Clean Tech: What technology are you, your lab or your workplace developing that will improve how we generate or use energy?

What technology are you, your lab or your workplace developing that will improve how we generate or use energy? Alternative energy source? Greener building materials? Better engineered transportation? It can be anything. Just take us into the 22nd century.

Ideas answering this question

Renewable Gas, Hydropower, and Geotherma Energyl: the role of these often overlooked renewable resources

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) hosted a Congressional briefing to discuss several renewable energy ... more ...

Clean Tech, Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Renewable Energy
Hydrogen Cyanobacteria

Bruce Hawkins

The idea is as follows. Cyanobacteria takes water as input and then gives oxygen and protons and electrons as output. So ... more ...

Algae
Ford’s Eco Cars: A More Sustainable Approach to Vehicle Interiors

Ford Sustainable Materials

Ford designers and researchers are taking a total green approach to vehicle development and design, stepping beyond just ... more ...

Engineering, Green Living, Transportation
Storing Sunlight As Heat

National Science Foundation

H. Peter Vollhardt and collaborators at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered molecules composed of ... more ...

Science, Solar
Prosperity Energy Storage Project

Steve Willard

Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM) and its research partners are testing and demonstrating numerous benefits of the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Energy Storage, Engineering, Innovation Summit, Renewable Energy, Solar
EM2: General Atomics’ new “convert and burn” clean energy-producing reactor that runs on nuclear waste

Lisa Petrillo

EM2 is a revolutionary new compact fast reactor that actually runs on the spent-fuel waste of conventional nuclear ... more ...

Clean Tech, Climate Change, Nuclear, Science
Alternative Storage for Alternative Fuels

National Science Foundation

Hong-Cai Zhou’s team at Texas A&M University has developed many unique porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) ... more ...

Energy Storage, Science
SafeLiCell: Safer Lithium Ion Batteries

Aaron Fisher

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed SafeLiCell, a lithium ion battery that is a plastic. Sounds ... more ...

Energy Storage, Engineering, Military, Science
Better Biofilm Reactors for Microbial Fuel Cells

National Science Foundation

Northwestern University researchers have found that microbial fuel cells designed to produce electricity and clean ... more ...

Science, Water
There’s an App for that: Can IT Save the Planet?

Planet Forward

This is a full panel recording from the GW Moving the Planet Forward Conference. To see highlights from this panel, go ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Building, Innovation Summit
FlexEnergy: Making the Most of Methane

Mike Levin

FlexEnergy manufactures technology that resolves methane gas pollution and the need for renewable energy. And it does so ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy
On the Battlefield: Making Batteries Smaller

U.S. Army Research Lab

The Army Research Lab in Maryland looks at innovative ways to make the US Military the best equipped fighting force in ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Energy Storage, Military, Science, Solar
Project GreenLight Powers Up Direct Current Servers

National Science Foundation

Project GreenLight added direct current-powered (DC) servers as one of its instrumented server facility capabilities. ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Science
Arizona State University: Innovation and Education in the Valley of the Sun

Steven Harper

Arizona State University is harnessing the power of the sun to turn its campuses into a solar laboratory, with the ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Leadership Awards, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Solar
Understanding the Nanoparticle in Renewable Energy

National Science Foundation

Using a powerful electron microscope, a research group at Arizona State University has observed dynamic behavior in ... more ...

Renewable Energy, Science
Toward a Low Energy Computer: Efficient Caches

National Science Foundation

In an NSF-sponsored project, computer scientists at the University of Utah have developed techniques to reduce the ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Clean Tech, Colleges and Universities, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Communities, Green Living, Science
From Fryer To Fuel: Making Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil

Team #THINKFWD

Maryland's new biodiesel plant is turning used vegetable oil into biofuel. Can we power our cars from the fat from ... more ...

Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Science, Transportation
A Song About Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Gabriella Zanengo & Charles Robinson

Here's an ode to get behind: "A hydrogen fuel cell is in the making. It breaks down water it turns it in the fuel ... more ...

