Energy

Solar plug for windows! a must for the GCC.

This Window Socket offers a great way to harness solar energy and use it as a plug. So far we have seen solutions that act as a solar battery backup, but none as a direct plug-in. Simple in design, the plug just attaches to any window and does its job intuitively. What else do we [...]

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Monday, April 29th, 2013

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Internet and Telecommunications

Amid growing concern over the surprisingly large amount of greenhouse gas produced by the Internet and other telecommunications activities, researchers are reporting new models of emissions and energy consumption that could help reduce their carbon footprint. Their report appears in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology.   Researchers from the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) [...]

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Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Gas tanker attempts first winter Arctic crossing

  A large tanker carrying liquified natural gas (LNG) is set to become the first ship of its type to sail across the Arctic. The carrier, Ob River, left Norway in November and has sailed north of Russia on its way to Japan. The specially equipped tanker is due to arrive in early December and [...]

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Monday, November 26th, 2012

Growing food in the desert a solution to World’s food crisis?

Philipp Saumweber is creating a miracle in the barren Australian outback, growing tonnes of fresh food. So why has he fallen out with the pioneering environmentalist who invented the revolutionary system?   The scrubby desert outside Port Augusta, three hours from Adelaide, is not the kind of countryside you see in Australian tourist brochures. The backdrop [...]

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Saturday, November 24th, 2012

‘UAE committed to sustainable economic growth’ – Mohammad

UAE aims to become a world leading centre for the export and re-export of green products and technologies   The UAE is equally committed to building a sustainable environment while supporting economic growth, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai said in a [...]

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By developer
Saturday, October 6th, 2012