Project Cooking Up Stoves For The Poor
The World Food Program has commissioned Aprovecho to build fuel-efficient, low-polluting cooking stoves fashioned from the very tin cans in which food aid is delivered.
Renewable Energy
Silicon Valley players seek breakthroughs in alternative-power technology
An increase of investment capital is boosting scientific research into alternative energy technologies in Silicon Valley.
New plastic can better convert solar energy
Researchers at the University of Toronto have invented an infrared-sensitive material that’s five times more efficient at turning the sun’s power into electrical energy than current methods.
A little village in the sun
Here is a bright little village in Andhra Pradesh that is all solar and smoke-free — the first of its kind in the country.
Power From the Oceans
Wind energy industries are growing, and as we look for alternative power sources, the growth potential is through the roof. Two industry watchers take a look at generating energy from wind and wave action and the potential to alter the energy landscape.
National Security to Lead Renewable Energy Deployment
And the one mantra rising above the conference chatter that might create enough political muscle to kick-off that shift [to renewables] can be summed up in two words: National Security.
Challenges For The Hydrogen Economy
If the fuel cell is to become the modern steam engine, basic research must provide breakthroughs in understanding, materials, and design to make a hydrogen−based energy system a vibrant and competitive force.
Renewable Energy Markets (US)
Analysis of how US customers buy into biomass energy technologies, examples of renewable power suppliers, how Renewable Energy Certificates work, and where providers are now operating.
Peak Oil – Peak Technology
As the energy crisis intensifies, a myriad of technical solutions are being proposed. Governments, corporations and scientists are not offering new creative solutions, not because they are failing to make strong efforts, but because energy itself is a very mature industry.
War and cold have depleted Armenia’s only natural resource: trees
Its isolation and lack of hydrocarbon reserves has lead to some innovative ideas about alternative energy sources, in contrast to its two Caucasus neighbors, Georgia and Azerbaijan, whose policies have been dominated by a geopolitical tug-of-war for pipelines, electricity cables and global alliances.
Germany shines a beam on the future of energy
Nation gambles on amped-up push for renewable power
Fuel Cells in the Deep Freeze
AMONG the many hurdles to be overcome before we’re all driving fuel-cell cars with exhaust that is baby’s-breath-pure – superyacht purchase prices, an almost nonexistent refueling network and some public concern about the wisdom of carrying hydrogen pressurized at 10,000 pounds per square inch – is a more basic challenge: winter.