Clean Tech, Colleges and Universities, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Music, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Former Admiral Dennis McGinn says Choice Could Challenge Dependency

United States Energy and Security Council

Former Admiral and current president of the American Council on Renewable Energy Dennis McGinn discusses the power of ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Communities, Green Living, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Polymers for Stronger, More Efficient Solar Cells

National Science Foundation

Science at work! NSF-funded engineers have found a way to make solar cells with plastics in a cheaper, more ... more ...

Clean Tech, Engineering, Science, Solar
Former CIA Director James Woolsey on Refueling our Vehicles

United States Energy and Security Council

Are flex-fuel cars the future? Former CIA Director James Woolsey proposes that we "do like the Brazilians do." See why ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy
Embedded Sea Ice Model with Tidal Forcing May Improve Climate Projections

National Science Foundation

University of Alaska researchers developed a numerical model of the ice-covered Arctic ocean that includes tides. They ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Colleges and Universities, Engineering, Oceans, Science, Water
New Materials Turn Heat Into Electricity

National Science Foundation

Most of today’s power plants–from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities–rely ... more ...

Efficiency, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Water
Tracking Invasive Plants Using Mobile Phones

National Science Foundation

Researchers have come up with an easy way for both park employees and visitors to contribute to conservation ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Education, Green Living, Science
Smaller Particles Could Mean More Efficient Solar Panels

National Science Foundation

Studies done by Mark Lusk and colleagues at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Clean Tech, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Science, Solar
Use of Plug-in Cars May Increase Due to Smaller Batteries

National Science Foundation

Researchers determined that hybrid and plug-in vehicles with small battery packs could provide cost-effective reduction ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Science
A New Biofuel – Mixed Prairie Grasses

National Science Foundation

Mixed prairie grasses, grown on degraded land, may be a better source of biofuel than corn ethanol or soybean biodiesel. ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Science
Inside and Out of the Solar Homestead

Solar Homestead

Home has never felt quite like, well, home, as it does in Appalachian State's Solar Decathlon entry. The Solar Homestead ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Education, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Solar Decathlon
FLeX House: Construction in Florida’s Rainy Season

Team Florida

FLeX House is designed in a holistic way as a sustainable, pre-fabricated, maximized efficiency house prototype that can ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Education, Green Building, Green Living, Solar, Solar Decathlon
A Union of Sun, Wind, and Water: Hawaii’s Sustainable Home

Team Hawaii 2011

September welcomes the return of the Solar Decathlon, a biennial green-building competition in Washington, D.C. For the ... more ...

Architecture, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon
Ole Miss Set to Equip Over 100 Buildings With Energy Monitors

Sara Giles & Casey Holliday

Ole Miss, using SmartSynch technology, can monitor energy use by building and work towards a goal of 20% energy ... more ...

Clean Tech, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living
Hydraulic Power Generation Through Human Workouts

Michael Stevens

My idea is actually very simple. To convert the human workout into electricity via the “green living” ... more ...

Health, Renewable Energy
It’s Elementary–Solar T.R.E.E. For Clean Residential Energy

Heather Tomasello

This was the 2nd place winning idea in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards 2011. Catie, a 2nd grader, and Achyudhan ... more ...

Adaptation, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar
Microgrids Can Be Used To Integrate Renewable Energy Into The Power Grid

National Science Foundation

Renewable energy sources that power residences and small businesses are usually integrated into small networks known as ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science
The "Magneto" of Wind Energy

Richard Milne

If Magneto and Storm from X-Men had a love child, what energy innovation would their offspring create? Regenydyne ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Economics, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Wind
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are developing Conductive Paint for Flexible Solar Panels

National Science Foundation

Researchers at the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Minnesota are ... more ...

Clean Tech, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar
Solar Energy – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

In this episode of Green Revolution, learn how solar cells capture energy from the sun, and how scientists and engineers ... more ...

Science, Solar
Powering Up with Smart Grids – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

How we get our energy is as important as how we make it. In this episode of Green Revolution, hear how scientists and ... more ...

