Even if you can turn off the game, the cable box is the second-worst energy vampire in your home.

Energy Vampire Numero Uno is Your Cable Box!

The modern home is full of electrical and electronic devices, just about all of which are energy vampires, that is, they continue to use...

Breakthrough Discovery In Making Solar Cells Evens Out The Cost of Solar and Fossils

When solar became one of the significant players in the energy sector around the world, no one believed that it can grow so fast...

Kickstarter Campaign Uses Your Old CellPhone to Save The Rainforest and Reduce E-waste

Just a quick glance through the list of campaigns on the Kickstarter website is enough to make you realize which ones have an incredible potential...

Agarwal: The Solar-Powered Device That Can Fight Malaria

I am pretty sure that there will be people who disagree, but mosquitoes are by far the most irritating insects around. Of course this...

DoE Announces Winners of Second Round of Funding for Energy Research

In a press release last week, the Department of Energy (DoE) announced the winners of the second round of funding for innovative energy research....

New Mobile Solar-Powered Generator Provides Clean Water, Too

What can you do with a box of the size of a shipping container, some high-power PV panels,  and some batteries? Apparently, you can do wonders,...

Scientists Finally Get the Reasons Behind Battery Life Degradation, But Still No Solution

Long battery life- the single most valuable asset you could possess in case of emergency, need, boredom, desperation, etc., etc. Every one of us,...
It's a Solar Panel. It doesn't get any cooler than that.

Are Solar Panels “Cool” Enough?

Solar panel technologies have been around for decades, always improving in efficiency and power capabilities, but are they “cool” enough? Visionary Elon Musk, the force...
Indian Solar Rooftops Set a World Standard

Solar Power Installed on India’s Clean Public Transportation Terminals

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is one of the world’s greenest, made greener by the addition of its first solar power installation on a...

This Solar-Powered Smartphone Charger Fills Up the Battery in Less Than Two Hours

There are quite a lot of solar smartphone chargers around, some can even be bought with the pocket money you had prepared for a...