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500 Kilowatt Solar Power Plant Constructed in the Kingdom Desert, Saudi Arabia

500 Kilowatt Solar Power Plant Constructed in the Kingdom Desert, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia leading the solar charge? It sounds unlikely, but Saudi Aramco and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, in partnership with the Saudi Electricity Company, have just completed construction of a 500

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Automakers Achieve Incredible Mileage in the ALD Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon

Automakers Achieve Incredible Mileage in the ALD Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon

Ford, Fiat, and SMART achieved incredible mileage in ordinary cars yesterday at the ALD Automotive Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon in Gloucestershire, proving that even their engined vehicles can be turned

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$40 Million Emax E-Volution Solar Sailboat is for the Eco-Conscious Yachtsman

$40 Million Emax E-Volution Solar Sailboat is for the Eco-Conscious Yachtsman

We've seen some spectacular sea vessels before, such as the TÛRANOR, the world largest solar powered boat. But here's a brand-spanking new yacht about to give that old-timer a run for its money.

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The Best Green Finds from Day 1 of 100% Design at London Design Week

The Best Green Finds from Day 1 of 100% Design at London Design Week

The temporary turtle pavilion by Inflate is one of a large range of temporary structures that are ideal for either indoor or outdoor events. Made in part from recycled materials, they are illuminated by

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Embry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft

Embry-Riddle Students Make History With “Eco Eagle” Hybrid Propulsion Aircraft

Students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently demonstrated an aviation first by cruising the sky in a hybrid propulsion aircraft. A team of nearly 200 students spent the last year and a half

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U.S. Army Could Replace the Humvee with the Diesel Hybrid L-ATV

U.S. Army Could Replace the Humvee with the Diesel Hybrid L-ATV

The U.S. Army isn't expecting green street cred for their upcoming decision to potentially replace the aging Humvee with this diesel electric hybrid L-ATV. The decision to go green may be made out of

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Detroit’s New Energy Efficient Airport is First to be Built Post 9/11

Detroit’s New Energy Efficient Airport is First to be Built Post 9/11

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) is the twelfth busiest airport in the US. The new North Terminal replaces the Smith and Berry terminals and sits on the site of the former Davey Terminal,

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Brown Goes Green: UPS Purchases 100 EV Delivery Trucks for Its Next-Gen California Fleet

Brown Goes Green: UPS Purchases 100 EV Delivery Trucks for Its Next-Gen California Fleet

UPS has just purchased 100 electric delivery vehicles from EV provider Electric Vehicles International in Stockton, California, for the company's California fleet. The decision makes UPS's California

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Mercedes Fuel Cell Buses Log 2 Million Emission-Free Kilometers

Mercedes Fuel Cell Buses Log 2 Million Emission-Free Kilometers

Mercedes has been using a fleet of 36 hydrogen fuel cell buses in Hamburg, Germany, to improve fuel cell technology for its passenger cars. Now those test buses have logged an amazing 2 million

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Researchers Find That Alligator Fat Could Be a New Source of Biodiesel

Researchers Find That Alligator Fat Could Be a New Source of Biodiesel

Researchers at the University of Louisiana recently discovered that alligator fat might be an alternative source of biodiesel, a clean burning fuel that is primarily produced from soybeans. The problem

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Clean and Quiet Tsekoa II Research Vessel Is North America’s First Plug-in Hybrid Fuel Cell Ship

Clean and Quiet Tsekoa II Research Vessel Is North America’s First Plug-in Hybrid Fuel Cell Ship

Vehicles are usually converted to hybrids for the fuel efficiency and reduced emissions, but the Tsekoa II research ship from the University of Victoria got a plug-in hybrid fuel cell retrofit for an

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London’s Heathrow Airport Unveils ULTra Personal Electric Transportation Pods

London’s Heathrow Airport Unveils ULTra Personal Electric Transportation Pods

London’s Heathrow airport has just opened an advanced electric personal shuttle system to the public that is completely automated. The ULTra sustainable personal transit is a futuristic and somewhat

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Helios Eco Trailer: The Entertainment Industry’s First Solar Hybrid Vehicle

Helios Eco Trailer: The Entertainment Industry’s First Solar Hybrid Vehicle

With so many green transportation designs out there, you’d think that an eco-friendly entertainment production trailer would already exist, but the recently released Helios Eco trailer is taking the

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Protean In-Wheel Motors Could Up Hybrid Efficiency By 300 Percent

Protean In-Wheel Motors Could Up Hybrid Efficiency By 300 Percent

Many electric concept cars feature in-wheel electric motors to move them down the road, but only recently have they truly proven themselves as the greenest way to move future hybrid vehicles. A Vauxhall

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Solar Powered Sungevity Ice Pop Truck Gives Out Free Organic Popsicles!

