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Harvesting Energy From Nature’s Motions

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By taking advantage of the vagaries of the natural world, Duke University engineers have developed a novel approach that they believe can more efficiently harvest electricity from the motions of everyday life.
Energy harvesting is the process of converting one form of energy, such as motion, into another form of energy, in this case electricity. Strategies [...]

VW enters the home power market

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Teaming up with regenerative-power company Lichtblick, it aims to install 100,000 co-generation power units in Germany

Wastewater Produces Electricity And Desalinates Water

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A process that cleans wastewater and generates electricity can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater.

Wireless power system shown off

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Electric tech could make plugs obsolete.
A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference.
The technique exploits simple physics and can be used to charge a range of electronic devices over many metres.
Eric Giler, chief executive of US firm [...]

Australia wind farm gets go-ahead

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Approval has been given for Australia’s biggest wind farm to be built near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
Almost 600 turbines will generate enough electricity for more than 400,000 homes.
A forest of giant turbines will emerge from the red dust of the Australian outback near the isolated town famous for its lead and [...]

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Robotic Audi TTS to tackle Pikes Peak at race speed – without a driver

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The team at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) are aiming to send a specially-equipped robotic Audi at break-neck speed up the tight bends that lead to Pikes Peak without a driver … something that hasn’t been done before.
Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, sits atop a 12.4-mile Rocky [...]

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