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Marks & Spencer Announces Plan to Install UK’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array
Marks & Spencer recently announced that it will be installing the UK’s largest solar roof by mid 2015 at its distribution centre at Castle Donnington. The roof array will be linked to one of...
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Solar Impulse to Start Around the World Flight from Abu Dhabi Next Year
The first attempt at an around the world flight powered completely by solar cells will be setting off from Abu Dhabi in March 2015, according to the team behind Solar Impulse. With a 63 meter wing...
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Prefabricated BF House Floats Above the Landscape of Castellón Province in Spain
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SOL: Contemporary Jewelry That Can Power Your Phone
SOL is a collection of contemporary jewellery that collects and stores usable energy when worn in the sun, thus creating an alternative way to charge small devices, such as a cellphone. The 3D-printed...
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Solar and Wind Energy are Finally Cheaper than Fossil Fuels in the United States
Solar and wind energy have long struggled to compete with conventional energy sources on two fronts: dispatch and cost. However, new U.S. industry data outlined in the New York Times reveals the cost...
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Rayworks Unveils Solar & Wind Powered Walkway
Raywork’s recent design submission of a regenerative walkway and public display system to the Taipei International Design Competition 2014 (TIDC 2014) has some serious potential. The walkway structure...
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The Largest Solar Plant in the US is Officially Up and Running
The largest solar plant in the United States is officially fully operational. The Topaz Solar project in San Luis Obispo County, California completed its final 40-megawatt phase last month, making it...
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Recycled Blu-ray Discs Can Help Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
It looks like Blu-ray discs are good for more than just entertainment, as a new study shows they can be recycled to improve the performance of solar cells. Research published by Northwestern...
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Pocket-Sized Lantern Connects You to the World Even When There’s No Internet...
An estimated 4.3 billion people around the world don’t have internet access. In times of natural disasters, internet and phone connections also frequently fail. Lantern is a pocket-sized device...
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Gensler’s New Zero-Carbon Glumac Office Produces More Energy Than it Consumes...
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Dubai Drives Cost of Solar Down to Record Low
The race to bring cheap solar energy to the marketplace has become Dubai’s triumph this month, as its state utility company, the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), has promised solar...
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This Solar-Powered Umbrella Charges Your Gear While You Play Outside
Protect yourself from the sun while reading on the beach or working on your patio, and know that your electronic devices won’t lose power mid-afternoon! Created by a team comprised of designers from...
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New solar-powered invention can make sea water drinkable
The world is rapidly reaching global water crisis mode with nearly one billion people lacking access to clean potable water. But a new solar-powered invention by award-winning British company...
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Giant tulip-shaped solar plant to bring reliable energy to Ethiopia
Development in rural African communities is often limited by lack of access to reliable power – hospitals, schools and businesses all require a steady source of electricity in order to function. The...
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Scientists smash solar cell efficiency record by converting 40.4% of sunlight...
A team from the University of New South Wales, Australia, just set a new world record for solar energy efficiency by successfully converting 40.4% of available sunlight into electricity. And what’s...
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Bjorn Qorn uses giant mirrors to make solar popcorn
Brooklyn based Bjorn Qorn is making popcorn in the most spectacular way – using nothing but the sun. Gigantic reflectors collect the sun’s rays and focuses them onto a kettle of corn kernels, creating...
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IKEA’s extraordinary solar-powered disaster shelters receive honorary design...
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Eagle Energy is helping the Navajo Nation become energy independent
The Navajo people are the oldest ethnic group in the US and the Navajo Nation reservation is the largest in the country, spreading across Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. But about 38 percent of all...
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Top 6 cabins for a green retreat this winter
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One in five houses in Australia is using solar energy
An astonishing one out of every five households in Australia is now relying on solar energy, a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistic (ABS) reveals. Just 3 years ago only 5 percent of...
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