Archive for May 15th, 2008

Airbus, partners eye lots of biofuel

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         Plane maker Airbus, Honeywell and JetBlue on Thursday said they are developing a biofuel that by 2030 could satisfy nearly a third of the worldwide demand from commercial aircraft.

Giant wind turbines are powered by strong prevailing winds on May 13, 2008 near Palm Springs, California. A US government report released this week concludes that wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity produced in the US by 2030, as much as is currently provided by nuclear reactors. Although wind energy constitutes only about 1 percent of the electricity of the nation, wind energy is experiencing a growth spurt with an increase of 45 percent jump last year. The report envisions more than 75,000 new wind turbines, many of them bigger than those in use today, and many of them in offshore waters to increase production from the current 16,000 megawatts of power to 300,000 megawatts. The report does not predict that such growth will actually occur but rather that it is possible.Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens’ plan for a mammoth wind farm in the Texas Panhandle is a $2 billion bet that Congress will extend a tax credit critical to the environmentally friendly industry.

Solar bra means heart-felt conservation

Triumph International Japan campaign girl Yuko Ishida displays the "Photovoltaic-Powered Bra", which has solar power panel to display an electronic sign board and/or recharge the battery of a mobile phone, as shown at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 14, 2008. The environmently friendly bra is also equipped with pads designed to hold water, resembling mini drink bottles, to reduce the usage of cans and plastic bottles.   Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.

Tags: Photovoltaic

EnerTech Environmental, Inc. announced today that it has signed an Expression of Interest to build a SlurryCarb™ demonstration facility at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. Masdar City will be the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city, completely powered by renewable energy. (PRWeb May 15, 2008)


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Students Race Solar-Energy Cars Built as Part of ISU's Science Bound Program During Ceremony Celebrating Advancement to High School (PRWeb May 15, 2008)


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Tags: Solar

U.S. CAD will sell Autodesk's NavisWorks software solutions throughout the Western region. NavisWorks is a set of widely used software solutions that enable project design and building professionals to unite their work into a single, synchronized building information model (BIM). U.S. CAD also will present Autodesk workshops and seminars and exhibit sustainable design solutions at the Ecobuild America and AEC-ST conference, May 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim Calif. (PRWeb May 15, 2008)


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