Monday, May 20, 2013
With the cleantech revolution firmly underway, we’re seeing a significant shift in strategy by many of the major technology corporations throughout the world. By recently announcing a plan that includes a $1 billion investment into clean technologies by the year 2012, Panasonic is clearly throwing it’s hat in the ring with hopes of becoming a [...]
Even one of hockey’s greatest players in the history of the sport knows just how vital it is for batteries to be recycled and kept from ending up in landfills.
For years now, many have looked upon solar power as a sort of supplemental energy source to the power that comes from the U.S. electrical grid. However with the recent production of a battery said to be ‘revolutionary’, Ceramatec is looking to harness and store the sun’s rays in ways never before thought possible. With [...]
Having already demonstrated a steadfast commitment to the research and development of alternative, renewable energy sources; the Obama Administration and U.S. Department of Energy continue to manifest their belief that new forms of clean energy storage are a crucial part of the country’s future. The latest example of this commitment comes in the form of [...]
With the development and release of the ultra-popular Eneloop, as well as various other products aimed at making energy storage more environmentally friendly, the Japanese electronic company Sanyo has received a substantial amount of positive press coverage for it’s eco-conscious efforts. According to a recent post on Crunchgear, Sanyo is apparently taking ‘going green’ to a whole [...]
A battery that would last for thousands of hours between charges while qualifying as environmentally friendly would truly be considered revolutionary. According to a team of scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, such a battery may become a reality within several years. The group of scientists, whose findings are published in the October 2009 issue of [...]
Safe to say, this ain’t your grandfather’s battery-powered vehicle….. The folks at gizmag recently featured an electric vehicle that’s looking to push the boundaries on what’s possible for battery-powered cars. With the unveiling of it’s “e-2” EV prototype, the German based company e-Wolf is looking to combine high performance and eco-consciousness like few others in [...]
Have a group of eco-concious students at the University of Kansas created a serious competitor for Chevrolet’s battery-powered Volt? Not likely….but what they have done is use their ingenuity and creativity to make an ol’ classic car much more environmentally friendly. The team of mechanical engineering students, who go by the name of ‘Ecohawks’, and [...]
A new type of battery currently in development by a group of researchers from Sweden could do more than potentially revolutionize the battery industry; it could also help reduce unwanted blooms of a troublesome algae found throughout the Baltic and other parts of the world. Cladophora algae, known to cause odors and reduce the quality [...]
As the majority of the world becomes more concious of the impact they have on mother earth, disposable alkaline batteries have been among the everyday-use products to come under scrutiny. Everything from the potentially harmful materials some battery manufacturers use in disposable alkalines to the challenge of recycling spent batteries has come under the microscope in [...]
In most cases, the Yuasa YTX14-BS motorcycle battery is not factory sealed with electrolyte. This means the customer is responsible [...]
This article shows you how to clean corroded motorcycle battery terminals. The same technique can be used for all lead-acid [...]
