You have to have a car, anyway, so why not use an electric vehicle to back up your home solar power?

Solar Power’s Missing Link – The Electric Vehicle

Many people point to solar power as a passing residential green fad, saying it will never take over for the stable, and typically dinosaur-fueled,...

How Offshore Wind Power is Starting to be Succesful

Since the first farm was constructed in Denmark over two decades ago, things are starting to picking up for offshore wind. The US, after...
This Net Zero Home, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, no less, requires no fossil fuels for its operation.

Surviving a World Without Fossil Fuels – Where Will We Live? Net Zero Homes,...

Currently, most of the world is in the grip of a totally unsustainable lifestyle, powered by fossil fuels. Speaking of petroleum deposits alone, giant oil...

Black Silicon Made from Copper Gets Even Cheaper, Impacts Solar Cells

In several articles in the past, we featured black silicon– a technology that can be used to tweak the current solar cell production process...

Saudi Oil Sheiks See the Light and Renew their Commitment to Solar

The future of solar power is as brighter than ever. Chief Executive Officer Khalid Al-Falih of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (or Aramco) says that...

From Energy Storage to Power Generation – Your Car Battery May Find New Life...

Rumors have it that Tesla will put up a lithium ion car battery plant in Nevada.  This is probably the beginning of the end...

The Incredible 99% Percent of Sweden’s Waste Is Recycled or Reused

Sweden's waste-to-energy program is going strong, as the country announces that now only 1 percent of their waste goes to landfills, while the remaining...
Germany - Renewable Energy vs Gross Domestic Product

Renewable Energy Works in Germany, and Elsewhere?

We’ve done a lot of coverage on renewable energy adoption in various places, but it seems that there is a lot of counter-coverage, to...

Genetically Modified E.Coli Generate Renewable Propane

Bio-engineering techniques are rapidly becoming a very powerful tool for scientists to make bacteria produce virtually anything. The latest invention comes from a Finnish...

Scientists Use Old Car Tires To Boost Li-Ion Batteries’ Performance

You have got to love all those great inventions and technologies that tackle more than one pressing problem at the time, especially when they...