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Pepsi’s New Green PET Bottle

Syndicated — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:45 +0000

PepsiCo is one of the leading food and beverage businesses in the world. Since 2010, it has been focusing on protecting the earth’s natural energy resources with competent use of soil, water, power and finding and focusing on innovative ways to do so. Recently PepsiCo developed the world’s first plastic bottle made entirely from [...] Read More...

Posted in: Environment, Industry, Inventions

Artificial Electronic Super Skin – Powered By Stretchable Solar Cells

Syndicated — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:27:49 +0000

Zhenan Bao, Stanford researcher, is keen to create “Super skin.” Taking her previously created super-sensitive sensor a step ahead, she is now creating a super skin that will be self-powered with renewable clean solar energy. Bao and her team have designed polymer solar cells that are flexible and can be stretched to power the [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

PowerMod: To the Rescue

Syndicated — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:12:33 +0000

Think of the earthquake that happened at Tahiti, or havoc-provoking typhoons like Katrina; or the recent plane crash that took so many lives. With man-made or natural disasters occurring unexpectedly at all corners of earth, there has been a sharp demand for dependable portable energy sources that can make rescue efforts a lot [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

Ceria Mimics Plant Life

Syndicated — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:19:12 +0000

Newer and more exciting devices are being invented to harness renewable energy – especially solar energy. One such device is a prototype which uses one of the rare earth metals – ceria, otherwise known cerium oxide – utilizing its natural propensity of alternatively exhaling and inhaling oxygen as it heats up or cools down. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

The New Role of Microbes in Bio-Fuel Production

Syndicated — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:01:58 +0000

Currently biofuel is produced from plants as well as microbes. The oils, carbohydrates or fats generated by the microbes or plants are refined to produce biofuel. This is a green and renewable energy that helps in conserving fossil-fuel usage. But a new research has led to a new discovery of getting the microbes to [...] Read More...

Posted in: Biofuels, Future Energy, Inventions

E-Reader Going Green: Biblio Leaf

Syndicated — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:04:56 +0000

Glad tidings for book lovers with green ethics! Maybe the e-reader does not consume much power. But if you love to read online and think you should do your bit towards using renewable energy, you have Toshiba and KDDI joining the ranks of LG to provide solar-powered e-readers. Biblio Leaf is the new kid [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

Flat Tower: Innovative Architectural Solution

Syndicated — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:04:12 +0000

High-rise buildings and skyscrapers have been the most favored architectural solutions for highly populated cities. It is a commendable idea for combining height – growing more vertically – and for its small footprint without hogging precious soil which is at a premium in most cities. But sporadic eruptions of skyscrapers do not add to [...] Read More...

Posted in: Environment, Industry, Inventions

Solar Tracker Solar Panels

Syndicated — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:03:01 +0000

A German owned company IMO has set-up a plant in USA that will make the largest solar tracker solar panels to tap solar energy. As per Ruediger Unverzagt and Klaus Pless, respectively the CEO and vice-president of this company, these solar tracker solar panels are the largest in Summerville in South California. IMO is [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power

Power from Two Energy Sources?

Syndicated — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:28:44 +0000

Alternative sources of energy are clean and green but the catch is they generate less energy compared to fossil fuels. So now the scientists are trying to use different sources of alternative energy at the same place and same time to generate power. Attempts are being made to combine two forms of external energy [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves

Syndicated — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:18:51 +0000

Just like wind mills and wind turbines that generate power and electricity from the wind, scientists are now working to generate power from the sea. Stephen Wood, an assistant professor of marine and environmental systems at Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering is working on this technology for its advance and proper use. [...]
Posted in: Hydro Power, Inventions, Wave Power