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    New York Hornblower Hybrid ferry uses hydrogen, wind energy and solar energy to power up!

    Posted on December 16, 2011 by gavril

    Soon, the ferry you hop on for a ride through the waves to the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island could be a green and eco-friendly one. One of the world’s first to depend on hydrogen, solar energy and … Continue reading3 →

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    Vestas Sailrocket 2 to use wind energy to break 55.65 knots sailing speed record

    Posted on November 22, 2011 by gavril

    Sailing usually is a pretty lazy affair where the wind takes you around as per its moods and fancies, and at times simply decides to abandon you, leaving you stranded on a sail boat in the middle of a lake. … Continue reading3 →

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    Downdraft Tower uses wind energy to generate tremendous amounts of renewable energy

    Posted on October 12, 2011 by gavril

    At first, we thought this one to be the modern rendition of the Biblical Tower of Babel. On a closer look however, this structure turned out to be a wind-harvesting energy generator called the Downdraft Tower. Using vertical currents, influenced … Continue reading3 →

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    Turkey to play home to hybrid natural gas plant combining solar and wind energy

    Posted on June 8, 2011 by gavril

    We haven’t had too much of green coming out from Turkey since quite a while now, and it isn’t surprising that we’re all too happy to get wind of the newest green venture by the Turks. Combining together wind, solar, … Continue reading3 →

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    Wind energy powered watch uses mini-propeller to tell the time

    Posted on May 18, 2011 by gavril

    We’ve seen cars, homes and electricity grids powered by energy from the wind, not watches! Designer Julien Moise’s wrist-watch design uses wind energy to power up. Sporting a clear blue display, to read the time, the wearer simply needs to … Continue reading3 →

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    IMPLUX omni-directional wind energy generating system, a wind farm on urban roofs

    Posted on May 13, 2011 by gavril

    Generating wind energy in urban environments isn’t all that easy. Now we’ve seen a few vertical wind turbines before. Here’s yet another one that could help catch the every running winds for our electrical uses. Wind energy doesn’t necessarily have … Continue reading3 →

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    Vesta Rotors with diameters of 538 feet in the North Sea will harvest wind energy efficiently

    Posted on April 13, 2011 by gavril

    Line up nine London City buses and you’d probably figure out just how long each of these off-shore turbine’s blades are, destined to be set up far out in the North Sea. By Vestas, these colossal wind turbines will tower … Continue reading3 →

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    A journey to the bottom of the earth, powered by biofuels, solar and wind energy!

    Posted on April 8, 2011 by gavril

    Santa Claus heads off to the North Pole every year and this probably might not be fascinating news to him as it is to us. A Thomson Reuters sponsored team will head off to the South Pole by land this … Continue reading3 →

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    President Obama’s dream: One million electrics in USA by 2015 could be a reality!

    Posted on February 2, 2011 by gavril

    While President Obama is busy dreaming of the United States being the first country in the world to play home to a good one million electric cars by the year 2015, we’ve been scratching our chins and chewing our pencil … Continue reading3 →

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    ZENA Systems designs wind-energy generating tower

    Posted on January 7, 2011 by gavril

    The wind blows the right way in Japan, and the Japanese sure know how to make use of all its energy. ZENA Systems, a Japan-based firm, is busy drawing out the blueprints for a colossal wind energy generating tower. To … Continue reading3 →

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