Ferrari 599, the ultimate supercar engine, goes electric:
Renewable Energy Innovations: Green Technology
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Porsche Boxter full EV prototype
Porsche have two hybrid vechicles, including a 918 Spyder but today they announced the prototype Boxter EV:
Not for retail sale, a 'rolling labotory' it will be interesting to see what the other supercar manufacturers come up with.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
The Great Energy Challenge
National Geographic are running a special series of articles titled The Great Energy Challenge. The site has a huge range of news, web apps and video so you can explore the issues, encouraging you to alter personal behaviour to effect global change.
One very interesting article is Going "All The Way" With Renewable Energy which posits the true issue is (lack of) political will:
"Worldwide production of the rare earth mineral neodymium would have to quintuple to supply the millions of wind turbines needed to power a 100 percent renewable future, two researchers say. They view political will as a bigger stumbling block than any materials bottleneck."
One very interesting article is Going "All The Way" With Renewable Energy which posits the true issue is (lack of) political will:
"Worldwide production of the rare earth mineral neodymium would have to quintuple to supply the millions of wind turbines needed to power a 100 percent renewable future, two researchers say. They view political will as a bigger stumbling block than any materials bottleneck."
Monday, 7 February 2011
Energy bridge
Been a little slow on the blog, too busy enjoying Kahurangi National Park in New Zealand. Time to catch up, lets start with this innovative design for a bridge at Solarpark South from Calabria, Italy. Sculptured Wind Turbines complement a solar cell road, creating an ecosystem for growing plants and produce.
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