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Japan to Test 330-Tonne Ocean Turbine Offering Potentially Limitless Energy!
It seems pretty clear that if the human race is going to have any chance of surviving the next few hundred years, we’re simply going to have to find a way of producing energy in a more efficient and renewable manner. Our reliance on fossil fuels is, after all, one…
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Sony Commits To Be 100% Renewable Energy By 2040
Sony Commits To Be 100% Renewable Energy By 2040 Sony is an absolutely massive company. In terms of technology, there is very little that they don’t have a hand in. From TV’s to kitchen appliances and, of course, the small matter of their PlayStation console. For a company of this…
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Cow Pats Could Be The Answer To The Energy Crisis
Cow Pats Might Solve the Energy Crisis When it comes to the power crisis, what we know for certain is that the sources we have are either not perfect or not going to last forever. One of the more notable solutions is, of course, nuclear power, but understandably not everyone…
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Green Energy Generated Six Days of Electricity in UK Last Quarter
A new study has found that more than half of the UK’s electricity came from low-carbon sources during the last quarter (July to September), and that the UK energy output was effectively coal-free for nearly six days during that period. The study, by energy company Drax, shows that electricity generated…
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Tesla Earned More in the Last Quarter than the Oil Industry in the Last Year
While old industries and energy providers desperately cling to inefficient and environmentally toxic fossil fuels, emerging renewable energies – such as wind, wave, and solar power – are becoming increasingly cost-effective without accelerating on-going climate change, and the world is starting to notice. Case in point: last year, the US…
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Elon Musk – Global Warming A “Serious Crisis” That Needs to Be Solved
Elon Musk’s electric car pioneer, Tesla Motors, has been diversifying its product line recently, first with the Powerwall home battery system, and now with a new range of solar roof tiles, built in conjunction with solar panel manufacturer SolarCity, and designed to replace traditional ceramic shingles. At the recent unveiling…
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93% Of Apple Facilities Run On Renewable Energy
Apple is quite busy these days, with the recent announcement of their new iPhone SE and their legal battles with the FBI regarding encryption. Amongst all of this though they seem to have time to keep investing and enhancing their facilities, with the recent revelation that 93% of their facilities run on…
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Wales Has First ‘Energy Positive’ House in Britain
Wales has become home to Britain’s first ‘energy positive’ house, so-called because it can generate a surplus of electricity which its owner can then sell on. The three-bedroom detached property in Cenin, South Wales, cost £125,000 to build, according to its designers from Cardiff University. The house is lined with…
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MIT Says Solar Panels Alone Can Handle Electricity Burden
An extensive study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that, despite unevidenced claims to the contrary, current solar panel technology is capable of delivering all the electricity a modern household could need. According to the 356-page report – The Future of Solar Energy – solar panels could, with the…
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Costa Rica Has Been Fully Powered by Renewable Energy for 75 Days Straight
Costa Rica has achieved a major milestone in clean energy, having the country be fully powered by renewable energy for 75 straight days. “The year 2015 has been one of electricity totally friendly to the environment for Costa Rica,” the state-owned power supplier Costa Rica Electricity Institute (ICE) said. The…
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World’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Coming to Japan
Renewable energy venture Kyocera TCL has announced plans for a floating 13.4 MW solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In terms of capacity/output, the solar plant will become the largest of its kind in the world. The plant will take up an area of 180,0002, with…
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Blu-ray Technology Improves Solar Panel Efficiency by 20%
Who knew that home release copies of Jackie Chan’s Police Story 3: Super Cop would be used to save the environment? Researchers at Northwestern University, apparently. They discovered the azure nanoscopic pattern on Blu-ray discs can be implemented to improve the efficiency of solar panels. The team bought up several…
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