What's Inside EarthTechling
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Kroger Will Upcycle Food Waste Into Fuel
By installing its own anaerobic conversion system, the chain will offset its energy consumption and eliminate unnecessary truck trips. Read more →
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Taiwan Tower’s Energy Answer Blowing In The Wind
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 →
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Solar-Powered RC Race Cars Teach Valuable Energy Lesson
Solar Rollers hope to teach teenagers to love solar energy, one race at a time. Read more →
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US Military Loves Solar, And The Feeling Is Mutual
At 130 megawatts, the U.S. military is using a lot of solar power – but a new industry report highlights the huge amount that will come in the next several years. Read more →
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Massive SoCal Wind Turbine Blade Breaks Off
A 173-foot-long blade breaks off a Siemens wind turbine at a Southern California wind farm, leading the company to curtail operations worldwide. Read more →
Recent News
LG Debuts Flexible OLED Panel At SID 2013

Meet the light, super-efficient screen that could make your smartphone invincible. Read more →
Back Off On China Solar Duties, Germany Urges EU

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

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

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

Researchers turn agricultural waste into an affordable carbon nanomaterial for high-power supercapacitors. Read more →
Ethanol Tries To Make The Cellulosic Switch

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

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

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

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

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 →




