Eco Factor: Fuel-cell power plant converts methane gas into electricity.
FuelCell Energy Inc., Danbury-based maker of high-efficiency, ultra-clean electricity plants using renewable and other fuels has succeeded in developing a way to extract…
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Eco Factor: 18650-type lithium-ion cells could lead to EVs with a range of more than 500 miles.
If Martin Eberhard, the electric vehicle engineering director at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) in Palo Alto, California is to be.
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Eco Factor: Flat-packed chair made from sustainably sourced birch plywood.
Furniture holds the potential of throwing new life into a dwelling. We have the market flooded with designs varying from contemporary to elegant to stylish to antique. But,.
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Eco Factor: 3D portraits created from trash.
While for most people trashed items hold no value, there is no dearth of artists who use other people’s trash as raw materials for something new and better. Eco-conscious artist Jason Mecier knows the.
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Eco Factor: $150 million solar energy company set to build solar power plants in Saudi Arabia.
Walking through glorious history of oil production, the world’s most important oil producer Saudi Arabia is now looking towards solar energy for power…
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission aircraft to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
The German Aerospace Center is working with Lange Aviation GmbH to develop next-generation fuel cell powered aircraft, the Antares H3. The Antares H3 is the successor of the.
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Eco Factor: Prototype airplane to be powered by human energy.
A team of Microsoft employees will compete Saturday in Red Bull’s Flugtag Competition with an airplane that will be powered by human energy. Dubbed the Windows Project Phoenix, the…
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Eco Factor: Researchers develop micro supercapacitor with remarkable potential to power electronic gadget.
A research team from France and US has developed a micro supercapacitor with remarkable potential to power mobile electronics, wireless…
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Eco Factor: World Energy Council identifies potential for wave-energy generation in Australia.
The Australian government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by the year 2050. The plan calls for the development of massive…
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Eco Factor: Eco Park uses kites to generate wind energy.
Combining art and adventure with energy generation sounds like a fantastic idea. For that reason kites would be a welcome substitute to simple, rustic and robust look of a wind mill if…
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