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Hybrid Solar Panel Generates Hot Water and Electricity

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Wed May 4, 2011 09:43 AM ET   |   0

Two innovations were combined to increase efficiency of solar-thermal flat panels by seven to eight times. Read more

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Floating Golf Course Has Underwater Tunnels

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Fri Apr 29, 2011 01:03 PM ET   |   0

An 18-hole floating course hopes to boost Maldivian economy while preserving the nation's ecosystem. Read more

underwater tunnel

Magma Boosts Geothermal Energy

Posted Wed Mar 30, 2011 09:49 AM ET   |   0

An accident of nature could lead to more energy efficient geothermal power plants. Read more

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Liquid Air Stores Renewable Energy

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:02 PM ET   |   0

A pilot program is demonstrating an unusual method for storing energy from sunlight and wind. Read more

liquid air

100 Percent Renewable Energy is Possible by 2030

Posted by  David Teeghman  Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:38 AM ET   |   0

The goal is optimistic, but doable. Read more

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Parisian Body Heat Warms a Building

Posted by  Alyssa Danigelis  Thu Sep 16, 2010 08:43 AM ET   |   0

Heat from commuters traveling the Paris Metro underground will be captured to warm a public housing building above. Read more

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Greenhouse Gas Pumped to Boost Clean Energy

Posted by  Jessica Marshall  Tue Dec 29, 2009 02:05 PM ET   |   0

Carbon dioxide could make an underappreciated form of renewable energy much more efficient. Read more

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10 Nice Things About a Soft Core Planet

Posted Sun Nov 8, 2009 11:23 AM ET   |   0

An audio-visual tour of 10 great things about living on our 'soft-core' planet with innards as hot as the Sun. Read more

one way of looking at earth's interior

Wide Angle: Green Energy

Posted Mon Mar 9, 2009 08:45 AM ET

The green energy revolution is driven by inventors and entrepreneurs who are making saving the planet a viable and profitable venture. This Wide Angle on Green Energy looks at the different kinds of green power available, from what's going on in the... Read more

alternative energy

Africa's Rift Valley: Geothermal Gold Mine : Discovery News

Posted Tue Dec 9, 2008 01:59 PM ET

World leaders get down to business at the annual U.N. climate convention. Read more

Aerial Image of Rift Valley

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:16 AM ET

Strange mixtures of helium gas have been discovered leaking from the ground in Nevada. To the surprise of geologists, helium-3 and other gases, which are normally associated volcanoes, are seeping up through non-volcanic ground there. Read more

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