WakaWaka solar led lamp aims to light up Kenyan school
Although we have entered 2012 approximately 1.5 billion people around the globe remain without access to a stable or safe source of light. Commonly in some of the world's poorest regions, kerosene...
View ArticleWho needs a road? Chinese designer creates eco-friendly all-terrain car for...
A Chinese inventor has come up with an incredible new design for a car that will work on tarmac, sand, ice... and even water. The all-terrain vehicle, which has a top speed of 62mph and works like a...
View ArticleInteresting Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations
We’ve covered solar-powered EV charging stations in the past several times, but I don’t think we’ve ever shared these interestingly designed solar-powered EV charging stations:
View ArticleEco Wave Power developing two new wave-power devices
Israel's Eco Wave Power is just entering the second phase of proving its new wave energy harvest and conversion system that's claimed to produce cheaper energy than existing coal-fired power plants....
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon: The First Spacecraft Using Solar Panels
I wonder what it feels like to know that you’ve contributed to space expeditions and, indirectly, to the future of mankind? Very proud, I assume, as must feel the engineers from SpaceX, a private space...
View ArticleVideo: Solar Powered Chariot Robot Brings Ancient Rome and Green Technology...
The Maker Faire is a place where weird and wacky inventions are welcomed and championed, which is surely why Bob Schneeveis and Grant Grundler decided to debut their crazy solar powered electric...
View ArticleWaveRoller Arrives in Portugal for Long Awaited Tests
The WaveRoller arrived on January 2nd at Portugal’s Peniche Shipyard for a much anticipated pilot test this summer off the coast of Portugal, one of the best testing sites in Europe for ocean energy....
View ArticleHow New Self-Healing Circuit Restores Electricity in 20 Seconds
As many of you know, a broken and then repaired thing won’t ever be as it was before, no matter how much we try. This truth applies as well to electronic circuits, that once broken are not very easy to...
View ArticlePowerTrekk instant charger powers your smartphone with water
A Swedish firm myFC has created an instant mobile charger, dubbed the PowerTrekk, which makes use of water to produce power for your smartphones. PowerTrekk mixes water with a chemical powder called...
View ArticleTûranor PlanetSolar: World’s Largest Solar Ship About to Complete Trip Around...
The epic voyage of the Tûranor PlanetSolar – the world’s largest solar-powered boat – will soon come to a close as the ship closes in on its final stretch. The Swiss vessel is a full-bore high-tech...
View ArticleToyota 2000GT swapped into a solar electric vehicle
The classic Toyota 2000GT has managed to carve an everlasting image in the minds of people, thanks to its style and of course James Bond. Japanese engineers have given James Bond getaway car a new...
View ArticleItaly/France’s 100 percent solar home entry for the 2012 Solar Decathlon
Italy and France have joined forces to create the "Astonyshine" 100 percent solar home concept as part of the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe. The international competition is open to universities from...
View ArticleElectric car that that folds itself launches in Spain
Compact cars take on a new meaning when they can literally fold themselves. Spain will begin producing an electric car next year that's about the same size as a Smart, but can collapse itself into an...
View ArticleFirst Solar-Powered Electric Car Charging Stations Open in Sofia, Bulgaria
This month, A1 Co., Ltd. and BIES Ltd. opened the first set of solar-powered electric car charging stations across Sofia, Bulgaria. Built as simple structures, each station simply uses solar panels to...
View ArticleSolar powered homes that will compete in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
Environmentally friendly homes can reduce inhabitants’ carbon footprints, save resources and lead the way for others to live the same way. Most of us, however, have been living in homes that are pretty...
View ArticleDevice Could Drive Down Solar’s Cost
As solar panel manufacturers try to harvest more of the sun's energy for less, they face increasingly diminishing returns. At roughly $1 per watt, the cost of solar modules now represents less than a...
View ArticleA Wave Power Generator with a Twist: It Generates Electricity On Dry Land
A relatively new* type of reciprocating wave-powered electricity generator called Searaser has been developed and is moving forward. Searaser, acquired by Ecotricity, is not a typical wave power plant.
View ArticleNissan unveils energy-efficient Nichio Maru car carrier
With large cargo freighters being a major source of CO2 emissions worldwide it's been encouraging to see various efforts to make such vessels more efficient. In recent years we've seen the development...
View ArticleStanford pioneering a wireless electric highway
Stanford researches may have solved the problem of range anxiety by wireless charging technology that could one day create an electric highway. Wireless recharging already is used by some electric...
View ArticleMIT Researchers Find a Way To Make Solar Panels from Grass Clippings
What if generating solar energy at home required little more than mixing some grass clippings with inexpensive chemicals? That’s exactly what MIT researcher Andreas Mershinhas found to be the case. The...
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