Clean Tech, Science
Passing the Torch to Passive Solar

Wes Marecle

This is a short clip on passive solar design and what it consist of. It contains interviews with Brent Swain, a passive ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar
KU Plots Energy Model Makeover

KUEcoHawks

Our idea is to create a smart grid system to enhance and improve the energy infrastructure. Watch the video and learn ... more ...

Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Wind
Microbes! – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

Can bugs save the planet? Join host Lisa Van Pay, PhD (aka a scientist) as she explores exciting alternative energy ... more ...

Biomimicry, Clean Tech, Science
Using Corn Stover and Animal Waste to Make Fuel

Planet Forward

Students at Gonzaga University are working on a machine that can make fuel pellets out of corn stover and animal waste ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, EPA P3, Science, Transportation
Building Co. Buries Energy Consumption

Larry Williamson

The EarthCo Megablock process maximizes energy and resource efficiency to turn local earth into strong, affordable, ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Climate Change, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living
Ole Miss Constructs Solar Hub

Paige Stroud

A renewable energy grant will allow the Center for Manufacturing Excellence to feature 414 photovoltaic solar panels, ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar
Let the Sunshine Into Your Wallet

Donica Phifer

In Oxford, Miss., architect Brent Swain is using passive solar techniques to build green homes. With his ideas, one home ... more ...

Architecture, Economics, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar
Ole Miss Energy Grids Get Smart

Sarah Cummings

SmartSynch SmartMeters wireless monitor energy usage data, allowing Ole Miss to track its energy usage in real-time and ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Science
City Car – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

A clean car that you can stack like a shopping cart? That customizes everything from its color to the radio the instant ... more ...

Science, Transportation
Hydrogen as Energy – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

How do we harness the power of hydrogen and turn it into useable energy? This episode of Green Revolution talks to ... more ...

Science, Transportation
Ice Road Truckers Can Go Electric

Planet Forward

As part of the EPA’s P3 competition, Michael Golub from the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working on an ... more ...

Electric Cars, EPA P3
Bean Car to the BBQ!

Planet Forward

For the EPA’s P3 research design competition these students from the University of Tennessee worked on an electric ... more ...

Electric Cars, EPA P3
Green Roofs – Science Nation

National Science Foundation

Ingenuity sprouting from the rooftops. The rooftops of Manhattan are as varied as the city itself. A glance at the city ... more ...

Agriculture, Science
Daniel Nocera — Artificial Leaf

Thomas W Hardy

A sequestrated interface run in water at normal temperatures that evolves oxygen on one side and hydrogen on the other, ... more ...

April 2011 PBS Special, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Solar, Water
Biomass – Green Revolution

National Science Foundation

How do we turn biological material into energy? This episode of Green Revolution explores how scientists are studying ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Science
Improving Fuel Efficiency of Agricultural Engines in India

arjun r

Step-less transmission systems that can be incorporated into existing tractors and harvesters, eliminating the need for ... more ...

Agriculture, April 2011 PBS Special, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Transportation
Meet the Entrepreneurs of the Bethesda Green Business Incubator

Mark Leisher


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Activism, Engineering, Green Communities
Science Nation – Green Gasoline from Cellulose

National Science Foundation

Carbon neutral gasoline … from plants! Like everyone else, George Huber knows money doesn’t grow on trees. ... more ...

Biofuels, Science
Green Revolution – Wind Power

National Science Foundation

We just launched a new partnership with NSF to bring you the Science Corner, where you can get all the science you need. ... more ...

Science, Wind
Improve Fuel Cells that Convert Hydrogen into Energy

Environmental and Energy Study Institute


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Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Policy
Can Algae Save the World — Again?

