China has created the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell streetcar

China has created the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell streetcar

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Chinese cities have become increasingly known more for pollution than for the new skyscrapers that have transformed skylines over the past two decades of development.

Scientists Turn Packing Peanuts Into Battery ComponentS

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

In a scientific breakthrough that would be the envy of George Washington Carver himself, scientists may have come up with the most ingenious use of the peanut yet.

UCF Consortium’s Future Smart Sensors ‘Will Sense Things We Can’t Measure Today’

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Dan Holladay’s vision of what the University of Central Florida is helping develop on Osceola County farmland “will change the world and the way we live over the next decade.”

Florida Supreme Court to Review Solar Energy Ballot Initiative

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

The statewide push to get a solar power proposal on the 2016 ballot recently hit a milestone. Backers of the proposal announced last week that they’d secured enough initial signatures to send the proposal to the Florida Supreme Court.

Solar Plane Stops in China

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Solar Impulse 2 stops over in China’s Chonqing, completing the fifth leg in its bid to become the first solar powered plane to travel around the globe.

How to make a profit from rotting garbage

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Landfills can make a profit from all their rotting waste and a new patent explains exactly how to make the most out of the stinky garbage sites.

Landfill Gas-To-Energy Project Turned On In Sarasota County, Florida

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Announced in a press release by Aria Energy, a leading provider of baseload renewable energy, the news is the beginning of commercial operations of a 4.8 MW landfill gas-to-energy facility.

Con Con highlights tech advances in building industry

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

A 30-story hotel goes up in China in just 15 days, and a fully customized elementary or high school in the U.S. can be ordered “in a box.” These phenomena speak volumes about the future of building.

CU-Boulder Technology Could Make Treatment and Reuse of Oil and Gas Wastewater Simpler, Cheaper

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive.

Google Invests $300 Million in SolarCity Green Energy Project

Posted on: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

Google is putting up $300 million as part of a $750 million SolarCity fund meant to encourage solar energy in homes in the United States.