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LG Debuts Flexible OLED Panel At SID 2013

LG flexible OLED

Meet the light, super-efficient screen that could make your smartphone invincible. Read more →

Back Off On China Solar Duties, Germany Urges EU

image via SolarWorld AG

The EU is close to slapping punitive duties on Chinese solar imports, but Germany for one wants to see a negotiated settlement. Read more →

Antarctic Outpost To Use Wind, Solar Energy To Survive

Estudio41's Antarctic station design will rely on solar and wind power to withstand the harsh weather conditions. Image via Estudio41.

Brazil's planned Antarctic research station will use solar panels for the sunny summers and wind turbines in the long winters to supply renewable energy year-round. Read more →

West Coast Drives Leaf EV Sales Bump

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The lower-priced Nissan Leaf is selling better in 2013, particularly in West Coast areas that have extensive charging infrastructure. Read more →

Hemp Waste Could Yield Super-Cheap Graphene

Hemp Fiber Graphene

Researchers turn agricultural waste into an affordable carbon nanomaterial for high-power supercapacitors. Read more →

Ethanol Tries To Make The Cellulosic Switch

edeniq logos corn to cellulosic

A government-backed project in California appears to be succeeding at retrofitting an ethanol plant to produce desperately sought cellulosic biofuels. Read more →

World’s Biggest Hybrid Ferry Set To Sail

Prinsesse Benedikte (image via Wikimedia Commons

Corvus Energy announces the commissioning of the formerly all diesel-electric Prinsesse Benedikte as a hybrid, for use between Germany and Denmark. Read more →

Kroger Will Upcycle Food Waste Into Fuel

kroger waste recycling

By installing its own anaerobic conversion system, the chain will offset its energy consumption and eliminate unnecessary truck trips. Read more →

Urban Wind Energy That’s Fuzzy And Fetching

Söder Torn extended and electrified using composite material with piezoelectric properties (image via Belatchew Arkitekter

The “Strawscaper” by Belatchew Arkitekter in Stockholm would use piezoelectric technology to turn the movement of air into electricity. Read more →

Taiwan Tower’s Energy Answer Blowing In The Wind

This twisting, undulating Taiwan skyscraper design is to be powered by hundreds of wind turbines embedded in its facade. Image via Decode Urbanism Office.

An undulating 1,150-foot skyscraper design in Taiwan plans to embed thousands of wind turbines in its skin to generate all of its electrical energy and provide dynamic lighting. Read more →