Jerry Schranz

Can algae save the world again? The microscopic green plants cleaned up the earth’s atmosphere millions of years ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Living, Hydroelectric, Science, Transportation
Implementing Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management in Ghana

EWB-USA Columbia University

Our program within the Columbia University Chapter of Engineers without Borders (CU-EWB) works with the village of ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, EPA P3, Green Building, Green Living, Natural Gas, Science
SGCC: Consumers and Industry Must Work Together to Modernize Electrical Infrastructure

Nancy

The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) is a consumer focused non-profit organization aiming to promote the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Green Living, Policy
Use swarm logic to manage the diversity of loads in a building, thereby smoothing demand and reducing peaks

Mark Kerbel, REGEN Energy

Bees function with precious little information exchanged between each other, and very small “instruction ... more ...

Efficiency, Electric Cars
A New Solution for Biofuels: Cow Guts

Kelsey Rohwer

It may seem gross, and that’s primarily because it is. Cows are king of converting plant material into energy so ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Humor
Argonne National Laboratory’s New Diesel Engine

Don-Hillebrand

Don Hillebrand, Director of the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, spoke to Planet ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Engineering
Advanced Composite Corrugated Core Panels: A Building Block of the Future

Stephen Bryant Mosher

Abstract: This document introduces a new generation of carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass and other fibrous ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Military, Transportation, Wind
Improve Heat Diffusion in Homes to Lower Heating Costs

DWC

Hot air rises. Cold air falls. We all know this. Then why do we have diffusers in our ceilings that allow the hottest ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Building
Invest in Algae and Butanol Energy Research

Jamie A. Hestekin

Biofuels have been considered as one of the great alternatives to solving the energy problem for transportation fuels. ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Transportation
Emulate Minnesota’s Compressed Air Recovery Energy (CARE) System

Randall C Mann

The compressed air recovery energy (CARE) system will heat and air condition your home and business at a lower cost to ... more ...

Ask an Expert, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Transportation
Fund Research on Building Energy-Producing “Macro Atoms”

Don Briddell

Build a safe and stable macro atom a centimeter in size to store enormous numbers of electrons producing an energy ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Science
Jim Barrett: Businesses will be responsible for green job creation

Planet Forward

In response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, Jim Barrett, Chief Economist at the Clean Economy ... more ...

Business, Economics
Community Engagement, Energy Efficiency, Job Creation

Sam Witherbee

WeatherizeDC is a program of The DC Project, a recently launched nonprofit that connects and empowers communities to ... more ...

Activism, Architecture, Campus Sustainability, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living
API CEO: Oil and Natural Gas Spends Billions on Innovation

Planet Forward

Jack Gerard answers Planet Forward's energy innovation question and shares the secret behind being the leader of these ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Natural Gas
Using Wind Energy and Carbon Dioxide to Produce Ethanol

Raymond Huhnke

The BioWinol Technologies process uses sequestered CO2 plus wind energy to generate H2 and then converts these gases ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Science, Transportation, Wind
Create completely solar-powered vehicles which can reach high speeds and long distances.

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Solar Vehicles Team, a campus club made up of students from all academic disciplines, designs ... more ...

Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Living, Science, Solar, Transportation
Recycling Electronic Waste Right in Your Neighborhood

Mark Leisher

Bethesda Green teamed up with Montgomery County to collect e-waste for recycling. On a cold, dreary Sunday afternoon, ... more ...

Activism, Green Living
Using Molten Salt to conserve energy for water distillation

Jeremy Iloulian

I am a sophomore at George Washington University double majoring in Environmental Studies and International Affairs. The ... more ...

Engineering, Geothermal, Solar
Poop Power

Meera Ravichandran

Looking for an alternative and innovative method to combat the energy crisis, look no further than your own bathroom. ... more ...

Education, Green Living
Develop Sustainable Electricity from Methane in Urban Solid Waste

John Buarotti

"Real Natural Gas" takes your waste water (read - toilets) and turns it into energy. more ...

Biofuels, Engineering, Science
Once upon a time in Kyoto

luisacovaria

They Kyoto Protocol established the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that would help fund renewable energy projects in ... more ...

