5 Crazy New Forms of Energy That Just Might Work
In this age of rising greenhouse gas emissions, everyone is looking for ways to scale up clean energy and cut back on fossil fuels. That typically involves the usual approaches: solar, wind, nuclear...
View Article5 Companies Riding the Wave of Ocean Energy
Source: Thinkstock What’s the one thing that could meet around a quarter of the United States’ — and three-quarters of the United Kingdom’s — energy needs, but is largely being ignored by investors?...
View ArticleWhy China Is Leading the World in Solar Power
Source: Thinkstock China is the world’s top energy consumer, with the vast majority of its electricity coming from domestically mined coal. But the Asian nation is cutting its dependence on coal, oil,...
View ArticleMagnesium To Replace Lithium-ion Batteries Soon
Source: Thinkstock Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the mobile power sources of choice today, used in everything from laptop computers, smart phones and even electric cars. For years, though,...
View ArticleWaste-to-Energy Could be Long-Term Renewable Solution
On a recent business trip to Edmonton in northern Canada, I was surprised to find, amid the bales of recycled materials and heavy equipment pushing around mountains of trash, a large facility that...
View ArticleKenya to Develop Africa’s Largest Wind Project
Nata Rass/Getty Images Kenya may soon be home to the largest wind project on the continent of Africa. Danish wind company Vestas won a contract to provide 365 turbines for a 310 megawatt wind power...
View ArticleA New Report Is Destroying Biofuel Claims
Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images Despite their promise over the past decade or so, biofuels have been found to be a very inefficient way to generate energy, are bad for the environment, and even contribute...
View ArticleThe World’s 10 Biggest Solar Farms
Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images Solar power may have its critics, with many pointing out the intermittency limitation compared to traditional energy stalwarts like coal, oil and gas. But there...
View ArticleHow We Can Create Energy From the World’s Most Powerful Ocean
Oli Scarff/Getty Images The relationship between humankind and the natural world is often tense. People seek to use the earth’s resources and tame the effects of the natural world for more comfortable...
View ArticleElon Musk Teases Tesla’s Plans to Diversify Beyond the Automobile
Source: source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/ Tesla Motors continued to energize the automotive world this week when company CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “Major new Tesla product line — not a car —...
View ArticleSurvey: Corporations Are Headed in the Wrong Direction
Source: iStock Not too long ago, a survey detailing American’s sentiment toward corporate America was released by JUST Capital, a non-profit founded by a long-time hedge fund manager. In an effort to...
View ArticleEvaporation Powered Cars Are Coming: Water We Waiting For?
Source: YouTube/ExtremeBio We’ve covered some pretty wild, futuristic fuel options at Autos Cheat Sheet since I first started back in March of this year. Everything from lightning-powered electric...
View ArticleChevy is Developing a Fuel Cell-Powered Colorado for the Military
Chevy Colorado-based fuel cell military vehicle | GM We’re not really sure what’s more intriguing: the fact that Chevy is making a truck for the military, or that it’s likely going to be fuel-cell...
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