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Cheap Substitute For Silicon Grows From Carbon Nanotube “Seeds” 27 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
While we’ve been busy touting graphene as the “miracle material of the new millennium,” there’s another advanced materials kid on the block called carbon nanotubes and they haven’t exactly been on the...
Making Solar Affordable To Those Who Can’t Afford 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Originally published on Climate Progress. by Katie Valentine Rick Lopez said he felt like he’d won the lottery. Lopez, a 63-year-old Vietnam veteran and Denver, CO resident, had a 3-kilowatt solar s...
Four New Wind Farms In The Upper Midwest Could Power 750,000 Homes 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Originally published on Climate Progress by Mari Hernandez Last week, Minneapolis-based utility Xcel Energy proposed its fourth wind farm in the Upper Midwest since mid-July. If approved, the 150-me...
Pair Of 44 MPG Range Rover Hybrids Debut 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
This article originally published on Gas2 by Christopher DeMorro Land Rover is one of the biggest names in the SUV game, despite constant mechanical malfunctions and the legendary British electrical ...
Does Your iPhone Use As Much Electricity As A Fridge? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
This post originally published on ClimateProgress by Jonathan Koomey Last week, several friends alerted me to a claim that the iPhone supposedly uses as much electricity as two refrigerators — when y...
Video Gamer Becomes Nissan Race Car Driver & Electric Le Mans Racer Test Driver (VIDEO) 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Originally published on Gas2. by Chris DeMorro Five years ago Nissan and Sony launched an initiative to find the world’s best virtual race car drivers, and turn them into real race car drivers. Lucas...
Shai Agassi’s Third Article On The EV Revolution 27 Aug 2013 | 01:07 am
Last week, Shai Agassi wrote and we shared two articles regarding how electric vehicles (and Tesla, in particular) are disrupting the automotive world, and will do so much more in the future. In his t...
US Solar Feed-in Tariff & Value Of Solar Tariff Beneficiaries May Face More Taxes 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Originally published on Solar Love under the title, “Tax Threat To Solar Homeowners With Feed-in Tariffs or Value Of Solar Tariffs.” Quite a big deal for US solar policy, solar companies, and even ma...
Sunrun Supports Net Metering, Not Feed-in Tariffs or Value Of Solar Tariffs 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
It’s well known that feed-in tariffs have supported most solar power growth across the world. It’s also well known that very few places in the US offer a solar feed-in tariff (FiT). I was recently con...
Seattle’s Renewable Flower Power; Solar-Powered Flower Installation Sonic Bloom 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
The Pacific Science Center commissioned solar-powered artwork to be placed at Seattle Center’s festival grounds. Seattle artist Dan Corson revives “flower power” with his installation. Seattle nightti...
