Hydrophobic materials had been discovered, but their properties don’t last that long – not to mention as long as to be put on ships who cruise for weeks/months. The best such material only has a few hours of stability, after which it vanishes. The challenge is to make hydrophobic materials that last at least as water ferns do.

Lithium-oxygen (also known as lithium-air) batteries are similar in principle to the lithium-ion batteries that now dominate the field of portable electronics and are a leading contender for electric vehicles. But because lithium-air batteries replace the heavy conventional compounds in such batteries with a carbon-based air electrode and flow of air, the batteries themselves can be much lighter. That's why leading companies, including IBM and General Motors, have committed to major research initiatives on lithium-air technology.

“Consumers crave laptops that offer style and performance, and the new 2010 Intel® Core™ Ultra-Low Voltage processors for ultra-thin laptops delivers both, in one sleek design,” said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group at Intel. “Intel’s leadership in 32nm high-k metal gate process technology, combined with breakthrough architecture and design has enabled thinner, lighter and faster notebooks than previous models, with terrific battery life. ”

The Southeast False Creek Neighborhood Energy Utility, or N.E.U., supplies space heating and domestic hot water to local buildings using heat recovered from wastewater and raw sewage. “This is a test case for Vancouver,” said Chris Baber, the N.E.U.’s manager. It is also the first “district” energy system in North America to draw heat from untreated wastewater. There are only three similar projects worldwide: two in Oslo and one in Tokyo.

Quang Nam is a coastal province, located in the key economic area of the Central, with the natural area of 10,408 km2, 18 district-level administrative units and the population of 1.5 million people. After more than 10 years of re-establishment, the local economy has changed a lot with many outstanding achievements.

The demand for electricity of Ba Ria – Vung Tau (BR - VT) averages more than 7 million kWh, but the allocated output is only 6 million kWh. Thus, the power cut frequency in the province since the beginning of April has been “every two days”, 1.5 times higher than the same period in 2009, which has dramatically affected all aspects of life.

Spanish wind turbine builder Gamesa and San Diego wind farm developer Cannon Power Group have teamed up to start building a wind farm South of the Border to supply clean power to a quarter of a million households in both California and Mexico from 500 MW of power by 2015. Cannon says the site’s potential capacity is ultimately 1,000 MW.

Những thành viên của dự án đã tiến hành những cuộc mô phỏng công trình nhằm cung cấp đầy đủ hơn những bằng chứng về khả năng thích nghi của công nghệ xanh với các vùng sa mạc, đặc biệt là, những kết quả đầu tiên được giới thiệu tại hội nghị về khí hậu Copenhagen cuối tháng 12/2009.

While they may sound nuts, these wild and innovative ideas could be the future of mobility. From electric cars that charge without wires to remote-controlled commuter convoys, plenty of far-fetched technologies are in the works that could green up the way we drive and make our roads do more than just lie there.

Southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost as much power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States! Queen’s mechanical engineering professor Joshua Pearce is the first person to find out the astounding possibilities of the region’s solar energy potential. He says, “The number is enormous. Solar can no longer be laughed off as something that can only power your cottage.” comes out with two studies that claim solar power in southeastern.

The sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands stretching from the Indian to the Pacific Oceans contains hundreds of volcanoes, estimated to hold around 40 percent of the world's geothermal energy potential.

Cobalt Technologies this week said that it has made a breakthrough in producing biobutanol from beetle-killed lodgepole pine feedstock. Cobalt claims to be the first company to produce a drop-in replacement for petroleum and petrochemicals from beetle-affected lodgepole pine.

Bill Weihl, Google's green energy czar, said Thursday that's not the case. "We don't want to become an energy trader, or God forbid the next Enron," he said, when asked about the plans at the GreenNet conference in San Francisco. "What we want is the flexibility to manage our power contracts, and in particular be able to sign contracts that are useful to developers and that get more renewables on the grid."

A wave energy generator which was launched off the New South Wales south coast in March, has sunk in rough seas. The 170-tonne structure had been providing electricity to the grid from 150 metres offshore at Port Kembla. But it broke free from its pylons on Friday afternoon and sank on Saturday.

Nhiên liệu từ hydro rất có khả năng sẽ thực sự trở thành nhiên liệu của tương lai. ĐIều này nghe có vẻ quá sức tưởng tưởng; một nguyên liệu sạch, dồi dào, và lượng khí thải chỉ là nước. Tất nhiên, hầu hết hydro hiện nay được sản xuất từ khí gas tự nhiên, nhưng điều đó có thể thay đổi trong tương lai. Ngoài ra, việc thiếu cơ sở hạ tầng và chi phí cao của xe hydrogen đã khiến các nhà sản xuất ô tô tập trung vào các công nghệ xe sạch khác dễ tiếp cận thị trường hơn.

Leaders of the two companies were very pleased as experts of the Energy Efficiency Center of Hanoi and Ninh Binh Department of Industry and Trade’s Energy Management Office have helped them discover the energy saving potential. Thereby, the two companies will gradually apply the proposed solutions to redress the wasted energy.

Chiếc xe máy thông minh ENV là sản phẩm nổi tiếng của Intelligent Energy (năng lượng thông minh), một công ty chuyên về giải pháp năng lượng của Anh, được thiết kế tại Trung tâm thiết kế Thái Bình Dương ở West Hollywood-Mỹ.

There are two large industrial factories in the Nam Dong Ha Industrial Zone. These are Geruco Quang Tri MDF Wood Factory and the Hoa Tho – Dong Ha Garment Company. Geruco Quang Tri pays VND1.2-1.5 billion for power monthly consuming one-third of power supply in the city of Dong Ha. With that in mind, the company’s leaders are very concerned about energy efficiency.

In April 2010, Hai Phong is distributed only 7.75 million kWh per day, while it will consume between 9-10 million kWh per day to meet all its demands. Unlike many provinces and cities which often have power cut in the hot dry season, Hai Phong is still light. Most people in the city don’t have to face power outage. This was because Hai Phong Electricity has creatively issued "quotas" for electricity.

Với một chai nước uống và 4 giờ hấp thụ ánh nắng mặt trời, chuyên gia hóa học Dan Nocera thuộc Viện Công nghệ Massachusetts (Mỹ) khẳng định ông có thể sản xuất 30 kWh điện, đủ cung cấp cho một gia đình tại quốc gia đang phát triển. Với khoảng 3 gallon nước sông (khoảng 0,01 mét khối), ông có thể đáp ứng nhu cầu năng lượng của một ngôi nhà lớn tại Mỹ.Cơ sở cho những tuyên bố này là một chất xúc tác mới, rẻ tiền sử dụng điện mặt trời để tách nước và tạo ra hydrogen.