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Neighborhood Grids Promise Energy Gains

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European researchers are creating technology that will treat neighbourhoods like a miniature power grid,
sharing energy generated at each house according to need. Allied to a host of other developments, the concept promises huge energy savings.
European researchers at the Beywatch project will create ’smart’ homes that balance energy needs within [...]

In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars

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Is saving $40,000 at the showroom enough to get drivers behind the wheel of an electric car? With a program in the works to add easy access to charging stations, Denmark is about to find out.
For all their potential, electric cars have always been the subject of more talk than [...]

Energy Out of the Blue: Generating Electric Power from the Clash of River and Sea Water

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Two pilot projects are testing the potential of “salt power,” a renewable energy that relies on the differing salinities at river mouths to make watts
In the hunt for alternatives to polluting and climate-warming fossil fuels, attention has turned to where rivers meet the sea. Here, freshwater and saltwater naturally settle their salinity difference, [...]

Mobile towers in the future could be self sufficient if wind turbines are used to power them

Later this month, Helix Wind Corporation will deliver its first test wind turbines to Eltek Network Solutions Group for installation at two test sites in Nigeria. Sites in the US are also set to take delivery of test modules. The turbines will provide a clean energy solution for mobile phone towers and if tests prove [...]

A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation

The goal of Mr. Peters, 51, and his co-workers at International Battery, a high-tech start-up, is industrial revolution.