Clean Tech, Policy
Empire State of Energy

Devin Greene

The Empire State Building retrofitted all 6,514 windows completing the first phase of its sustainability initiative, ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Policy
Making College Campuses Leaders in Sustainable Innovations

Lauren Ramsdell


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Architecture, Clean Tech, Green Building, Green Living
Solar powered charger stations for electric cars and vespas.

Arzoo Malhotra

Create Solar Powered Charging stations for cars and vehicles and place them over an area.
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Electric Cars, Green Living, Solar, Transportation
Advancing Sustainable Enterprise in China: Clean Technology

World Resources Institute

Duo Ou, a green company in China, recognizes that conventional paper production is detrimental and hazardous to the ... more ...

Agriculture, Clean Tech
Construct Tiered Greenhouses on Urban Apartment Buildings

Eric Wolkwitz

My “idea” is quite idealistic in its self. In order to solve the efficiency problems of our daily lives, multiple ... more ...

Agriculture, Architecture, Clean Tech, Green Building, Green Living, Science
Advancing Sustainable Enterprise in China: Biomass Energy

World Resources Institute

Schengchang, a new Chinese clean air company, recognized that China had become the largest CO2 emitter in the world by ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech
Highlights from Sec. Chu’s “Sputnik” Speech

Planet Forward

At a National Press Club luncheon, Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressed his concern for the United States as it is ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Science
Sec. Chu – Is the Energy Race our New “Sputnik” Moment?

Planet Forward

Energy Secretary Steven Chu told the National Press Club that time may be running out for the United States to lead in ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, GreenGov, Nuclear, Policy, Science, Solar
What Does an Automotive X-Prize Winner do for an Encore?

MPGomatic

When folks think of fast electric cars, Tesla is the first to come to mind. New competition aims to change the game. The ... more ...

Electric Cars, Transportation
EcoCradle Growth

ecovative

This time-lapse video condenses 14 days of EcoCradle™ growth into 14 seconds.
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Agriculture, Architecture, Clean Tech, Engineering, Green Living, Science
Explaining Carbon Capture and Storage

World Resources Institute

Sarah Forbes, a World Resources Institute Senior Associate, discusses what Carbon, Capture, and Storage (CCS) is. She ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Building, Policy, Science
New Motor Technology for Electric Cars – Magnetic Motor

Dale Bowen

To make Electric Cars practical, all we seem to hear about is the advancement of battery technology. No one seems to ... more ...

Electric Cars
The members of the International District Energy Association are pushing the envelope on energy efficiency by combining the production of thermal and electrical energy in central utility plants.

IDEA

By combining the production of thermal and electrical energy in central utility plants, district energy systems can ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Science
How ‘could’ we reduce our carbon footprint? Things like the ‘Bloom Box’.

Harold

Place a geostationary microwave station in orbit and broadcast to a set of Bloom Boxes placed around the countryside. If ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Energy Storage, Engineering, Green Living, Science, Solar
Energy storage in High Speed Flywheels

Dale Bowen

Years ago I read an article about storing energy in High Speed Flywheels to power city buses. The flywheels would be ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Transportation
High Efficiency, Low Cost AC Motors

Dale Bowen

Motor technology has been around for 100 plus years and seems to be frozen in time! So now is the time to bring about ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Transportation
The Automobile Industry Should Boldly Move Into the 18th Century with Interchangeable Parts.

al smith

The Automobile Industry Meets the 18th Century Although the idea of interchangeable parts is often credited to Eli ... more ...

Electric Cars, Engineering, Transportation
Saay GOODBYE to the Electric Co.

Dale Bowen

Electric Motor Technology has been around for 100 plus years…Not much has changed and it seems to be a technology ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency
How to reduce coal use? Combustion to Steam Energy System

Gus F. Shouse

www.usageg.com CONFIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The date of this Executive Summary is June 21, 2010 OVERVIEW USA Green ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Living
White House GreenGov Opening Plenary

Planet Forward

Catch Secretary Steven Chu’s solar panel announcement and his presentation at the White House’s GreenGov ... more ...