Solar Powered Sungevity Ice Pop Truck Gives Out Free Organic Popsicles!

Sungevity's solar powered popsicle truck will be hitting farmer's markets, festivals and other public events in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Delaware this summer as part of their

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Google & NASA Partner to Host Green Flight Challenge With $1.65 Million Prize

Google & NASA Partner to Host Green Flight Challenge With $1.65 Million Prize

From the Elektra One electric airplane to Siemens' plug-in hybrid aircraft, we've been seeing a lot of eco-friendly airplanes lately. While we love any airplane that doesn't spew massive amounts of carbon

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New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Cases of Cancer in Appalachia

New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Cases of Cancer in Appalachia

In a new study released this week, it was revealed that among the 1.2 million residents living in parts of Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to mountaintop removal

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Trucks Get ‘Winglets’ To Make Them More Fuel Efficient

Trucks Get ‘Winglets’ To Make Them More Fuel Efficient

In order to make them more fuel efficient and aerodynamic, airplanes have winglets (curved structures) at the wing tips to reduce drag. ATDynamics are hoping that this same engineering trick will also

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European Commission Sets Rules On Biofuel Production and Use

European Commission Sets Rules On Biofuel Production and Use

People are divided on biofuels: on the one hand they are a decent alternative to oil and coal, on the other their creation has resulted in the destruction of forests, damage to biodiversity and the

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Hybrid X High School Team Wins Green Grand Prix MPG Road Rally

Hybrid X High School Team Wins Green Grand Prix MPG Road Rally

The West Philly high school Hybrid X Team beat out 43 corporate entrants and Ivy League teams such as Cornell to win the Green Grand Prix's 100-mile fuel economy MPG Road Rally this week, with their EVX

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The Mighty Cri-Cri Electric Mini Plane Breaks Another Speed Record

The Mighty Cri-Cri Electric Mini Plane Breaks Another Speed Record

Attendees of this year's Paris Air Show got to see history being made as the mighty micro Cri-Cri broke the electric plane speed record. The plane first took to the skies last September and drew in a

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CSX Transportation and New York State Reveal Low Emissions Locomotive

CSX Transportation and New York State Reveal Low Emissions Locomotive

CSX Transportation, New York State officials and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined together today to unveil the second GenSet low-emissions locamotive in Selkirk, New York. The locomotive

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The Carbon Neutral Emax Excalibur Hybrid Yacht is Covered in Solar Panels

The Carbon Neutral Emax Excalibur Hybrid Yacht is Covered in Solar Panels

The Emax Excalibur solar hybrid luxury yacht isn't shy about its carbon neutral status: it is literally covered in solar panels from prow to stern. The green vessel, built by Sauter Carbon Offset Design

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1,325 MPG Hypermiling Car Piloted by 11-Year-Old Student!

1,325 MPG Hypermiling Car Piloted by 11-Year-Old Student!

As gas prices continue to skyrocket, the importance of fuel-efficient vehicles can't be emphasized enough. Luckily, the Cambridge Design Partnership just unveiled a hypermiling concept car that can travel

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First Trans-Ocean Biofuel Powered Flight to Take Off Tonight

First Trans-Ocean Biofuel Powered Flight to Take Off Tonight

This evening at 9pm, the Gulfstream G450 airplane will become the first trans-Atlantic flight to be powered partially by biofuel (supplied by Honeywell). The flight will take off from Morristown, New

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Audi Unveils eTron Spyder Plug-in Hybrid Concept at Le Mans

Audi Unveils eTron Spyder Plug-in Hybrid Concept at Le Mans

Audi used the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans to demonstrate its newest green creation, the eTron Spyder diesel plug-in hybrid concept. This innovative car is powered by 3 sources: 2 electric

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Cargill, Shell and Honda Team Up to Make Gasoline from Pine Cones and Corn Husks

Cargill, Shell and Honda Team Up to Make Gasoline from Pine Cones and Corn Husks

Cargill, Shell and Honda -- giants in the worlds of agriculture, petroleum and automotive manufacturing -- have teamed up to fund a company called Virent that has developed an inexpensive process to turn

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Prince Charles’s Eco-Village Knockroon Will Feature Car Chargers In Every Home

Prince Charles’s Eco-Village Knockroon Will Feature Car Chargers In Every Home

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is planning an eco-village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, called Knockroon, and electric car charging infrastructure will be a key element. The plan, involving 700

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GM Reveals It Charges Volts with Solar Panels Before They Head to Dealerships

GM Reveals It Charges Volts with Solar Panels Before They Head to Dealerships

It seems like the 2011 North American Car of the Year just gets better all the time. GM just installed a carport with 10 charging stations to juice up their plug-in hybrid electric Chevy Volts before they

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