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Check out this new technology that has the potential to save our environment and solve our energy problems. An artificial leaf removes excess carbon from the air, and researchers can then use that carbon to make gasoline.
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The same chemicals we use in shampoo and conditioner could capture CO2 from power plant smokestacks and help limit climate change.
EcoTech Fuels, LLC
EcoTech Fuels enters into a joint venture with the Native Self-Sufficiency Center of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (New York) that will convert local waste materials into advanced synfuels -- AND provide cash for Mohawk youth programs.
The Carbon Disclosure Project collects and discloses greenhouse gas emissions data from thousands of organizations around the world, data that can then be used to develop reporting standards and enhance climate-related actions.
In July, C40... Read More
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss, using SmartSynch technology, can monitor energy use by building and work towards a goal of 20% energy reduction in four years. SmartSynch, a technology company based out of Jackson, MS, has developed readers that can tell exactly how much... Read More
If you've ever seen a large factory, you'll have noticed the large amounts of exhaust emitted through smokestacks. This exhaust actually contains a lot of wasted energy, so these innovators are trying to use that waste to create a clean and... Read More
Can solar heat be transmitted through special fiber optics to distant places where it is cold?
I know that fiber optics transmit light but I wonder about heat as well. Solar energy is at its most efficient when heat from sunlight is utilized... Read More
I boosted battery capacity in my solar porch lights by adding an aluminum reflectors to double sunlight on the PV chip on top of my solar porch lights. Why are we still ignoring concentrated solar power for utility scale purposes as well as retail... Read More
Planet Forward
Peek into the solar powered house designs from Middlebury College in Vermont and University of Maryland. It's all for the Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. WATCH!
Innovators need feedback to make their great ideas even better. So, we try to connect experts with our PF innovators every chance we get. In our WEBISODE this week, a top architect gives feedback to 3 ideas -- green urban rooftops, hemp-based... Read More