Biomimicry, Clean Tech, Efficiency, GreenGov, Policy, Science
Trash Collection Can Reduce our Carbon Footprint

Mandy Lippman

President of Environmental Cost Efficiencies, Inc., Mandy Lippman discusses ways to reduce carbon footprint through ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Living, GreenGov
Propane Powered ’56 Ford F-100 Pickup

MPGomatic

http://MPGomatic.com catches up with Steve Hale of Steve’s Restorations at the SEMA show’s “Making ... more ...

Transportation
GreenGov Panel – Electric Vehicles 101

Planet Forward

An interesting panel discussion from the White House’s GreenGov Symposium about electric vehicles. October 6th, ... more ...

Clean Tech, Electric Cars, GreenGov, Policy, Transportation
Running a High School on Green Technologies

Ann Cohen

Video created for the GE Ecomagination Challenge, a $200 million innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, ... more ...

Activism, Architecture, Clean Tech, Education, Green Communities, Solar
solar fluid heating system and power generator

Tommy Lee Tirey Jr

just to let you know the company is now registered with the DOE Philippines and we are about to start production ,have a ... more ...

Solar
How an Inverter Works

Danny Kennedy


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Solar
Clean Legislation Creates Clean Energy

David Raish

Due to a bill passed in the fall of 2009 by the Oregon State Legislature, field burning in 2010 has been outlawed. This ... more ...

Green Communities, GreenGov
Making Green from Blue (Algae)

Max Burns

Today’s alternative energy entrepreneurs may still be early-adopting pioneers, but the the weight of the federal ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Military, Transportation
Cleaning Contaminated Soil

David Raish

There may be a solution the large amounts of contaminated soil present on the earth’s surface. WI Environmental ... more ...

Engineering
Towards a Zero Waste Society

DPerez

The fact that the world has been dependent on oil for energy in the past years has created various environmental ... more ...

Efficiency, Engineering
The car of the future

Job Cook

There is no doubt that in the first several years these cars will be hard to justify from a dollars and cents point of ... more ...

Transportation
Underwater SOLAR PANELS 9% Stronger PV Photovoltaic Sun Power

DAN ROJAS

This test illustrates the efficiency drop from heat buildup in PV panels and how water can be heated while the panel ... more ...

Solar
PARABOLIC MIRROR 55.7″ PARABOLOID SOLAR POWER STEAM GENERATOR Concave Mirror Solar Collector

DAN ROJAS

This is on of our new 55.7″ Paraboloids that produces almost 2K of solar power. They are beasts when it comes to ... more ...

Solar
HYDROGEN GENERATOR DIY POWERFUL GAS ALTERNATIVE HHO WATER MAKE HYDROGEN

DAN ROJAS

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is a very simple Hydrogen Generator. Watch the end, there are some cool ... more ...

Engineering
SOLAR HOT WATER 2 DIY USING BLACK WATER HOSE SOLAR WATER HEATER SUN POWER

DAN ROJAS

Part 2 of a 2 part series showing how to install a cheap cost effective solar hot water heater. http://greenpowerscience.com/
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Solar
SOLAR HOT WATER SHOWER DIY BLACK WATER HOSE PART 1

DAN ROJAS

Part 1 of a 2 part series showing how to install a cheap cost effective solar hot water heater.http://greenpowerscience.com/
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Solar
SOLAR BREAD Fresnel Lens Solar Cooking Concentrated Sunlight Hot Oil

DAN ROJAS

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is a viewer request for solar bread. The oil heated up to 170C in 90 seconds.
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Solar
SOLAR PANEL DIY MAKE YOUR OWN SOLAR PANEL BUILD SOLAR PANELS

DAN ROJAS

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is the basics of tabbing cells together. Tabbing solar cells with tab wire and a ... more ...

Solar
SOLAR DISTILLED WATER FRESNEL LENS WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM CLEAN DRINKING WATER Solar Distiller.

DAN ROJAS

These Water filtration systems offer an alternative to water damage cause by several causes. This solar distiller can ... more ...

