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February 2010

Kia Crashes the Green Car Party with the Kia Hybrid Car

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 8:00pm
Publication Date: 
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:00:28 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1267318828
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/kia-hybrid-car/

Remember when Kia first hit the market and other car manufacturers were laughing at them? Well, they haven’t been laughing in quite some time as Kia continues to put out attractive looking vehicles for far less money than anyone else. They have now unleashed their latest entry into the hybrid market at the new [...]

Honda Solar Hydrogen Station Introduced to Green Car Market

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 3:19am
Publication Date: 
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:19:33 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1267172373
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/honda-solar-hydrogen-station/

Honda finally unveiled their new solar hydrogen solar station and all signs point to a dramatic success. The station is smaller than previous models and enables an electric car owner to refill their fuel cell overnight. The unit should easily fit into a homeowners’ garage taking up significantly less space than previous models. The [...]

Waste to Energy Continues to Gain Steam

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 3:38am
Publication Date: 
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:38:11 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1267087091
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/waste-to-energy-gains-steam/

While new energy solutions are being discovered, refined and brought further and further into the public light, something that does not get a lot of headlines is waste to energy. How something like this continues to not be used in the United States is incredible as countries like Japan have been using it for [...]

Germanium Laser is the Latest Light Technology to be Unveiled

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 3:37am
Publication Date: 
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:37:04 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1267000624
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/germanium-laser-light-technology/

The materials in lasers can be expensive and difficult to work with. A discovery at MIT may be changing all of that much sooner than we think as germanium laser technology is here and it is very real. The beauty of this latest technology is that there isn’t even a large call to change [...]

Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Announced

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 12:00am
Publication Date: 
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1266987600
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/02/excellence-in-renewable-energy-award-winners-announced?cmpid=rss

The Renewable Energy World network of publications, the World's #1 Renewable Energy Network, has announced the winners of the 2009 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which were presented yesterday at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, recognize the most cutting-edge projects, people and technologies in the clean energy industry.

The Future is Now with Light-Powered Circuitry

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 3:17am
Publication Date: 
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:58 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1266913078
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/light-powered-circuitry/

The brain of any electronic device is the circuitry that operated the machine. Without the circuitry, the device is not even worth the cost of the plastic that it is made of. Any electronics device requires some kind of battery or it is nothing more than a paperweight. Recently, some new technology was created [...]

New Battery Technology Could Lead to Self-Powered Devices

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 3:51am
Publication Date: 
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:51:52 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1266828712
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-battery-technology-self-powered-devices/

The advancements that are being made in battery technology are pretty mind boggling. We are seeing devices that are drawing power from just about every source that is imaginable, and now there is battery technology from researchers at Imperial College London that may actually have devices that create their own power. From cell phones [...]

Forget Solar Power, Human Power is the Future

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 3:12am
Publication Date: 
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:12:24 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1266567144
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/human-power-is-the-future/

That may be a little aggressive, but Princeton University engineers have developed a device that may change the way that we power many of our smaller gadgets and devices. By using out natural body movement, they have created a small chip that will actually capture and harness that natural energy to create enough energy [...]

groSolar to Distribute and Install American-Made Solon PV Modules

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:00am
Publication Date: 
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Time Stamp: 
1266555600
Original URL: 
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/grosolar-2161/news/article/2010/02/grosolar-to-distribute-and-install-american-made-solon-pv-modules?cmpid=rss

groSolar, a national leader in solar power distribution and installation, today announced a new relationship with SOLON Corporation, a leading North American photovoltaic manufacturer. SOLON's products and information will be on display in the groSolar booth at the upcoming Renewable Energy World Expo in Austin, Texas on February 23.

Hybrid Just Got Sexy: BMW Hybrid Sports Car

Submitted by Stefan Wray on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 5:49am
Publication Date: 
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:49:50 +0000
Time Stamp: 
1266490190
Original URL: 
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/bmw-hybrid-sports-car/

We all know that sooner or later all automobiles are going to be either hybrid, electric or hydrogen powered. The one drawback that many of us look at is the overall appeal of the cars. Very few models that are being put out are really all that attractive. For those of us that like [...]