• Booms used in Gulf oil spill recycled into Chevy Volt parts

    Updated: 2011-05-27 22:10:59
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  • Booms Used in Gulf Oil Spill Recyled Into Chevy Volt Parts

    Updated: 2011-05-27 19:11:17
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 27 Recent Comment Although GM seems to have the right intentions , I don't think that thi . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Booms Used in Gulf Oil Spill Recyled Into Chevy Volt Parts Written by Megan Treacy on 27 05 11 A majority of the miles upon miles of plastic oil booms deployed to soak up the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill have ended up either in landfills or are destined to be burned for fuel . GM has come up with a way to keep a large chunk of those booms from that same fate by recycling the material into parts for the Chevy Volt GM will turn a total of 227 miles worth of oil booms into material for the Volt's air-deflecting baffles that surround the radiator . A centrifuge spins the used booms

  • Google and Citibank Invest in World's Largest Wind Farm

    Updated: 2011-05-27 17:02:57
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 27 Recent Comment and we wait for the correction . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Google and Citibank Invest in World's Largest Wind Farm Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 05 11 Google and Citibank are investing 55 million apiece in the Alta Wind Energy Center a new wind farm in California . Parts of the Alta project are already completed and producing power . The newly announced investments will be in the fourth phase of the . project The Alta Wind Energy Center will take the title of the largest wind power project when it is completed , when it will cover over 50 square miles The complete facility will ultimately produce more than 1500 megawatts of electricity and will increase California's total wind

  • GE Unveils 6-Car, Solar-Powered Charging Station in Connecticut

    Updated: 2011-05-26 20:03:11
    , Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 26 Recent Comment Funny how the executive or employee parking spot of the month will pro . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it GE Unveils 6-Car , Solar-Powered Charging Station in Connecticut Written by Megan Treacy on 26 05 11 GE has unveiled a six-car , solar-powered charging station in Plainville , CT at the company's facilities . The six Level 2 chargers capable of fully charging 13 cars a day and five cars at a . time The solar carport is able to produce enough energy to power about 20 homes for a year and what doesn't go to charging EVs will go to the grid . When the charging station is overloaded , it will take back from the grid if . necessary The station is currently a working demo of their

  • China Clamps Down On Lead Emissions

    Updated: 2011-05-26 19:50:00
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  • Verdant Vending: Exceptionally Eco-Friendly Outdoor Kiosk

    Updated: 2011-05-25 18:00:22
    The EcoKiosk is a self-contained stall for street vendors that relies on clean, renewable energy and Earth-friendly components to make street vending greener than ever. From its solar panels to its rainwater collection system, the EcoKiosk is an ecological marvel from the top down. Created by Bizarreka Design and a shortlisted entry in the IIDA [...]

  • Visualizing CO2 Emissions

    Updated: 2011-05-25 17:48:54
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 25 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Visualizing CO2 Emissions Written by Philip Proefrock on 25 05 11 May is a good month for commuting to work by alternate methods . Bike-to-Work Day is celebrated in many communities in May . In my town , we have a month long Commuter Challenge encouraging people to discover commuting alternatives . When I saw that the coworking space I am affiliated with had avoided about a half a ton of CO2 emissions , I started to wonder about what that volume looked like . The term ton' is used to mean a lot , but how big is that when talking about a gas A car weighs a ton or two a current model Ford Focus has a curb weight of about a ton and a half but it's made from much heavier materials . CO2 is a

  • Google Data Center Cooled with Ocean Water

    Updated: 2011-05-25 14:36:18
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 25 Recent Comment OOOO another I cooled something with water idea . not original in . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Google Data Center Cooled with Ocean Water Written by Philip Proefrock on 25 05 11 Google has opened a new data center in Finland where all of the cooling is done with sea water rather than compressors and refrigerants . The building , which was originally built as a paper mill , is located on the Gulf of Finland and using cool sea water is a way to save money while keeping the building cooled with a readily available . resource Cooling is one of the biggest expenses for data centers . Servers , especially when many of them are stacked close together , generate a great amount of heat , and

  • Tensile Solar Offers Lightweight Solar Power

    Updated: 2011-05-24 23:32:41
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 24 Recent Comment If it looks like in the picture above , it really is great . And it sure . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Tensile Solar Offers Lightweight Solar Power Written by Philip Proefrock on 24 05 11 The sustainable design group called SMIT an acronym for Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology has been working on lightweight solar photovoltaic PV panels for several years . We've seen them before with their Solar Ivy a method for making an interesting kind of solar energy collector which takes its cues from ivy growing on . buildings SMIT's latest development is Tensile Solar which offers low-cost , lightweight fabric structures with integrated thin film solar photovoltaic material to produce

  • Commission Offers Nuclear Waste Plan

    Updated: 2011-05-24 03:15:00
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  • Japan To Develop Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2011-05-24 03:15:00
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  • Biomass Burning Generates Isocyanic Acid

    Updated: 2011-05-24 03:15:00
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  • Japan Considering Plan to Require Solar Panels on All New Buildings

    Updated: 2011-05-23 19:31:38
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 23 Recent Comment While I like the emphasis on safe and self sustaining energy creatio . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Japan Considering Plan to Require Solar Panels on All New Buildings Written by Megan Treacy on 23 05 11 According to the Nikkei business daily , Japan is considering a plan that would require solar panels on all new buildings and homes by 2030.  Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely reveal the details of the plan on Thursday when he speaks at the G8 Summit in France to prove their commitment to renewable energy . development Kan sees the plan as a way to encourage technological innovation that will bring down the cost of renewable energy projects and make them more widespread across .

  • Kindle Books Outselling All Print Books on Amazon

    Updated: 2011-05-19 17:34:29
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 19 Recent Comment Having moved thousands of books over the years as I shifted houses the . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Kindle Books Outselling All Print Books on Amazon Written by Megan Treacy on 19 05 11 Amazon announced today that for its Kindle ebooks are now officially outselling all print books , including paperbacks and hardcover editions . For every 100 print books sold , Amazon sells 105 Kindle books , a trend that the company expects to keep . increasing The new figures do not inlcude the free ebooks , which would push the ratio of ebooks to print ones even further in the ebooks favor . The numbers do include , however , print books that are not available in a Kindle . edition Kindle ebooks

  • Georgia School Bus Gets Hydraulic Makeover

    Updated: 2011-05-18 20:19:24
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org MAY 18 Recent Comment We at Electric Truck LLC have a regenerative shock absorber that will View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Georgia School Bus Gets Hydraulic Makeover Written by Megan Treacy on 18 05 11 A group of Georgia Tech students are converting a school bus into a hydraulic hybrid , a technology that works best with large vehicles used in stop-and-go driving conditions , like delivery trucks and , of course , buses . The hydraulic hybrid bus uses a diesel engine to power a pump that charges an accumulator . When the bus  is accelerating , the accumulator then powers the hydraulic motors with built-up pressure , but when it's braking , the pump motors reverse and recapture that energy . UPS introduced

  • Lightning And Wildfires Spark Ozone Pollution

    Updated: 2011-05-12 05:05:00
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  • DOE, USDA Biofuel projects get a boost

    Updated: 2011-05-11 00:00:00
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  • The Promise Of Renewables

    Updated: 2011-05-10 19:15:00
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  • EPA Tightens Rules For Lead Smelters

    Updated: 2011-05-10 05:40:00
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  • Technology: Energy Department Offers Deep Discounts On Its Patents

    Updated: 2011-05-10 05:40:00
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  • Porous Polymer Captures CO2

    Updated: 2011-05-10 05:40:00
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