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World’s Greenest Building Opens Its Doors in Seattle
The Bullitt Center in Seattle, WA opened its doors to the general public this week. The six-story, 50,000 square foot building—being touted as the greenest in the world—is designed to be completely self-sustaining in energy and water. It’s also free from toxic materials like PVC, cadmium, lead, mercury, and formaldehyde. It’s hoped that the 30 million dollar Bullitt Center, which …
Using Gravity to Bring Affordable Electricity to Remote Africa
Over 1.3 billion people—20 percent of the world’s population—are without access to electricity worldwide, according to the World Bank. It’s no surprise that the majority of those people live in developing countries, including 550 million in Africa, and over 400 million in India. In developing countries, wood, charcoal, coal and dung are used for cooking and heating, and kerosene is often …
4 Awesome Technology Ideas that Never Quite Made It
I always get a kick out of reading about the latest innovations in technology. But nearly all of the technological ideas we read about are already successful in the marketplace. What about those interesting and innovative ideas which never quite made the grade? Here are just a few of my favorites: 1. Dance Energy. One of the oddest ideas around …
Lockheed Martin Helps U.S. Military Go Green, Stay Safe
Lockheed Martin has won a $3 million contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop solid oxide fuel cell generators that will replace reliance on traditional battlefield power generation equipment. It’s hoped the fuel cells will reduce the fuel required to generate electricity by 50 percent. The fuel cell technology will be integrated with solar PV panels. More than …
Boston-Power Fuels Electric Cars in China
Lithium-ion battery maker Boston-Power, Inc. announced last week that it will provide battery systems to a unit of Beijing Automotive Industry Co starting this year. Boston-Power predicts its batteries will be installed in hundreds of electric vehicles (EVs) across multiple brands and models—including the C70 sedan—in 2012, and thousands of EVs by 2014. Because of rising gas prices, increased oil …
Harnessing the Tides: Maine Plugs into Renewable Energy Source
The vast and rugged Bay of Fundy, which stretches from Maine into Canada’s New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is home to some of the highest tides on Earth. Each day, 100 billion tons of seawater flows in and out of the bay – more than the combined flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers. The Bay of Fundy is a …
7 New Manufacturing Trends for the Next Decade
A recent report by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte, points to some big changes ahead for manufacturing. Many factors will influence the manufacturing and supply-chain landscape over the next few decades. Increased innovation and manufacturing capabilities and rising wages will transform low-cost labor countries into wealthier consumer markets. And macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges—including exposure to currency volatility, debt pressures …
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One Billion Cars Worldwide, Search for Green Fuel Continues
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 17th annual greenhouse gas inventory, and it doesn’t look good, with transportation emissions rising by 18 percent between 1990 and 2010 in the U.S. The demand for transportation will only grow in coming years, as emerging economies improve living standards and acquire more cars and the developed world remains slow …
New Wave-Power Technology Brings Jobs to Europe
Globalization and fierce competition in the market place has led to the outsourcing of traditional manufacturing jobs in Scandinavia to regions with lower manufacturing cost. But Swedish company Seabased, together with Finnish energy company Fortum, is trying to turn the tide with the construction of the world’s largest wave power plant. It’s hoped the plant will create a new revenue …
Managing Growth in the Wind Energy Business
“You don’t get so many second chances when you build a wind turbine,” says Jonas Hagner, ICT director at WinWinD, an Espoo, Finland based company that specializes in wind turbines for global markets. When you look at the photograph showing a WinWinD turbine rotor blade ready for assembly, you get an idea of what he is talking about. What looks …