Solar
FREE ENERGY SOLAR POWER STIRLING ENGINE FRESNEL LENS

DAN ROJAS

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is the first segment of our half-hour weekly program. Available in HD. Shot with ... more ...

Solar
The Veggie Van

Lucas Thomas

A van that runs entirely on waste vegetable oil. Could this supplant petroleum as the go-to source for fueling a vehicle?
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Biofuels
Vegawatt Infomercial

Abbey Brandon

Vegawatt provides restaurants with the technology to recycle their cooking oil and convert it into electricity and heat ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency
Building green in the downturn

Loknath Swain

iDream Advisory Services Pvt Ltd is an architectural and interior designing firm with a strong commitment to building ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering
Garbage Goes Green

Sarah Zibanejadrad

See how landfills across the country are using gas that is normally burned off in landfills, which endangers the ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering
Scale Up the Biodiesel

Brent Baker

Biodiesel made from waste fats can drive diesel trucks and generators — without requiring any kind of retrofitting.
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Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Transportation
Visiting an Anaerobic Methane Digester

David Raish

Last week I visited an anaerobic methane digester in Skagit County, Washington. The plant, owned by Kevin Maas and his ... more ...

Biofuels
Betting on the wrong horse(power)?

Pamposh Raina

Are you buying an electric vehicle because you think it’s after all not a gas-guzzling machine and it’s environment ... more ...

Activism, Hybrid Vehicles, Science, Transportation
What is renewable biogas and how can it contribute to our energy supply?

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Renewable biogas experts spoke at a June 16, 2010 event on Capitol Hill about capturing and using renewable biogas from ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering
A Look Inside Anaerobic Methane Digestion

David Raish

Kevin Maas from Farm Power Northwest gives us a tour of his anaerobic methane digestion facility and explains how his ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Engineering
Manure to Energy

David Raish

Kevin Maas from Farm Power Northwest LLC in Mt. Vernon, WA explains why he thinks using manure for energy via anaerobic ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Engineering
48.5 MPG Ford Mustang?

MPGomatic

How many laps can a 2011 Ford Mustang V6 complete on one tank of gas? http://MPGomatic.com reports from “the ... more ...

Transportation
RECENT BREAKTHROUGHS IN CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER

Zorba

SHEC has over the years, with funding from Sustainable Technology Development Canada and private investment, developed a ... more ...

Efficiency, Engineering, Solar
Wind, Baby, Wind

Mark Rodgers

Mark Rodgers, Director of Communications for Cape Wind, believes the off-shore drilling crisis in the Gulf of Mexico ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Wind
Nissan Leaf Electric Car to Launch This Fall

MPGomatic

http://MPGomatic.com gets the lowdown on the Nissan Leaf plug-in electric car at the 2010 Washington Auto Show from ... more ...

Engineering
Solar Charging of Battery Electric Vehicles Required

Richard Schoen, FAIA, LEED-AP

To be able to commercilize BEV’s and PHEV’s at the 20 M level within five years as called for on this web ... more ...

Efficiency, Solar
Offshore Wind

Seth Kaplan


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Engineering, Wind
Ethanol from Trees: A Different Kind of Renewable Resource

David Raish

Most everyone has heard of ethanol from corn, but what about ethanol from trees? That’s what Colorado-based ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech, Science
What to do with 7.7 million tons of sewage sludge and 1 billion tons of animal manure

Terri Linnon Kasmoch

The U.S. EPA estimates the U.S. generates 7.7 million tons of sewage sludge and 1 billion tons of animal manure per ... more ...

Biofuels
Let’s invest some money wisely in the D-cycle internal combustion engine

Joseph Conti

Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to introduce you to an emerging technology call the D-cycle or Differential Stroke Cycle ... more ...

Transportation
There’s A Lot of Room at the Bottom

Kate Galliers

Nanotechnology is an emerging technology market with vast potential for reducing our carbon footprint. Naturally ... more ...

