Adaptation
Planet Forward on Nightly Business Report: Will Infrastructure Charge the Electric Vehicle Movement?
Planet Forward
It's a chicken and egg problem: no place to charge, no reason to buy electric cars; no electric cars, no reason to build places to charge...one Planet Forward member shares an innovation that could change that.
Planet Forward
Students at Arizona State University are researching how to harness the power of the sun to create energy. Their solution goes back to the basics. Do you think it will shape our energy future?
Algae Competition objectives are to create an open source collaboratory that expands and shares a vision for algae in our future with design ideas for algae production landscapes, sustainable and affordable algae production systems (APS) for food,... Read More
Can algae save the world again? The microscopic green plants cleaned up the earth's atmosphere millions of years ago and scientists hope they can do it now by helping remove greenhouse gases and create new oil reserves.
In the distant past, algae... Read More
Scuderi Group
Steve Scuderi, Vice President and Patent Attorney of the Scuderi Group, caught up with Planet Forward at the Washington Auto Show to show us the design for the split cycle engine. This split cycle engine is said to be more efficient than a... Read More
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Students at the University of Nebraska are developing technology to combat vampire energy and we want to know if you think it's a good idea. What are your thoughts on these smart houses?
Turning algae into the next renewable resource by making it in to plastics, bio fuels, nutritional supplements as well as animal feed.
The algae will be grown in the non-potable water that is left over from reverse osmosis.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) are working to develop more efficient solar cells based on organic semiconductors. Their research will make solar cells much easier and cheaper to produce. The... Read More
The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) is a consumer focused non-profit organization aiming to promote the understanding and benefits of modernized electrical systems among all stakeholders in the United States. In less than a year they have... Read More
A love of backcountry skiing explains David Gonzales' obsession with white bark pines. A writer and photographer, he spends a lot of time beneath these ancient trees. But the white barks are under attack. And that has this skier marshaling forces to... Read More