The world’s first artificial leaf ‘created’
03/23/2011:
It seems that scientists have created the first artificial leaf which can take sunlight and water to create energy similar to the regular plant we know of. The leaf was developed by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The leaf is made from silicon, electronics and various catalysts which spur chemical reactions within the device which allow it to use sunlight to break water into hydrogen and oxygen which can then be used to create electricity in a separate fuel cell. The scientists used some inexpensive, common catalysts including nickel and cobalt.
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Zero Emissions City In Abu Dhabi
05/19/2008:
Last week a project was started in Abu Dhabi on building a city that is suppose to create zero emissions. The city will house 50,000 people and 1,500 businesses with a goal of using extremely little energy. The city is expected to cost around $22 billion, of which $4 billion will be provide by the Abu Dhabi government for the infrastructure. Electric transports will provide door to door service using battery powered vehicles with renewable energy and stored onboard in batteries.
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