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Navy, Army Push to Meet Renewable Energy Goals

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/03/2010

The Navy is making headway in meeting its alternative energy goals over the next decade as the service partners with technology companies to harness ocean thermal energy to generate electricity for its naval bases, reports National Defense magazine. A key reason: naval bases consume about 25 perc ...

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Regenerative suspension system recovers energy from road bumps

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/03/2010

A team of mechanical engineering students from the State University of New York has found a way of recovering the vibrational energy from vehicles as they speed over road bumps. Currently, they are developing a regenerative shock absorber that...

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Golf cart goes green with roof-mounted solar panel

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/03/2010

A $3,000 donation enabled the Maui Waena Intermediate School security guards to attach a solar panel to an electric golf cart. The schools 16-member robotics team got tremendous support from Sunetric Capital, an Oahu-based company that helped them.

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New Clean Jobs, Energy Independence Hinge on National RES Passage

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

The explosive growth of the U.S. wind power industry ranks among the most important energy developments of this young century. From a nascent industry just a decade ago, it has made the U.S. the global leader in wind capacity.More than 20,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs are tied directly to wind ener ...

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TRIO: Contemporary prefab eco home by Sustain Design Studio

Posted by AditiJ on 17/03/2010

The name behind the popular miniHome, Sustain Design Studio is back again with yet another contemporary prefab green home. Hailed the TRIO, the 400 square-foot cute little home has been designed keeping in mind aspects like passive ventilation..

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