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Aircraft power needs could be met by landing-gear wheels
24th February 2012
Future aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity.
They could use this to power their taxiing to...
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Dragon James Caan backs new accelerator fund for UK green entrepreneurs
20th February 2012
A new investment programme backed by 'Dragon' James Caan is offering business support and access to multi-million pound funding for innovative UK green entrepreneurs.
The Berti Green...
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Tesco trials new packaging to reduce food waste
8th February 2012
Tesco is the latest supermarket to trial new packaging that will keep fruit and vegetables fresher, in a bid to reduce food waste. The trail will focus on tomatoes and avocados – produce...
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Wind turbines: Better than fertiliser?
30th January 2012
New research suggests that wind turbines could improve crop productivity; another reason for farmers to install wind turbines on their land, over and above the obvious financial...
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Waste light captured from a mobile could charge its battery
25th January 2012
A team from Cambridge University hopes to capture energy from organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) inside a phone by using thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cells built into the screen. Only...
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World's largest solar plant powers up
6th January 2012
Just under a month ago, on an empty mountain plateau in Andalusia, the last of 600,000 parabolic mirrors were connected, and Andasol, the world's largest solar power station, become...
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Intelligent street lighting can cut energy costs
17th November 2011
An intelligent street lighting system, developed by Luix, could lead to energy savings of up to 85 per cent by managing the brightness of street lights based on the presence of people and vehicles...
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The cardboard wine bottle
15th November 2011
An innovative new design from UK start up GreenBottle is promising to slash the carbon footprint of wine bottles by around 90 per cent.
The prototype "paper" wine bottle is made from...
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Urine as an energy source
9th November 2011
Scientists have published what is claimed to be the world’s first research paper on work that tested the viability of urine as a fuel for microbial fuel cells (MFCs).
According to a...
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Shirt capable of converting body heat into electricity
3rd November 2011
Belgian researchers have created a shirt with an integrated device that converts body heat into electricity.
The engineers at electronics company Imec claim that the completely hidden...
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Plans to reduce junk mail announced
31st October 2011
Householders will have more control to stop the unwanted advertising mail that drops through their letter boxes each year, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has...
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