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Enèji Pwòp Program Sends Life-Changing Hanging Solar Lights to Impoverished...
Clean energy company Enèji Pwòp is on the mission to transform Haiti with renewable energy. The firm hopes to enhance quality of life within the country’s borders through a program that allows...
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The Amazing Metaphone Concert Hall is the World’s First Interactive Musical...
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Voltac Launches BOGO Solar Charger Campaign to Help the Philippines
Voltaic Systems, manufacturer of solar chargers for smartphones, laptops and other electronic equipment, just launched a BOGO (Buy One Give One) campaign to help residents of Philippines whose lives...
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Solar-Powered Sun Shade to Cover Dubai’s Winning Expo 2020 Pavilion
Dubai has won a bid to host the 2020 Expo. This will be the first time the international celebration of innovation and business will be held in the Middle East, and Dubai’s aim is to generate 50...
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Crazy ‘Luna Ring’ Moon Solar Plant Could Beam Constant Green Energy to Earth
The moon affects the tides on Earth, helps brightens the night sky, and soon it might also provide us with even more solar power. Tokyo-based Shimizu Corporation wants to install a belt of solar...
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Groundbreaking Solspaces Solar Thermal System Stores a Boat Load of Heat Energy
After a three year project to develop a solar heating system capable of long-term storage, researchers at the University of Stuttgart are finally ready to test its Solspaces system. The groundbreaking...
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Bang Bang Unveils Colorful Solar-Powered Tents
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Rustic Wooden Alpine House is Powered by Both Solar and Geothermal Energy in...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The World’s Top 10 Solar Countries
In 2003 the world generated 2 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar electricity. By 2012 that figure jumped to 93 TWh! In the graphic above you can see the explosive growth of solar energy around the globe....
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Mongolia’s Nomads Modernize Traditional Tent Homes with Solar Panels
With 250 days of sunshine a year, Mongolia’s potential for solar energy is vast but mostly underutilized. That’s beginning to change though – a new government sponsored initiative aims to equip...
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IKEA’s Solar-Powered Flat Pack Shelters Approved for Syrian Refugee Housing
Earlier this year, Scandinavian flat pack furniture masters IKEA unveiled an easily deployable solar-powered shelter that can provide sturdy, safe housing in an emergency. Designed in collaboration...
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WakaWaka Provides Portable Solar Power to Syrian Refugees
An estimated 6.8 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing civil war, which has claimed over 100,000 lives since 2011. With many refugees struggling to find access to...
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Rawlemon’s New Betaray Solar Energy Generator is a Crystal Ball That Harvests...
In 2012, Inhabitat featured an invention that promised to turn the world of solar power generation upside down. Rawlemon‘s spherical solar energy-generating globe looked a lot like a giant glass...
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Heliotrope: The World’s First Energy Positive Solar Home
Look, up in the sky — it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Heliotrope! The brainchild of Architect Ralph Disch, this rotating solar home was the seed for the extraordinary Sonnenschiff Solar...
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Ford’s First Solar-Powered Car to Debut at the 2014 International CES Show in...
Ford has unveiled plans to debut their first solar-powered car next week at the 2014 International CES show in Las Vegas. The new C-MAX Solar Energi concept is based on the C-MAX Energi plug-in...
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Cut Out the Darkness: Panasonic Launches Online Contest to Bring Light to...
Panasonic recently launched “Cut Out the Darkness”, a contest designed to help people living in regions without electricity. The contest challenges entrants to design affordable cut-out lantern shades...
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High-Tech Farm Aims to Reclaim Fukushima’s Contaminated Soil for Crops
Image © Shutterstock Construction has just begun on a futuristic farming project in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. A combination farm and solar park, the Renewable Energy Village will contain 120...
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California Doubles Solar Capacity in Just One Year
Last year, California residents installed more rooftop solar capacity in one year than in the previous thirty combined! In 2013 alone, the state added a whopping 1,000 megawatts of solar capacity to...
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Croatian Schools Plan To Use Renewable Energy To Fund Better Education
Education funding always seems to be last on the list for politicians (even though it should be the first). Schools in Croatia face the same problem, which has spurred one enterprising elementary...
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Massive 579MW Solar Star Power Plant Goes Online in California
Photo via Shutterstock MidAmerican Solar and SunPower have announced that the first portion of one of the largest solar power plants in the United States is now feeding into the California independent...
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