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Hybrid-Propulsion Navy Destroyers

  By Electric Vehicles

Navy to Test Hybrid-Propulsion on Destroyers http://defensetech.org : by KRIS OSBORN on AUGUST 6, 2013 The U.S. Navy plans to conduct a series of tests on its hybrid-electric propulsion system for destroyers in order to assess its potential for future application on one of the ships’ two propellers, service officials said. The technology, now in use on the USS Makin Island and being engineered into the next-generation America-class, big-deck Amphibious. . . CONTINUE

Sudden Climate Changes, Extreme Global Warming

  By Global Warming, Health & Environment

An Earth history of sudden global climate changes. What the scientists found was surprising and unnerving. They had known from previous ice core and ocean sediment core data that Earth’s climate had fluctuated significantly in the past. But what astonished them was the rapidity with which these changes occurred. Ocean and lake sediment data from places such as California, Venezuela, and Antarctica have confirmed that these sudden climate changes affected. . . CONTINUE

A Fully-Charged Tesla S In 90 Seconds

  By Electric Vehicles

CBS News By Jerry Edgerton, June 25, 2013, Tesla to swap batteries in about 90 seconds In the latest attempt to calm drivers who worry about how far they can drive their electric cars, Tesla Motors (TSLA) plans to build station that will swap run-down batteries for fresh ones. The company says it will take 90 seconds, or less time than it takes to fill the tank with gasoline. The. . . CONTINUE

LNG Electric Ships, up to 30% more efficient

  By Electric Vehicles

LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Fuel Will Be Transported by Electric Ships The British Emerald was the world’s largest LNG carrier when it launched in 2007. It was also the first vessel built by Hyundai Heavy Industries that used GE’s electrical propulsion technology. The ship generates electricity by burning waste gasses that evaporate from the holding tanks. The power generators can also switch to diesel. (Credit: General Electric) New natural gas. . . CONTINUE

Fast Charging Battery-Supercapacitor

  By Battery Improvements

Imagine a ‘Battery’ that Charges 100 Times Faster by Chris Clarke – Apr 16, 2013 This week, another UCLA team reports it may have found a way to address a persistent problem with supercapacitors: limitations on their effective size. Researchers at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have found a way to use niobium oxide as a matrix to allow the fabrication of supercapacitors the size of. . . CONTINUE

The OPOC Engine, 100 mpg?

  By Technical Innovations

posted Oct. 9, 2010 updated Dec. 9, 2015 EcoMotors Establishes R&D Center with Hunan University to Develop opoc Technology in China Fri, 03/14/2014 Allen Park, Mich., March 13, 2014 – EcoMotors, Inc., (EM), developer of the efficient, clean, lightweight and powerful opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (opoc®) engine technology, announced today that it has established a joint research and development center together with Hunan University (HNU) in Changsha to further develop and adapt. . . CONTINUE

World Wind Power Set to Top 300 Gigawatts in 2013

  By Alternative Energy

April 3, 2013, By J. Matthew Roney Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. With total capacity exceeding 280,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 80 countries, 24 of which have at least 1,000 megawatts. At the European level of consumption, the world’s operating. . . CONTINUE

Giant German Offshore Wind Power Plant

  By Alternative Energy

Siemens To Provide 80 Wind Turbines For Giant German Offshore Wind Power Plant February 13, 2013, Joshua S Hill Siemens has been awarded a contract to provide 80 wind turbines to the Butendiek offshore wind power plant off Germany’s North Sea coast. The order was made by wpd group, and when the power plant comes on line under a plan for 2015, it’s total generating capacity will be 288 megawatts. . . CONTINUE

World Solar PV Capacity Surpasses 100 Gigawatts In 2012

  By Alternative Energy

February 12, 2013, Cynthia Shahan, cleantechnica.com This bright news below brings the message that people are changing, things are changing. From a statement released in Brussels yesterday we find that the world’s cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity capacity surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW) in 2012, achieving just over 101 GW. This is according to new market figures from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). “A landmark year,” EPIA called it. Indeed!. . . CONTINUE

California hits a renewable energy milestone

  By Alternative Energy

2013/01/10 By Dana Hull, Silicon Valley Mercury News California has hit a major milestone in renewable energy: State regulators reported Thursday that more than 1 gigawatt — or 1,000 megawatts — of solar power has been installed through the California Solar Initiative, which encourages homeowners, businesses, local governments and nonprofit organizations to install solar panels on their roofs. San Jose alone has installed 54.6 megawatts on homes and commercial buildings,. . . CONTINUE

next-generation battery technology

  By Battery Improvements

RICE UNIVERSITY NEWS & MEDIA MIKE WILLIAMS – NOVEMBER 1, 2012 ‘Crushed’ porous silicon anodes show dramatic increase in charge-discharge cycles Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for rechargeable lithium batteries. The team led by Rice engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal and research scientist Madhuri Thakur reported in Nature’s. . . CONTINUE

Environmental Activists Killed in Record Numbers, Worldwide

  By General Corruption, Health & Environment

By George Black, from OnEarth Last summer, photographer Ron Haviv and I were in Cajamarca, Peru, where the Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation plans to spend $4.8 billion on a new gold mine, Conga, in an environmentally sensitive area of the high Andes. The project has provoked massive opposition, and Haviv and I were detained by security officials when we tried to visit the mine site and later tear-gassed by riot. . . CONTINUE

Toyota, Back on top with Prius

  By Electric Vehicles

Toyota Prius: world’s third best-selling car By Alan Ohnsman and Yuki Hagiwara – May 28, 2012 The Prius surge, after two years of recalls and production disruptions, propelled the Toyota City, Japan-based company back into the global sales lead for the first three months of the year. The hybrid line also gives the Toyota brand three of the top 10 models in the U.S. so far this year, including its. . . CONTINUE