Activism, Efficiency, Engineering
Turning CO2 into gasoline.

Gustavo Rosa

Scientists in L.A. say it is possible.
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Activism, Efficiency, Engineering, Transportation
Geothermal: The Energy Beneath Us

David Raish

The town of Klamath Falls, Oregon has been using geothermal energy as a source of power since the 1990′s. ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Geothermal
We can all become solar power plants

Rhone-Resch

From Rhone Resch, the President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
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Solar
Energy Beam 101: 3 Options for Payload Delivery “without building new rockets”!

Royce Entner

Update: 3 Options to launch Energy Beam Satellites “cheaper” than the cost for a new rocket for each new ... more ...

Uncategorized
Green Buildings at the University of Misssissippi

University of Mississippi

From the University of Mississippi
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Clean Tech, Efficiency
BIODIESEL – Energy From and For the Farm

University of Mississippi

From the University of Mississippi
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Biofuels, Efficiency
University of Mississippi Plug-In Vehicles

University of Mississippi

From the University of Mississippi
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Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Transportation
Space Based Solar Power

Karlie Rowe


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Solar
From the Farm to the Plate

Kelleigh Welch

RWU students follow angus beef from Blackbird Farms in Smithfield, RI to Persimmon Restaurant in Bristol, RI. By buying ... more ...

Agriculture, Clean Tech, Green Living, Transportation
Canola Shuttle Review

Michael Scully

BRISTOL, RI __ Roger Williams University converted a diesel-shuttle to bio-diesel machine that runs on spent Canola oil.
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Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech
Green Building Tour

Michael Scully

PROVIDENCE, RI __ Small Business owner, Churck Carberry, takes the Planet Forward (RWU) team on a walking tour of his ... more ...

Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Efficiency
Beneath the Canola Shuttle

Michael Scully

BRISTOL, RI __ Roger Williams University converted one of its diesel buses to run on canola oil. Planet Forward takes ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech
Wind Power Pitch

Michael Scully

BRISTOL, RI __ Wind power has a viable future and, as RWU Professor Elefterios Pavlides points out, it’s not the ... more ...

Clean Tech
Make Your Case – Kevin Harrison

Planet Forward Archive

from the National Renewable Energy Lab
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Electric Cars, Engineering, Hydroelectric, Solar, Transportation, Wind
RET Solution Demonstration

Planet Forward Archive

from Ronny Bur-Gadda, CEO of Genesys, LLC
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Business, Clean Tech, Engineering
Plug In Your Car

Planet Forward Archive

from Tony Markel of the National Renewable Energy Lab
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Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Transportation
Convert Millions of Gas Guzzlers Already on the Road to Plug-In

Planet Forward Archive

From Felix Kramer, founder of CalCars
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Business, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Transportation
RET – Radiant Energy Transfer

Planet Forward Archive

World-changing energy breakthrough technology providing abundant, low-cost, carbon-free energy
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Engineering, Hydroelectric, Science
Sewage Sludge and Global Warming-What if one problem could help solve the other

Planet Forward Archive


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Biofuels, Clean Tech, Green Living, Music, Renewable Energy, Science
Carbon Capture Storage

Planet Forward Archive

Stanford University Professor Sally Benson talks about the process of carbon capturing and storage
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Clean Tech, Engineering
Making Clean Energy Cheap

Planet Forward Archive

Michael Shellenberger, author of “Break Through” and “Death of Environmentalism” says, to ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Solar
Roping the wind in Texas

Tracy Boyer

Oil and gas may dominate popular conceptions of Texas, but a small town called Rosco is blowing through those ... more ...

Wind
Dream of the Future

Madeline Twomey

By Madeline Twomey & Juliette Dallas-Feeney. Arlington, VA school-teacher Gail Carten explains her participation in ... more ...

Hydroelectric
Biodiesel: Energy From and For the Farm

Shana Kent

Vast changes in the fields of Mississippi have driven today’s farmers to sow different seeds from past years. Cotton, ... more ...

Efficiency, Transportation