Olafur Eliasson is Kickstarting an Attractive Solar Phone Charger
Olafur Eliasson has designed a high-performance, portable solar phone charger-cum-light, which is very attractive - attractive in both design and affordability.
The solar-powered phone charger...
Community Organizations Lead in Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Several celebrities, schools, and state governments have pledged to pull their investments from fossil fuel companies.
Reversing funding for these oil and coal companies is...
Trinity – The New Generation Portable Micro-Turbine from Janulus
New and improved portable micro wind turbine from Janulus now comes in four sizes, ready to meet your every renewable energy need.
Last year, a...
Saltwater Battery Wins MIT’s Prestigious Award
Energy storage system made of salt water and carbon, wins its creator the MIT's prestigious award, Lemelson-MIT Prize, for 2015.
Development of eco-friendly and efficient energy...
Wind Turbines Get an Efficiency Boost from Recycled ‘Spillage’
Engineer from University of Nebraska-Lincoln has designed a system that can boost the efficiency of wind turbines by recycling "mechanical spillage".
Wind power is one of the lead...
Panasonic’s Home Battery Hits European Market
Panasonic's home battery system is about to hit European markets- Germany, UK and France are the first to get it.
Home battery systems have picked...
How Solar Power Benefits Low-Income Communities
The obvious environmental benefits of solar power may soon improve community health as well. California will allocate $100 million dollars every year to install rooftop solar panels...
Solar Refrigerators Use Salt to Store Energy During Off Hours
Solar-powered refrigerators will go completely off the grid if a certain team of Australian researchers has anything to do with it.
They have recently won...
Caltech’s ‘Artificial Leaf’ Could Revolutionize the Hydrogen Economy
Caltech institutions's newly invented 'Artificial leaf' is a highly efficient stand-alone photoelectrochemical (PEC) device which can split water into hydrogen and oxygen using sun light.
"The first car...
Japanese Art Inspires Design of Sun Tracking Solar Cells
Scientists developed solar cells that turn to face the sun on their own, without a need of expensive solar tracking system. The technology is...
