AC" will ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 27, 2015
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How much load can the electricity network really take? That was the key question during a special test in Lochem, The Netherlands, last week, in which researchers from the University of Twente participated. Twenty residents ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 15, 2015
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California's electrical grid has a problem - a nice problem, but a problem nonetheless: The state often has too much power.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 2, 2015
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The Arctic is the next great frontier for oil and gas—and one of the most environmentally fragile places on earth.
Environment
Apr 2, 2015
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Latin America spends billions of dollars subsidizing fossil fuels each year, but also has some of the world's largest renewable power programs, highlighting the energy-hungry region's divisions as it charts its future.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 1, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from institutions in the U.S. and Germany has found that the greatest opportunity for reducing predicted energy demands over the next half-century lies with cities that ...
