This has been one of the highlights of the year for Greenbang – getting under the hood of a Tesla, an electric sportscar that is set to vastly improve the standard of the average electric motor. Tesla cars not only look good, but can get from 0-60mph in four seconds, have
It seems boffins can’t get enough of tinkering with hydrogen. And God bless them, every one. Today’s latest silicon breakthrough takes us Grenoble, where French scientists have come up with a way of storing hydrogen in solid form for use in fuel cell propulsion. Like water and most
What would Christmas be without a mention of the Brussels? Greenbang doesn’t like to disappoint, so let’s wade on in there with some news from the European Commission, the world’s favourite executive body and Daily Mail irritant. The EC has this week adopted a resolution that goes
What do you get if you multiply green by green? Double plus green? Maxi green? Uber greenness? Some sort of technological overlord of green? Well, looks like we’re about to find out for the Environment Agency is on the hunt for a green IT supplier — to the tune of
Last week at Cisco’s C-Scape conference, one of the execs was asked a tricky question after he boasted that the company (in the UK) gets 100 per cent of its energy from renewable (wind) sources. Chris Dedicoat, president of European markets for Cisco, said he did not know how
Well not any more. But last week was amazing. San Francisco is a wonderful city, but what Greenbang found even better was the amount of investment people are putting into green innovation. Whereas over here in cold, dark UK land, businesses are very concerned about ‘doing their bit’ and meeting
If you’re after some get-rich-quick action, it looks like silicon production could be on the money – why, Greenbang hasn’t been so excited since she bought those magic beans! – with the news that the demand for solar panels is pushing silicon prices higher than Amy Winehouse at a Christmas
Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la. And to sign a great big fat deal for commercial wave power fa la la la la la la la la. Oh yes, it’s not all about decking boughs and donning gay apparel, some
While VCs are planning a quiet year for 2008 – spending $1bn less than last year. If that’s what you call a quiet year, Greenbang will be having a practically silent one. Anyway, needless to say, green tech is still on top of the spending agenda, according to a survey
Greenbang is wondering if there’s a word shortage this morning. Why else would you name something ‘Hiperflob’? In anycase, Hiperflob E30 is going to be used in the grand prix next month, according to the New Zealand based new site ‘Stuff‘, and Greenbang is hoping it will become a
Greenbang has eaten her fair share of grease but never thought there could be an environmental benefit in it. In fact, Greenbang would swear kebabs never had a positive effect on emissions, but then again, she’s not a microbe. Scientists have apparently managed to persuade the tiny blighters to
There are many great things in life that don’t need to be fully understood to appreciated. David Lynch films, American football and how the proton exchange membrane in hydrogen fuel cells works are prominent examples. But at least scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory
