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Can a simple stove meet the energy needs of millions?

30th October, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Waste heat from a BioLite HomeStove can help provide cheap, clean electricity. But will it prove a hit with cooks across the developing world?

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Panasonic patents efficient artificial photosynthesis

23rd October, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Technology drawn from LEDs is being developed by Panasonic to harvest energy from light with record efficiency. Could this be used to convert carbon dioxide emitted by power plants?

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PV panels track the sun, passively

19th October, 2012 by Eleanor Devenish | Add a comment
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Thanks to a new carbon nanotube-based system, these PV panels can follow the sun's movement without drawing on the energy they harvest.

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Solving the energy storage conundrum

4th October, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Among the obstacles in the way of the triumph of renewable energy, one stands out: the lack of cheap, efficient means to store power. Now, it could just be starting to crumble. Matt Scotland and Caspar Henderson report.

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Honda takes battery recycling to scale

18th September, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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The automaker is extracting rare earth metals from used car batteries at a new facility in Japan.

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NASA backs solar power satellite

11th September, 2012 by Anonymous | 2 comments
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Will the US win the space race to beam solar energy back to Earth?

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Yeast: the new green fuel

7th September, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Scientists are using yeast to synthesise a biofuel without taking up swathes of land.

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Osmosis enters the clean energy mix

4th September, 2012 by Anonymous | Add a comment
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Could a taste for salt prove a significant source of renewable power?

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Wastewater to keep Parisians warm

31st August, 2012 by Roger East | Add a comment
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The French capital trials an urban algal farm which purifies water, soaks up CO2 and gives off heat.

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LEDs break the efficiency barrier

15th August, 2012 by Roger East | Add a comment
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MIT has produced an ultra-low-power diode that emits more light energy than it consumes in electrons. So how bright is its future?

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