Solar energy firm drops plan for project in Mojave Desert

Japan to operate solar energy station in outer space

By: intellectual

TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has big plans, as it wants to conquer outer space to generate solar energy by 2030. The idea is to collect solar power in space and beam it down to earth, in the form of lasers or microwaves. The so-called Space Solar Power System project is led by big corporations such as Mitsubishi, NEC, ...

13 days ago

Iraq's solar clinics a small beacon of shining success during the ...

By: DelilahStarling

Medical clinics in Baghdad have traditionally been run by air polluting diesel generators and most have only been operational for a few hours a day. The disruption in basic services, such as children’s vaccination programs, have been the normal occurrence; due to the inability to maintain vaccines at an optimum temperature. A new program ...

2 months ago

The Army: making a fast mover out of the Desert Tortoise

By: antonianoel

  California's state reptile, the Desert Tortoise is losing more of its habitat in the Mojave Desert thanks to the United States Army. Their plans to move approximately 1100 tortoises to nearby locations they say is for the purpose of expanding training grounds and will take place in Spring of 2010.   This is not the first time the ...

20 days ago

Japan to operate solar energy station in outer space

By: arslannomercy

 TOKYO: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has big plans, as it wants to conquer outer space to generate solar energy by 2030. The idea is to collect solar power in space and beam it down to earth, in the form of lasers or microwaves. The so-called Space Solar Power System project is led by big corporations such as ...

12 days ago