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Imagine H2O Launches ‘X-Prize’ for Water Innovation
Imagine H2O is turning the concern about the intersection of energy and water into an opportunity by opening a $100,000 global competition to find the world’s most promising water businesses that save energy.
UK government urged to evaluate biochar potential with trial schemes
First official report says burying charcoal in the soil has potential to cut greenhouse gases but scientific uncertainties remain
The 4 Best Ways to Go Solar Without Breaking the Bank
Several new innovative financing structures have emerged in the last few years that allow more people to get into solar than ever before — and for less money than ever before.
Company Developing Sustainable Packaging Made from Coconuts
Texas-based green materials firm, Whole Tree Inc., announced that it will be testing the waters in the sustainable packaging industry with its proprietary coconut-based material.
Tennessee Gets in on Solar EV-Charging Stations
The first station will be erected at EPRI’s lab in Knoxville, Tennessee, and working with TVA, one of the biggest power producers in the U.S., more will be installed around the state in coming months.
The Mercury Train: The Concorde of High Speed Rail
Making train travel exciting, sexy, and super comfortable, a new high-speed train design by PriestmanGoode aims to get the British government moving on high-speed rail across the country.
Ford Engineers Soy-Based Rubber Auto Parts
Funded in part by grants from the United Soybean Board, Ford researchers have found that by using renewable soy oil as a 25 percent replacement for petroleum oil, they can more than double rubber’s stretchability and reduce its environmental impact.
World’s First Hybrid Solar-Coal Power Plant Opens in Colorado
The $4.5 million Colorado Integrated Solar Project connects thermal energy from a new parabolic-trough-concentrating solar plant built by Abengoa Solar with the steam cycle of Unit 2 at Xcel’s existing coal-fired power plant near Grand Junction, Colorado.
A Cardboard Box that Sprouts Life at the End of Its Own
According to its creators, Stamets’ Life Box and Tree Life Box “builds upon the synergy of fungi and plants by infusing spores and seeds together inside of packaging materials that can be planted.”
Large Hadron Collider Spurs Use of New Superconductive Cables
On top of material efficiency, highly advanced super-conductive cables offer tremendous gains in energy efficiency, which will play a critical role in the greening of our energy grid.
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