The Port Solar Charger Turns Any Window into a Power Outlet for Your Mobile...
Whenever I arrive at a coffee shop or coworking space, the first thing I do is scope out the power outlets. Between a smartphone, laptop, and occasionally a tablet too, keeping my mobile office up and...
View ArticleBrad Pitt’s “Make It Right” Transforms Historic School into LEED Platinum...
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View ArticleSolar Power is Now as Cheap as Buying From the Grid – in Europe
Although solar power’s return on investment has been debated endlessly, it now looks like the renewable energy source has finally become as cheap as buying off the grid – at least in some European...
View ArticleGoogle Invests $100 Million to Make Solar Panels More Affordable for American...
Google recently announced its biggest renewable energy purchase to date (and that’s saying something: the company has already invested $5 million in a German solar power plant and bought enough wind...
View ArticleSolar Roadways Unveils Super Strong Solar Panels for Roads in Prototypical...
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View ArticleTiny Floating SAFE+ Tsunami Shelters Double as Karaoke Booths in Non-Emergencies
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View ArticleThe World’s Largest Fully-Operational Solar Plant Opens in Arizona
Somewhere between Yuma and Phoenix, Arizona on a desolate stretch of 2,400 acres of land, construction was just completed on the world’s largest fully-operational solar-power plant. Known as Agua...
View ArticleMassive Solar Wind Energy Tower Proposed for the U.S.-Mexico Border
A Maryland-based energy company plans to build a gigantic tower that could tap solar and wind resources to generate 500 megawatts of energy. The Solar Wind Energy Tower is planned for a location on...
View ArticleSolar Cell Breakthrough Replaces Harmful Lead With Less Expensive Tin
Researchers at Northwestern University just unveiled a new solar cell that can be manufactured for less money using fewer harmful elements. Inorganic chemist Mercouri G. Kanatzidis and Robert P. H....
View ArticleSand Babel: Solar-Powered Twisting Skyscrapers 3D-Printed with Desert Sands
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View ArticleWhite House Solar Panels Fire Up for the First Time Since Jimmy Carter Left
As President Obama makes his way to California to preach the gospel of solar power, his words have become action back home in Washington D.C. After years of waiting, the White House solar array is now...
View ArticleIndividuals in Spain Turn to Community Collectives for Renewable Energy
Most of the time we rely on governments or large companies to help us make the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but one community in Spain took matters into its own hands and created a...
View ArticleBeautiful Electree Mini is a Bonsai Tree-Shaped Solar Charger for Your...
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View ArticleAdjustable Shutters Allow for Optimal Daylighting in Portugal’s Miramar House
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View ArticleBloomberg Invests $5 Million to Bring the Little Sun Solar Lamp to...
Bloomberg Philanthropies just invested $5 million to bring the popular solar-powered Little Sun lamp to communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Designed by off-grid light to communities that currently rely...
View ArticleBaltimore’s Solar-Powered Water Wheel Can Devour 50,000 Pounds of Harbor...
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View ArticleReport: Solar Power Could be the World’s Top Energy Source by 2050
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that solar energy could become the biggest generator of electricity worldwide by 2050 if the right policies are put in place. The...
View ArticleVolvo’s Stunning Pure Tension Pavilion is a Lightweight Sun-Powered Charging...
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View ArticleSmileSolar Watch: One Hour of Sunlight Provides Three Months of Battery Life
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View ArticleMassive Multi-Family Apartment Complex Solar Installation Completed in...
One of the largest multi-family apartment complex solar thermal and solar photovoltaic projects of the decade was just completed in California. Los Angeles-based solar company ReGreen retrofitted 34...
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