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Graphene Gate Opens the Door to Smaller, Faster, Less Toxic Electronics

4 September 2010, 3:07 pm by: Tina Casey
A team of researchers at UCLA has developed a new way to make super-fast graphene transistors that are comparable to transistors that use more expensive (and toxic) materials. If successful commercially, the new graphene based technology could play a...

This Brilliant LED Is 20,000 Times More Powerful

4 September 2010, 11:03 am by: Susan Kraemer
In a truly staggering breakthrough in LED intensity that will have wide ramifications on electricity use worldwide, the Finnish LED producer Obelux has developed by far the most powerful white flashing LED of all time. In response to aviation indust...

Killer Bacteria Could Breathe New Life into Biofuel Production

4 September 2010, 8:11 am by: Tina Casey
Put this one in the category of every cloud has a silver lining: E. coli, the bacteria notorious for contaminating food products from lettuce to  ground beef, could also play a key role in developing the next generation of biofuels. A team of scient...

Dark Silicon Could Lead to Bright Future for Solar Powered Smart Phones

4 September 2010, 6:44 am by: Tina Casey
Researchers at the University of California have developed a  smart phone chip that could spur a new generation of more efficient mobile electronic devices.  In turn, a more energy efficient device would enable the more widespread use of solar ener...

Clean energy aid leadership from Norway

2 September 2010, 11:21 pm by: Chris Milton
Norway has continued to live up to its clean energy reputation by publishing its first annual report on the Clean Energy for Development Initiative.  This details nearly $130m worth of funds spent by the Norwegian Government on clean energy projects...

New Zealand Launches Cap and Trade as Off-Shore Oil Giants Move In

2 September 2010, 11:08 am by: Susan Kraemer
In the first emissions trading to be introduced outside of Europe, the New Zealand government has just launched a cap and trade system to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 10 and 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, UPI is reporting. New Zealan...

Boycott of Petroleum Products from Alberta Tar Sands Gathers Steam

31 August 2010, 7:07 pm by: Tina Casey
In a sign of things to come for corporate activism, The Gap, Timberland, Levi Strauss and Walgreens have just joined Whole Foods and Bed, Bath and Beyond in a boycott of petroleum products sourced from the notorious Alberta Tar Sands. As reported by...

Recovery Act Propels 3 GW of Solar Projects to Front in California

31 August 2010, 3:52 pm by: Susan Kraemer
In a last-minute race to the finish-line, the CEC has approved a staggering 2,800 MW (or 3 GW) of solar projects this month in California. Among them are Tessera Solar’s 709 MW Imperial Valley Solar project in Imperial County (scaled down f...

SunPower Corp. Sparks 1,000 New Green Jobs with Solar Installations for U.S. Government

30 August 2010, 8:10 pm by: Tina Casey
Solar industry powerhouse Sunpower Corp. is busy creating new green jobs in the renewable energy sector, the latest endeavor being a group of contracts for a minimum of 20 megawatts in new solar installations for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, General Ser...

U.S. Coast Guard Goes for Wind Power

30 August 2010, 5:25 pm by: Tina Casey
Following close on the heels of the U.S. Army, which just activated its first wind power project at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah, the U.S. Coast Guard is diving into wind power, too. The new turbine has been installed at the Coast Guard’s Sout...

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