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Google Invests $12 Million In 96 Megawatt South African Solar Site

Google has just invested $12 million USD in a new solar energy project in South Africa; it is the internet giant’s first renewable energy investment outside of North America and Europe. The project is called…

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Apple’s Massive 100 Acre Solar Power Farm Producing 42 Million kWh’s A Year

Apple’s website provides detailed information on its environmental footprint and their progress in reducing it. Estimates are Apple’s total carbon footprint was 30.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2012. As is clear…

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Mega Trends May 2013, Super Storms, Artificial Retinas, Laser Guided Digging And More…

Each month IndustryTap looks back at the previous month to identify megatrends in architecture, automobiles, aviation, construction, design, energy, engineering and technology. Here are some of the big stories from May 2013! Responding to the…

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World’s 15 Biggest Ships Create More Pollution Than All The Cars In The World

Says James Corbett, professor of marine policy at the University of Delaware: “Ship pollution affects the health of communities in coastal and inland regions around the world, yet pollution from ships remains one of the…

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Tesla Announces Expansion of “Adrenaline Like” Battery Supercharger Network, A Game Changer For The Industry (Video)

The biggest unsolved challenge in the use of electric vehicles (EVs), namely enabling long trips without long stops, appears to have been overcome by Tesla Motors. This morning CEO Elon Musk announced the much anticipated…

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Solar Powered Plane Begins Its Journey Across The USA

Following on from our previous reports, the Solar Impulse plane has taken off for its first cross US flight. The entirely solar powered plane, which uses no fuel, has been making several advancements in recent…

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Can Fusion Energy Generate Unlimited Clean Energy by 2017?

The phrase “shooting for the moon” has for centuries been used as a symbol of something utterly unattainable; fusion energy, once thought to be fantasy is now locked in the crosshairs of a Lockheed Martin…

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Three Gorges Dam Utopian Vision More Like An Ecological Catastrophe

Yangtze River Has Been Crippled According to a Chinese proverb, “flowing water is not stagnant.” Unfortunately, the once mighty Yangtze River is now stagnant in key areas making it, in many places, a mud-clogged mess.…

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Tidal Power Generation Picking Up, $500 Million Worldwide Market By 2015 (Video)

Interaction between the Earth and Moon, two huge masses that create gravitational forces, account for the Earth’s “tidal system” and is the basis for human attempts to harness the kinetic energy generated by tides and…

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What Can We Do With All The Used Electric Car Batteries?

Researchers in Tennessee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are looking into using used electric car batteries to provide back-up power for houses. Using five discarded Chevrolet Volt batteries, researchers at the laboratory will…

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Energy

Google Invests $12 Million In 96 Megawatt South African Solar Site

Apple’s Massive 100 Acre Solar Power Farm Producing 42 Million kWh’s A Year

Mega Trends May 2013, Super Storms, Artificial Retinas, Laser Guided Digging And More…

World’s 15 Biggest Ships Create More Pollution Than All The Cars In The World

Tesla Announces Expansion of “Adrenaline Like” Battery Supercharger Network, A Game Changer For The Industry (Video)

Solar Powered Plane Begins Its Journey Across The USA

Can Fusion Energy Generate Unlimited Clean Energy by 2017?

Three Gorges Dam Utopian Vision More Like An Ecological Catastrophe

Tidal Power Generation Picking Up, $500 Million Worldwide Market By 2015 (Video)

What Can We Do With All The Used Electric Car Batteries?

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