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Researchers Build Nano Solar Cells 1,000 Times More Powerful than...
As global warming and climate change escalate, the push to develop better, more efficient solar energy technology has never been more urgent, and now researchers at MIT have developed ultra-thin and...
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Stella is the World’s First Solar-Powered Family Car!
The Netherlands’ Solar Team Eindhoven just unveiled Stella, the world’s first solar-powered family car! The team comprises a group of 22 students who want to show the world that a family car that runs...
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Solar Impulse Lands in New York, Completing Cross-Country Flight
It’s been an epic journey for the Solar Impuse airplane and pilots Andre Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard. Two months ago, Piccard departed from the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, and...
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SunOven Provides Solar Kitchens for Developing Countries
SunOven has developed an easily transportable solar oven that offers an effective way to cook off the grid. The oven can be used to bake bread in the thick of the woods, and the company has launched...
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Germany Sets 23.9 GW Solar Power Generation Record!
Despite the long and dark winter, solar panels keep lining Germany’s residential rooftops. According to SMA Solar Technology, the country has just set another world record in solar energy production....
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DIY Solar Thermal Panel Made with 275 Aluminum Cans Takes a Seattle Home...
When Peter Rowan left corporate life to pursue a career writing fiction and teaching, he needed a little office in which to work. So he decided to convert his backyard shed in Seattle into an off-grid...
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Texas Students’ ADAPT Home Design Puts Abundant Desert Sunlight To Good Use
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Solar-Powered OnBeat Headphones Charge Your Phone as You Listen to Music
Listening to music can be a drain on your smartphone or iPod battery, and stopping to charge up restricts your mobility. But with the OnBeat solar headphones, you can listen to music and watch videos...
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NASA’s Solar-Powered Polar Explorer Passes Sub-Zero Field Tests in Greenland
NASA‘s autonomous polar rover, the GROVER, has completed its initial tests in Greenland, coping with some of the harshest environments on the planet. GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and...
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British Sun-Tracking Vehicle to Race 1800 Miles Across Australia Fueled by...
With their solar vehicle Resolution, a team of engineering students from Cambridge are set for a sun-tracking adventure which will take them all the way across Australia. Their solar car will travel...
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Germany’s Solar Industry is in Peril as Big Companies File for Insolvency
It seems that almost every other month, Germany sets a new solar power record. However, despite the sunny outlook for the current state of power generation, the solar panel industry has been showing...
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Radiant House: Santa Clara Students to Create a Modular Solar Home from Bamboo
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California Increases Solar Power Installations by 26 Percent in 2012
Photo via Shutterstock California is pushing to increase its investment in solar power, setting a lofty goal of 3,000 megawatts of power by 2017. Last year, the state boosted its solar installations 26...
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7 Incredible Inventions by Teenage Wunderkinds
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The SolarGoPack is a Solar-Powered Backpack for Tech-Savvy Adventurers
Are you an adventurer that always likes to be connected while travelling the world? Finding a plug in the middle of a forest is about as likely as spotting a penguin, but you can still easily keep...
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Elon Musk to Unveil Ultra High-Speed Hyperloop Train Plans by August 12
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX just announced plans to unveil the high-speed Hyperloop transportation system under an open source license by August 12th, 2013. The futuristic transportation...
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Peru to Provide Free Solar Power to its 2 Million Poorest Citizens
The country of Peru is looking to provide free electricity to over 2 million of its poorest citizens by harvesting energy from the sun. Energy and Mining Minister Jorge Merino said that the National...
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HARVEST: A Solar-Powered Prefab that Replenishes Nature’s Gifts
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Green-Roofed Ecohabit Residence Learns About its Inhabitants to Boost Efficiency
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China Becomes World’s First Nation to Install 3 GW of Utility-Scale Solar Power!
China just secured its position as the world leader in solar power by installing a record 3 gigawatts of utility-scale solar power. The nation has constructed 40 new solar plants (with over 1 GW of...
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