In Detroit, A new gym opened, this gym is for homeless men and women and it has some donated ping pong tables, treadmills and other equipment which was donated. In addition, 10 stationary bikes that generate electricity were purchased and the electricity produced from it goes back to the facility and reduces by that the electricity costs.
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The wind farm project which is planned to be about 13 miles off the coast of Rockaway island has made a significant progress as a request for information for its plan was issued. The wind farm is expected to generate 350MW with an option of total of 700MW power supply.
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Australia will build the largest wind farm in the country with 2GW power supply. The project will cost 2 billion dollars and will include 598 turbines.
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Research team from the University Of Waterloo managed to create lithium-sulphur battery which stores three times more power than conventional lithium-ion batteries. The new battery expected to be much cheaper than currently available batteries and achieve long lifetime and stability. Options of mass production in the near future are being reviewed.
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New York State aims for getting 45% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015. To reach that goal, the state will install 100MW of solar power on rooftops of private and public buildings which will be willing to participate in the project.
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By the year 2012, one quarter of Kenya electricity will be arriving from a new wind fram which will produce 300 MW. The total cost of this project, which will be funded mostly be the African Development Bank (AfDB), is about $760 million.
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The state of Iowa is planning a huge enewable energyproject which will produce 500 MW of energy with 335 wind turbines. The cost of this project is $1.5 billion.
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A research group, led by Osamu Ishitani, finally created a catalyst which triggers the process of photosynthesis by turning CO2 into CO efficiently by using only the sun energy. The CO can be used for industrial fuel creation like ethanol. The last barrier before this solution can be used in near future is proving that the catalyst is stable over time.
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An abandoned underwear factory in Georgia, US will be endorsed to renewable power source. The new power source will create electricity from a local waste and will supply 17 MW to power 10,000 homes.
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US is ahead of schedule of reaching targets for using renewable energy sources. US has surpassed Germany and produces 21 Gig watts electric energy using wind power which is enough to supply 5.5 million homes.
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