I really like this device from RCA. It taps WiFi signals and converts the signal to electricity.
The claim is, using only WiFi signals at CES, it was able to charge a BlackBerry from 30% to full in about 90 minutes. The Airnergy Charger has a battery, so it can suck up power while you are [...]
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is bringing a new Nuclear Reactor on line, on schedule and on budget, in order to provide clean, “carbon free”, electricity in useful quanties, to their customers.
Clean and safe nuclear power is supported as the “green option” by serious leaders of the environmental movement, including Gaia theorist James Lovelock, Greenpeace cofounder [...]
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It’s not the one the Russians are building. Given the Russian’s record of failure with nuclear reactor’s and generally poor environmental record, any buyer’s are doing so at their own risk.
The world’s first floating nuclear power plant was built in the early 1960s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was the MH-1A [...]
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Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking approval from state regulators for an agreement to purchase power over a 15-year period from Solaren Corp., an 8-year-old company based in Manhattan Beach, CA. Their goal is start beaming down power in 2016.
Solaren Corp. wants to build big solar panels in orbit and then beam the energy down to [...]
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According to Wired, Zero Motocycles is getting read to release their street legal, all electric Zero S motorcycle. The bike weighs 225 pounds and has a 31 horsepower electric engine. The bike lists for just under $10,000 and is good for a federal 10% tax credit.
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Some good news from USA Today, utilities are starting the process to build twentysix new Nuclear Power plants here in the United States.
A recent Gallup Poll shows a record 59% of Americans favor nuclear energy.
Dr. Pournelle nailed the truth of Nuclear Engergy:
I have to say it again: cheap energy will cause a boom. The only [...]
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First United Environment and Energy LLC has announced they have developed a method to produce biofuel from algae oil that is 40% cheaper than other methods currently used.
They claim that algae is at least twice as efficient as soy for producing biofuel. I want to know how it compares to switch grass. A pilot program is in [...]
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Amazing stuff coffee. In addtion to it’s other amazing properties, including being good for the roses, the grounds can be used to produce biofuel.
The estimates are the coffee ground biodiesel industry could generate as much as $8,000,000 in profits annually using waste from Starbucks stores here in the United States alone. Ok, probably less given falling crude oil [...]
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The MIT Tech Journal has the story of a new wind turbine design that could generate electricity at half the cost of conventional turbines.
The Wilbraham, MA based company is still in the VC funding development phase.
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