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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <div class="summary_item noback"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/danish-green-power-plants-for-private-homes/17126/">Danish company is developing green power plants for private homes</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></p> <p><em>08:09 December 2, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/danish-green-power-plants-for-private-homes/17126/picture/125577/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/danish-green-power-plants-for-private-homes/17126/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/dantherm_power_mini_chp_plants.jpeg" title="Danish company Dantherm Power has announced plans to test and release a highly efficient c..." alt="Danish company Dantherm Power has announced plans to test and release a highly efficient c..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The Danish company Dantherm Power has recently announced its plans to sell solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) plants as environmentally-friendly power stations for private homes. Even though the project is only in its infantile stages, the company predicts the now bulky prototype will evolve over the next few years as the green alternative to power generators, or act as a buffer for buildings that are powered by renewable but intermittent energy sources such as wind or solar. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/danish-green-power-plants-for-private-homes/17126/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/grass-based-fireplace-logs-have-low-co2/17134/">Grass-based fireplace logs allow for green winter coziness</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>19:58 December 1, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/grass-based-fireplace-logs-have-low-co2/17134/#comments">3 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/grass-based-fireplace-logs-have-low-co2/17134/picture/125546/">5 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/grass-based-fireplace-logs-have-low-co2/17134/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/greenlogs.jpg" title="Green Logs are fireplace logs made from compressed Giant King Grass, and are said to have ..." alt="Green Logs are fireplace logs made from compressed Giant King Grass, and are said to have ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>As winter tightens its icy, gloomy grip on the Northern Hemisphere, many of us are turning to our fireplaces or wood-burning stoves for physical and psychological warmth. Unfortunately, however, burning wood releases carbon into the atmosphere – a conundrum for people who want to minimize their CO2 footprint but still stay warm. U.S. company VIASPACE Green Energy, however, has just started selling a product that it claims will provide customers with fire fodder, while being almost carbon-neutral: fireplace logs made from compressed Giant King Grass. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/grass-based-fireplace-logs-have-low-co2/17134/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/">The house made of hemp</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/grant-banks/">Grant Banks</a></p> <p><em>23:10 November 30, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/#comments">17 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/picture/125345/">10 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hemphouse.jpg" title="The house made of hemp" alt="The house made of hemp"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>America's first house made primarily of hemp has been built. Using a product known as Hemcrete – a mix of industrial hemp, lime and water – a team of 40 volunteers, sub-contractors and designers have recently completed construction of the hemp house in Ashville, North Carolina. Eco-friendly design and construction company Push Design has gained the support of community members and local officials alike and now plans to build more of these houses, which offer exceptional strength and longevity, breathability, unsurpassed indoor air quality and two-pronged carbon sequestration attributes. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/first-us-hemp-house/17115/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/whale-inspired-bumps-improve-efficiency-of-ocean-turbine-blades/17094/">Whale-inspired bumps improve efficiency of ocean turbine blades</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>17:17 November 29, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/whale-inspired-bumps-improve-efficiency-of-ocean-turbine-blades/17094/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/whale-inspired-bumps-improve-efficiency-of-ocean-turbine-blades/17094/picture/125248/">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/whale-inspired-bumps-improve-efficiency-of-ocean-turbine-blades/17094/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/tubercleblades.jpg" title="The modified blades" alt="The modified blades"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The bumpy protrusions, known as tubercles, on the leading edge of humpback whale flippers have already inspired <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/bumpy-whale-fins-set-to-spark-a-revolution-in-aerodynamics/9020/" target="_blank">more efficient wind turbine blades</a> that are able to produce more power at lower speeds. Now, in a seemingly obvious move, researchers have found that that same principle can be applied to underwater turbine blades to more efficiently convert low velocity ocean tidal flow energy into electricity. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/whale-inspired-bumps-improve-efficiency-of-ocean-turbine-blades/17094/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-otec-hawaii/17081/">More funds for Hawaii's Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant </a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>19:18 November 26, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-otec-hawaii/17081/#comments">8 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-otec-hawaii/17081/picture/125155/">5 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-otec-hawaii/17081/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/otec.jpg" title="An artist's impression of Lockheed Martin's Hawaii OTEC pilot plant" alt="An artist's impression of Lockheed Martin's Hawaii OTEC pilot plant"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>An <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/otec-plants-in-hawaii/15934/" target="_blank">Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)</a> pilot plant off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is now a step closer to reality. The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NFEC) has just awarded Lockheed Martin a US$4.4 million contract modification to develop critical system components and designs for the plant – this amount is in addition to the $8.1 million contract the NFEC issued in 2009, as well as two grants totaling $1 million that Lockheed Martin received from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2008 and this March. Hopefully, this means the streets of Kona may someday be lit by electricity obtained from the temperature difference between warm and cold sea water. