One-time Solar Giant Q-Cells to be Sold Off Soon
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaConsolidation in solar continues as Germany's Q-Cells reaches an agreement to be acquired by Hanwha Group.
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Students Build a Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell-Powered Locomotive
• http://www.wired.com, By Keith BarryEngineering students at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. have successfully built and demonstrated a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered locomotive.
How the "Plasmic Transition Process" motor system works
• http://pesn.com, Sterling D. AllanThe PlasmERG noble gas motor is not, just as the original Papp engine was not, a 'pulsed plasma motor'. Plasma is not retained and 'pulsed'. The plasma is recreated with each power stroke and returns to a steady state, a gas, on each return stroke, t
Oil prices fall as Isaac hits refinery demand
• The RawStory.comOil prices fell Monday as Tropical Storm Isaac threatened oil and gas operations in the US Gulf of Mexico, forcing refinery shutdowns that lowered demand for crude.
One-time Solar Giant Q-Cells to be Sold Off Soon
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comConsolidation in solar continues as Germany's Q-Cells reaches an agreement to be acquired by Hanwha Group.
Students Build a Hydrogen-Fuel-Cell-Powered Locomotive
• Keith Barry via WIRED.comEngineering students at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. have successfully built and demonstrated a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered locomotive.
Once-Mighty Suntech Struggles to Survive
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Martin LaMonicaThe Chinese solar giant is in deep trouble, but even its collapse wouldn't be enough to stabilize a massively oversupplied market.
T. Boone Pickens: Wind And Solar Will Never Take Over For Coal
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileT. Boone Pickens acknowledges that while renewable energy sources have a role to play in powering the nation, they will never outpace coal and natural gas.
Turning garbage into sugar for fuel
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comWaste Management signs a deal with Renmatix to explore making fuel and high-value chemicals from urban waste.
Cable-Shaped Batteries with a Twist
• Katherine Bourzac via TechnologyReview.comLG Chem's flexible, knottable batteries could be integrated into textiles and headphone cords.
Greenpeace activists raid Russian oil tanker
• The RawStory.comGreenpeace activists on Friday raided an Arctic oil rig owned by Russian group Gazprom that next year will controversially pioneercommercial drilling in one of the world’s last pristine reserves.
The Nickel-Iron Battery
• http://www.beutilityfree.comA Lifetime* Battery For Your Off-Grid System or Grid-tie Backup
Guest Post: Venezuela Ramps up China Oil Exports Unsettling Washington
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenThe biggest geostrategic change of the past decade overlooked by Washington policy wonks in their fixation on their self-proclaimed “war on terror” is that Latin America has been throwing off the shackles of the Monroe Doctrine.
Governments Everywhere Are Wasting Money On The Dying Auto Industry
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Gregor MacDonaldIndia’s recent series of power blackouts, in which 600 million people lost electricity for several days, reminds us of the torrid pace at which populations in the developing world have moved onto the powergrid.
SWITCH60 Review: The First Liquid-Cooled LED Bulb Will Light Up Your House Like Edison
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleBut it will lighten your wallet, too
Tesla Downunder
• www.tesladownunder.comProjects include: Briefcase Tesla Coil, Mini Coil, Tesla Coil on Car
A short history of ancient electricity
• www.bibliotecapleyades.net"Electric batteries, 2000 years ago!!! Surprised? No need to be, really,” declared Willard F. M. Gray, an electrical engineer for General Electric.
Clean Energy Storage for a New Generation - Iron Edison
• ww.ironedison.comThe Iron Edison Battery Company was founded to serve the energy storage needs of customers who care about their environmental impact. The founders of Iron Edison, Maggie and Brandon Williams, believe that all the little steps you make to reduce your
Africa Is Becoming China's New Oil Field, And The US State Department Is Not Happy
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ingrid PedersonIt didn’t surprise me today to read that China was irked by Clinton’s recent comments that African nations should be wary of China, as their relationships were based on a need for natural resources bountiful in numerous countries:
Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution
• ReutersA U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants, sparking a rally in coal company shares and relief among utility firms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. C
Once-Mighty Suntech Struggles to Survive
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comThe Chinese solar giant is in deep trouble, but even its collapse wouldn't be enough to stabilize a massively oversupplied market.
A Drop in U.S. CO2 Emissions
• Mike Orcutt via TechnologyReview.comNew data show emissions from January to March were the lowest in two decades
The Fastest Electric Motorcycle Is Also the Most Practical
• Brammo Empulse R via WIRED.comRiding the two motorcycles head-to-head on Ashland’s twisty, technical Green Springs Highway, it was the Triumph that had to work hard, using its extra power to keep up.
Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Are Putting the Kibosh on Clean Energy
• Peter SchwartzSince the 1950s, the US has had a perverse approach to energy. In effect we have maximized demand by building bigger, hungrier cars, homes, and lifestyles and minimized supply by limiting oil drilling, coal mining, and nuclear development.
TAMING GRAVITY
• we.archive.orgEver since electricity was tamed in the 19th century, the idea of manipulating gravity by altering an electromagnetic field has been the subject of intriguing experiments and occasional bursts of irrational exuberance.
Rapid Rectifier Power Supply plate plating electroplate cleaning line
• http://www.ebay.com$400-$500 for a used rectifier for Electroplating and cleaning of metals. New versions this powerful can go for $1000s
Plating Rectifier 60A
• http://www.ebay.comAbout $550 will get you a NEW Rectifier (fancy battery charger type device that allows for an adjustable level of electricity for various uses). For the same price you can get 3 times the power in a used unit... we'll let you know how that works out
Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday
• http://www.mtixtl.comErnie has taken an active passion in building his own modern battery storage technology on the cheap to store electricity using carbon nanotubes that he is making himself :) / Marc Victor Libertarian for Az U.S. Senate shares 'the plan'
What Recovery? Petroleum Deliveries Lowest Since September 2008; Weakest July Demand Since 1995
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenWhile the Achilles heel to the endless "economic data" BS coming out of China may be its electric production and demand
Drought Sparks Battle Over Ethanol Quotas
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: John H. Cushman JrThree big intertwined but rival agribusinesses — corn farmers, meat and poultry producers, and biofuel refineries — are in a political fight to protect their interests as a drought ravages corn producers and industrial consumers alike.
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