Technology

The Emirate of Dubai has started 2012 by planning a multimillion green energy project. On the 31st of December 2011 officials had in fact announced a solar energy park to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and start decreasing their carbon footprint as well. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, as it as been named, has the ambitious goal to reach a capacity in output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030 and will be built in phases ...

“Age of Aquarius” is an international satellite that has been launched in California last Friday and it will have a live of around 5 years. It will be use to obtain data about the environment and climate. Its main task will be to estimate the salinity of the oceans, provide comprehensive data on soil humidity and to allow the development of environmental maps. The satellite, known as Aquarius, has been developed by Comisión Nacional de Actividades ...

Opcon Powerbox is a Swedish company shortlisted in the prestigious Sustainable Shipping Awards. The large scale adaptation of Opcon Powerbox will candidate in the category of Environmental innovation of the Year and the final will be in London on July 7. This is good news for us since this eco-machine allows to save energy and reduce pollution in maritime transport. As said in the website Cisionwire this innovative technology means that “that waste ...

London has now about 400 charging points for electric cars and the Source London plan believes there will be about 1300 charging points by 2013 and no more than one mile from every Londoner. Boris Johnson, mayor of the English capital has said to The Guardian that he wanted to “rapidly accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles and make London the epicentre of electric driving in Europe.” He also added that the main problem they ...

Do you want to save water? Do you spend too long under the shower and you want to spend less in order to save water? Now, you can save water and monitor how much water you spend while showering with the shower sensor: Waterpebble. A new way of having ecological behaviour and of being aware how much water you spend under the shower. It cost only £8.99 and you just have to place it by your plug hole ...

What are the advantages of having an electric car? Well, first of all, we all know that it pollutes much less than a conventional vehicle with diesel or gasoline engines and that is why it is much less harmful for the environment than the latter. It reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Conventional transport sector, mainly aviation and cars,  is reponsible for around CO2 emissions by burning fossil. But not only this, engines also produce carbon monoxide, particulates ...

German government has given an award to Intel for the development of the 48-core concept vehicle, the Single Chip Cloud Computer. They have won the prize for Climate and Environment in the “Environmentally Friendly Technologies.” Intel is one of the largest purchasers of renewable energy and it is really needed  since  it is said that information technology nowadays causes carbon emissions comparable to that of civil aviation. Green computing or Green IT is necessary and that is the goal of Intel ...