On last weeks cleantech show we talked about some of the more recent developments in car sharing. Here’s a few more about what Zipcar are doing.

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We first wrote about Zipcar in 2003, applauding the company’s innovative approach to the staid car rental industry. Catering to urban dwellers in North America [...]

A quick thankyou to all of The Cleantech Show audience who have tuned in over the last year. Its great to hear your comments and feedback on the show. Its been a pleasure producing it.
Wishing you all a great holiday season and happy new year!
And The Cleantech Show episodes will be back in early [...]

For those of you like me wanting to know the guts of the Bali Action Plan, here you go.

The Bali Action Plan is linked to the page:
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php
and can be downloaded direct from:
http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_13/application/pdf/cp_bali_act_p.pdf
The agreement of the Kyoto parties (ie. not including the US) is likely to be
found in due course at:
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/3878.php
Source: Phillip Sutton, Greenleap Mailing List

The good Ol Bureau of Meterology RC has teamed up with the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Group to develop a joint research center. Why am I blogging about this? Well, given australia’s situation with agricultural and water challenges over the next 50 years, as indicated by the research, I think the better we [...]

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Helium isotopes reveal hidden stores of geothermal energy.

Smelling land: Elevated levels of helium in the water pumping through this geothermal power plant in Nevada’s Dixie Valley could be a clue into finding hidden geothermal hot spots.

Most geothermal power plants exploit the relatively rare but easy to spot hot water associated with [...]

A further breakthrough on cellulosic ethanol research, this time looking at bacterial genes living in the gut of termites.

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A massive genomic study of the microbes living within the termite gut has identified close to 1,000 possible enzymes that break down wood. The plethora of cellulose-digesting proteins could shed light on [...]

Another new energy storage technology. interestingly this integrates with existing lead acid batter production. here’s the wwwiki on lead acid

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CSIRO and Cleantech Ventures have invested in technology start-up Smart Storage Pty Ltd to develop and commercialise battery-based storage solutions.

Director of the CSIRO Energy Transformed National Research Flagship Dr John Wright said [...]

For those of you requiring a fix of stories about negawatts. This is definitely the way things have to go to reduce consumption or more importantly reduce the need for more base load and transmission infrastructure. Soon however I’m guessing we will have devices that automatically decide to power down themselves. I believe there [...]

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Gassing up: This aluminum alloy quickly pulls oxygen from water, in the process forming aluminum oxide and releasing hydrogen gas. The hydrogen could be used in place of gasoline in cars.
Credit: Jerry Woodall, Purdue University

A new process for using aluminum alloys to generate hydrogen from water could make fuel-cell vehicles more practical, says [...]

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Fantastic plastic: Novomer, based in Ithaca, NY, is working on commercializing a process to convert carbon dioxide into different forms of biodegradable polymers, including a honeylike liquid and a powder.
Credit: Novomer

Affordable, biodegradable plastics made from carbon dioxide are moving closer to market. Novomer, based in Ithaca, NY, which is developing the plastics, has [...]