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New MIT airplane design could cut fuel use by 70%
MIT D-series concept MIT researchers, under contract with NASA, have come up with a new fuel efficient airplane design that they say would use 70% less jet fuel than current airliners. Their new...
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NREL developing more efficient air conditioning
This illustration shows how the DEVap cooling core uses water and liquid desiccant to draw in outside air, exhaust some of that air and return cool, dry air to the area being cooled. DEVap's integrated...
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Swedish city eliminates its dependence on fossil fuels
The New York Times recently profiled the Swedish city of Kristianstad – a small city that made a pledge over a decade ago to wean itself from fossil fuels. Unlike many other cities and countries that...
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CleanTechnica’s Top 10 Clean Tech Stories of 2010
Happy New Year to all Alt-Energy.info readers! And what would a New Year’s be without a Top Ten list? Here’s CleanTechnica’s version – their Top 10 Clean Tech Stories of 2010.The post...
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Philadelphia Eagles – Green is more than a uniform color
Artist's rendering of the Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field with wind turbines The Philadelphia Eagles, in addition to trying to win a playoff game today against Green Bay, are also shooting to become...
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Natural Gas to Liquids Plant coming to the U.S.
South African based energy and chemicals company Sasol announced last week that they are considering the feasibility of building a natural gas to liquid (GTL) plant in southwestern Louisiana. If...
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Frito-Lay plant goes near net zero in energy use
Frito Lay solar concentrators Frito-Lay, the company that brings you Cheetos, Doritos, and lots of other tasty snacks, has made substantial changes to its manufacturing plant in Casa Grande, Arizona to...
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Over 25% of electricity in Germany now comes from renewable sources
Germany continues to lead the way in renewable energy use – statistics for the first half of 2012 show that 25.97% of Germany’s electricity supply came from renewable energy sources. This year’s...
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UCLA lab’s accidental discovery could lead to dramatically reduced charge...
Researchers at UCLA, while trying to figure out a way to mass produce graphene, an extremely thin pure form of carbon, have created a supercapacitor that can be charged quickly and can hold much more...
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Will thermoelectric Power Felt soon be providing you power?
Based on an idea from his ten year old daughter, nanotechnologist David Carroll of Wake Forest University has developed a flexible thermoelectric fabric he calls Power Felt that generates electricity...
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