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Tesla Gigafactory Battery Improvements Could Cut Battery Costs 70

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pTesla will drive down batterypacklevel costs by 70 down to around 38kilowatthour once the Gigafactory hits peak production via economies of scale improved chemistry supply chain optimization and other factors according to Jefferies analyst Dan Dolevp

pAs part of his...

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Subject Tags: Technology

Jay Whitacre takes the LemelsonMIT Prize for his saltwater battery

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe 2015 500000 LemelsonMIT Prize has gone to Jay Whitacre for his invention of the Aqueous Hybrid Ion AHI battery The battery used primarily in combination with solar and wind energy systems was created using abundant and nontoxic resources including salt water and carbon...

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Subject Tags: Innovation , Technology

Kirigamiinspired solar cells track Sun the entire day

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pSolar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source available on our planet And with the use of modern technology we can not only harness solar energy for power generation and several other purposesp

pBut generating power is not such an easy task as...

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Sustainable development possible along with greenhouse gas cuts study

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia can improve sustainable development metrics while at the same time reducing its greenhouse gas emissions said a study released on Thursday that places quality of life for all at the centre of Indiarsquos development strategyp

pThe study by the Center for Study...

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Subject Tags: Environment , Technology

Solar watersplitting method to provide clean energy

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pResearchers from Rice University have demonstrated an efficient new way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean renewable energy by splitting water moleculesp

pThe technology relies on a configuration of lightactivated gold nanoparticles that...

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India Australia to establish research center for clean energy technology

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pAcademic institutions in India and Australia are cooperating to start a center for bilateral collaboration in energyrelated research and technology developmentp

pThe focus of the center will be on renewable energy and fossil fuels particularly on clean coal...

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India ready with indigenous model to predict rainfall

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia is finally ready with an indigenous model to predict long range and seasonal rainfall In the next six months the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology IITM Pune will be able to operationalise a dynamic numerical climate model it has developed to forecast...

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New cheaper more efficient LED technology developed

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pScientists including one of Indianorigin have developed a new highly efficient and low cost light emitting diode using a combination of organic and inorganic materialsp

pquotIt can potentially revolutionise lighting technology In general the cost of LED lighting has...

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PhilRice studying heat-tolerant rice variety as it pushes climate change-ready technologies

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2015

Researchers identified promising breeding lines that exhibit tolerance to drought and heat stress that will pave way to the development of new varieties that addresses climate change in the country’s major rice-growing areas.

Thelma Padolina, lead researcher of the...

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BS-IV emission norms to be applicable across India from April 2017

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 1, 2015

Sale and registration of any new vehicle not complying with BS-IV emission norms will not be allowed anywhere in the country from April 2017. Road transport ministry has issued a draft notification making BS-IV norms mandatory across the country in a phased manner starting...

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