Japan launches satellite to monitor greenhouse gases.
| Dell, HP Cut PC Power Consumption 2010 For both laptop and desktop computers, Dell plans to cut power consumption as part of its required work on compliance with the EPA’s EnergyStar 5.0 standard, reports Mark Hachman of pcmag.com. HP earlier said it would cut power use of “volume” PCs by 25 percent, relative to 2005. In those terms, Dell’s reductions would be [.]  |
| Japan launches satellite to monitor greenhouse gases. Japan launched a satellite on Friday to monitor greenhouse gases around the world in the hope that the data it gathers will help global efforts to combat climate change. |
| Gore highlights new US push on climate change. Gore will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday as Democrats — who now control the White House and enjoy sizeable majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives — seek to wield their new power. |
| E.U. appeals to U.S. to join common carbon trading market. The European Commission was preparing an appeal on Friday to wealthy countries EUR and to the United States in particular EUR to adopt carbon trading as the main system for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. |
Cars of Tomorrow With Energy-Saving Technology Automobiles companies are on the lookout to manufacture tomorrow’s car. They want to minimize the disadvantages of the today’s hybrid cars and capitalize on its positive features. Mechanical and electrical engineers at DaimlerChrysler, General Motors and BMW are jointly making an effort in this direction. They want to roll out a tomorrow’s car [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Hybrid Cars, Transportation |
Dow Corning Alternative Energy Survey Alternative Energy & Carbon Footprinting: International Survey Reveals Business Attitudes. Companies attitudes towards alternative energy and carbon footprinting are revealed in the results of an international research study. The survey was conducted by the independent market research company Harris Interactive on behalf of Dow Corning Corporation. Survey Results SummaryAlternative Energy1 in 4 companies are [.]Posted in: Industry, Politics |
| Energy Project: The quest for clean coal. To help curtail energy imports, Obama has singled out emerging but untested clean coal technologies as a tool to help wean the U.S. off foreign energy and preserve the environment. |
Thermoelectric Materials Can Increase Energy Efficiency It seems humans are facing the biggest challenge of the century i.e. to solve energy crisis. We are running the risk of exhausting fossil fuel reserves. Scientists all over the world are working hard to solve this problem. Researchers at the University of Arhus, Riso-DTU and the University of Copenhagen are banking heavily on [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions |
| Bush Lifts Ban on Off-Shore Drilling In a move destined to have no effect whatsoever on gasoline prices in the near term, and possibly ever, President Bush lifted the ban on offshore drilling. This follows a tradition of disregard for the facts, the science and the truth that has long characterized the administration’s actions.  |
Worlds Most Ambitious Solar Plan in LA The city of Los Angles is taking up the world’s most ambitious solar power project. Till date this project will be the largest solar power plan started by any city in the world. They are planning to install 1.3 Giga Watts (GW) of solar power and register their city’s name in the book of [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power |