San Jose State University will start offering battery technology courses this summer. It is called “battery university”. The significance of energy storage to hybrid and electric cars, alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, and nuclear is so significant that the success of these industries is heavily affected by the viability of energy storage technology. [...]
Hospitals and basic health units in Pakistan are among those that will receive electricity due to the installation of a 300 MW (300,000 kW/300 million watts) solar power plant in Pakistan. This plant is to be built in on 1,500 acres of land in Khuchlack and Pishin to provide electricity to underdeveloped regions that are [...]
Purchasers of the Fiat 500e, which is the electric version of the Fiat 500 vehicle will be allowed to rent gasoline-fueled cars to ease concerns about “range anxiety”. The rental service will be provided through the Enterprise car rental company for the 12 days per year, for the first three years of ownership. This rental [...]
The 2014 Porsche Panamera product line has arrived with new E-hybrid and long-wheelbase models. Performance and Propulsion System Specifications for the S E-Hybrid Electric motor: 95 HP electric motor (the previous Panamera hybrid’s electric motor was 47 HP). This is a parallel hybrid. Engine HP: Not yet provided. 9.4 kWh battery bank (the previous Panamera [...]
You may have heard that the Earth’s tectonic plates slide around, but, how do these hard rocks do that? Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography discovered a layer of magma in the Earth’s mantle which may be acting as a lubricant to facilitate the slide of tectonic plates. They imaged a 15.5-mile thick [...]
According to a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission document, there is a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) between First Solar and El Paso Electric Company under which First Solar will sell solar power from its thin-film solar panels for 5.8 U.S cents ($0.0579) per kWh to El Paso Electric Company. This is outstanding because the average retail price [...]
Sometimes the weather becomes so stormy that you can’t see much more than the glow of tail lights and street lights, and unfortunately, the street lights are not always enough to illuminate lane divider lines in torrential rain and snow blizzards, so how would this problem be solved? Glowing lane lines! Researchers at Studio Roosegaard [...]
Water has always been a necessity as our bodies cannot survive without hydration, plus the rest of the ecosystem relies on it for that, and other reasons. Over the past century, energy has evolved from merely a convenient light source to an integral part of the global economy and it helps to sustain us by [...]
The 2014 Mazda6 now offers a diesel engine option, even in the United States. The diesel engine offers 184 HP and 185 pound-feet of torque. Diesel cars are not widely available in the United States, and i’ve seen quite a few complaints about this, so this is good news to some. Diesel-fueled engines are most [...]
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