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/lockheed-martin-otec-hawaii/17081/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/future-of-cotton/17077/">The future of cotton</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/tannith -cattermole/">Tannith Cattermole</a></p> <p><em>15:55 November 26, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/future-of-cotton/17077/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/future-of-cotton/17077/picture/125141/">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/future-of-cotton/17077/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cotton.jpg" title="A boll of cotton matures in the field (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips..." alt="A boll of cotton matures in the field (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Cotton has held an important significance for mankind for thousands of years. Not only are all parts of the cotton plant economically useful, but the multitude of uses and processes it can be put to make it America's number one value-added crop. Over the years we have crushed and extruded and woven cotton into many forms, but even today scientists and entrepreneurs are transforming the way we use cotton; from reducing pollution, insulating homes, and cleaning up oil spills to feeding the hungry. Here's a look at seven new companies being championed for their sustainability by Cotton Incorporated. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/future-of-cotton/17077/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sanergy-sustainable-sanitation-developing-nations/17060/">Creating sustainable sanitation in the slums of Kenya</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></p> <p><em>03:11 November 25, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sanergy-sustainable-sanitation-developing-nations/17060/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sanergy-sustainable-sanitation-developing-nations/17060/picture/125048/">10 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sanergy-sustainable-sanitation-developing-nations/17060/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/sanergy-2.JPG" title="Before construction begins, the team have to dig out layers and layers of garbage" alt="Before construction begins, the team have to dig out layers and layers of garbage"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>It's estimated that around 2.6 billion people around the world make do without any sanitation, including more than 10 million in the slums of Kenya. Still more have to use thinly disguised holes in the ground. A group of MIT students have joined forces to try and create a sustainable toilet solution for those in need. They've developed a low cost, modular sanitation solution which would be operated and maintained by locals and the waste transported to nearby processing plants. Biogas produced from the waste will be used to create electricity and what's left of the human waste turned into fertilizer. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sanergy-sustainable-sanitation-developing-nations/17060/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/ravenskin-insulation-delays-heat-transfer/17056/">RavenSkin insulation stores up daytime heat for release when temperatures drop</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>23:42 November 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/ravenskin-insulation-delays-heat-transfer/17056/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/ravenskin-insulation-delays-heat-transfer/17056/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ravenskin.jpg" title="RavenSkin insulation delays heat transfer for when temperatures drop" alt="RavenSkin insulation delays heat transfer for when temperatures drop"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>RavenBrick, the company that brought us the smart tinting <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/ravenwindow-automatically-changes-transparency-with-temperature/15468/" target="_blank">RavenWindow</a>, has added to its folio of temperature regulating building materials with RavenSkin. Unlike traditional insulation that blocks all heat equally, this innovative wall insulation material absorbs heat during the day to keep the interior cool and slowly releases the stored heat at night to warm the building when the sun goes down. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/ravenskin-insulation-delays-heat-transfer/17056/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sahara-solar-breeder-project/17054/">Sahara Solar Breeder Project aims to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>20:54 November 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sahara-solar-breeder-project/17054/#comments">13 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sahara-solar-breeder-project/17054/picture/125015/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sahara-solar-breeder-project/17054/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/saharasolarbreederproject.jpg" title="Possible model of the Sahara Solar Breeder Project" alt="Possible model of the Sahara Solar Breeder Project"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>This is ambition with a capital A. Universities in Japan and Algeria have teamed up on a project that aims to solve the world’s energy problems. Called the Sahara Solar Breeder Project, the plan is to build manufacturing plants around the Sahara Desert and extract silica from sand to make solar panels, which will then be used to build solar power plants in the desert. The power generated by the initial plant or plants would be used to “breed” more silicon manufacturing and solar power plants, which will in turn be used to breed more again, and so on. The ultimate goal is to build enough plants to provide 50 percent of the world’s electricity by 2050, which would be delivered via a global superconducting supergrid. <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/sahara-solar-breeder-project/17054/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/boeing-to-mass-produce-world-record-efficiency-solar-cells/17028/">Boeing to mass-produce record-breaking 39.2 percent efficiency solar cell</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>17:59 November 24, 2010</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="/web/20101202204222im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/icons/splashyIcons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/boeing-to-mass-produce-world-record-efficiency-solar-cells/17028/#comments">11 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20101202204222/http://www.gizmag.com/boeing-to-mass-produce-world-record-efficiency-solar-cells/17028/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101202204222im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/solarplant-2.jpg" title="Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab has announced it will mass-produce a 39.2 percent efficiency ..." alt="Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab has announced it will mass-produce a 39.2 percent efficiency ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>When it comes to solar cells, everyone is chasing the highest conversion efficiency. 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