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A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 25

It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.


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Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (40) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...


Solar power generation around the clock

Solar power generation around the clock

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing ...


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Car That Runs on Compressed Air Questioned by Critics (w/ Video)

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 38

(PhysOrg.com) -- As electric cars begin breaking into the short-distance vehicle market, one French company thinks that it has an alternative to the electric vehicle: a car that runs on compressed air. Motor ...


Commercialization of new solar technology to boost solar efficiency

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created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development ...


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Solar Cells with LEDs Provide Inexpensive Lighting

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created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the 1.5 billion people in developing countries who do not have electricity, many rely on kerosene lamps for light after the sun goes down. But now, researchers from Denmark have designed ...


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Tesla Roadster Goes 313 Miles on a Single Charge

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tesla is becoming synonymous with high performance electric cars. Indeed, the Tesla car company has been making efforts to create a brand of sports car that runs on electricity, and does so ...


An aircraft dubbed 'Solar Impulse', HB-SIA prototype, is rolled out of a hangar

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.


The collection and storage and retention of the household data makes it vulnerable to security breaches

New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...


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Will Europe Be Powered by the Sahara

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 27

(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe has long been interested in developing alternative energy sources. And, one of the more interesting places that some Europeans are looking for solar power is the Sahara. With the vast ...


Two vintage beetle Volkswagen taxies pass by a  new "Metrobus" in Mexico City

Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy list

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.


Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs

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created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.



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