Tag Archives : Energy

Every pound that you spend has an impact on carbon footprints. To avoid this, you would have to invest your money very consciously, but even then, you would have at least a minimal impact on the level of carbon footprints. There are a number of things that you can do to reduce your personal impact on the level of carbon footprints. If you are [...]

The public transport systems are always under pressure to cut costs and increase revenue. As an answer for this the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), which runs the transit system in Philadelphia, is piloting a smart electrical grid technology that could cut its electricity bills by up to 40 percent and generate millions [...]

You’re at the beach, on a trail or in camp and a battery cell is over? Thanks to a new solar power technology, this cannot be a big problem. Photovoltaic cells in a spray, applied to any surface, solar energy can be cheaper and more accessible. At least that is what they expect Brian Korgel and his colleagues at the University of Texas, United [...]

This Monday, the Viridity Energy announced it has received a fund of the Authority Energy Development from Pennsylvania to design a system that transforms the energy released by braking of trains entering the station into electrical energy. The system will collect energy in a big battery installed in the Market-Frankford line, which has 28 stations [...]

Enzymes can “create” fuel from the air. It may seem impossible for the layman, but scientists do not rule out the hypothesis. Cars can be, one day, powered by air, through the use of bacteria. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in roots of soybean seeds that can be used as energy to move the car The Vanadium Nitrogenase can produce ammonia [...]

A wind-propelled car, dubbed the team DWFTTW – Directly Downwind, Faster Than The Wind – created a new category of vehicles, a record, while moving at speeds almost three times higher than the wind itself that drives it. The feat was achieved on the weekend of July 4, Independence Day in the United States, in the desert of El Mirage, Calif., [...]

In human evolution there were advances that were made by pressure and other environmental conditions because of advances in scientific knowledge and technology. The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century meant a big leap in the use of power tools and therefore established a large-scale industrialization and the use of steam power (replacing [...]

Google announced late on Tuesday it signed an agreement for 20 years to purchase wind power from Nextar Energy Resources II Story County plant in the state of Iowa, to supply some of their data centers. The Official Google Blog has announced a further step towards its goal of sustainability announced in 2007. The publication said that goal would be [...]

The U.S. company Brother Industries Ltd has developed an alternative to reduce the amount of disposable batteries thrown in the trash, creating Vibration Generating Battery-powered, a battery that automatically loads when subjected to agitation. The VpGB is intended for devices with low consumption and sporadic, such as remote controls. Although the [...]

The manufacturer Orange unveiled a great gadget for anyone who enjoys hiking and has ecological concern: a new pair of boots that harnesses the heat of perspiration from the feet to carry cell phones. The “Orange Power Wellies” created with the collaboration of specialists in renewable energy GotWind, come with a sole producer of energy, [...]