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Germany Shatters Record by Producing 31% of its Electricity from Renewables...
When it comes to the production of renewable energy, Germany is well ahead of the game – villages regularly break records by producing more energy than they need, and the country has met up to 74% of...
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LEED Gold Parking Deck Boasts a Bevy of EV Charging Stations in Santa Monica
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Spain Met More than a Third of July’s Electricity Demand with Wind and Solar...
July was a banner month in Spain in terms of renewable energy production with 34 percent of the country’s energy needs being met by wind and solar energy. Wind was the prominent low-carbon energy...
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How a Gilded Era Manor Was Turned Into New England’s First Net-Zero Home
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NASA’s New Space Solar Arrays Fold Like Extreme Origami Flowers
Bigger is better when it comes to space-based solar panels – but rockets have a very limited amount of room, so getting them into orbit can be a challenge. So where do NASA researchers turn when...
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The Bizarre Way the Ivanpah Solar Plant Wants to Solve Its Bird-Killing...
What’s the world’s largest solar plant to do when its massive mirrors start frying all of the birds flying by? If the solar plant is Ivanpah, the apparent solution is to institute a sort of cap and...
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Project Dome Could Power Copenhagen Using Energy From the Sun, Wind, Water,...
Project Dome is a design proposal submitted to this year’s Land Art Generator Initiative design competition, a contest that solicits ideas for constructible regenerative architecture in Copenhagen....
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Crystal Clear Solar Panels Could Turn Your iPhone Into an Energy Generator
Today’s smartphones are dominated by their screens – and researchers just unveiled a new type of 100% transparent solar panel that could turn displays, windows, and other transparent surfaces into...
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Solar-Powered Tuk Tuk to Travel from India to England!
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Nepalese Teen Invents Cheap Solar Panel Using Human Hair
Did you know that melanin, the pigment in hair, is light sensitive and can be used as a conductor? Well, that’s what an 18 year old in Nepal recently discovered, and is now using human hair to replace...
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Solar Rain Tree Oasis Could Alleviate Drought-Striken California Using...
Michael Jantzen just unveiled designs for the Solar Rain Tree Oasis, a public gathering pavilion designed to help alleviate drought-stricken California. Made from a large prefabricated steel shell,...
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Samoa Opens Largest Solar Photovoltaic Array in South Pacific
The South Pacific Island of Samoa has opened the region’s largest solar array, the Faleata Racecourse. Located in the capital city of Apia, the 2.2 MW photovoltaic array was built in the middle of the...
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Unofficial Leak: Tesla’s New Gigafactory is Headed to Nevada
After months of waiting and speculation, word is out that the much-anticipated Tesla Gigafactory has finally broken ground in Reno, Nevada. Nevada governor Brian Sandoval and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are...
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Super-Portable Solar Briefcase Lets You Carry Solar Power Everywhere You Go
Grab the handle of this self-contained solar device and go! SolarBriefcase is an amazing portable generator designed and assembled by North Carolina-based company, LinorTek. One of the most portable...
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Saudi Arabia is Investing Heavily in Solar Power; Is This the End for Big Oil?
When the country with the largest oil reserves in the world decides to start investing in renewable energy, it may well be a sign that the age of big oil is coming to an end. While the US is still...
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Why Using Gas as a “Bridge Fuel” is Worse Than Burning Coal
In his 2014 State of the Union Address President Obama stated of coal seam gas: “if extracted safely, it’s the bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution that causes...
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India to Install 2,200 Solar-Powered Cell Phone Towers in Response to Extremism
The Indian government just launched a plan to use solar-powered cell phone towers in response to left-wing extremism in the central belt of the country. The central government approved the ambitious...
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Solar Sister Empowers Women to Bring Solar Energy to Rural Africa
We take electricity for granted in the developed world, but did you know that 1.6 billion people – a full one quarter of the world’s population – don’t have access to reliable electricity? The...
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Amazing Technology Can Print a Solar Cell Every Two Seconds!
Click here to view the embedded video. A consortium from Australia’s CSIRO and Melbourne and Monash Universities just announced that its printable solar cells are on the verge of commercialization. The...
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EnGo Public Charging Station is Powered by Kinetic Tiles and Solar Panels in...
NYC-based tech startup Volta Group has just installed its first EnGo public charging station that powers mobile devices with a clean energy combo of kinetic tiles and solar panels. Students at Webster...
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