Solar Power to Find a Home in Perú

Perú Bringing Solar Power to the Masses

According to some detractors, renewable energy and efficiency programs cost jobs and would be bad for the economy. This is exactly the kind of...
Cambridge University Resolution Solar Car to Race the Australia Solar Challenge

Cambridge University Resolution Solar Car On the Right Track to Australia Solar Challenge

Aside from their ability to carry a passenger, solar cars have almost nothing in common with on-road vehicles than they do with the vehicles...

Two Devices That Can Solar Power Your iPhone While You Walk or Listen to...

Charging a mobile device using flexible solar cells fitted in headphones, or a shoe insole that harnesses energy generated by walking, could soon be...
Solar-Powered Tricycle from Shenyang, China. Did we mention it's a home-brew?

Home-Brewed, Globe-Trotting, Solar-Powered Tricycle, Its Five-Year Mission

Home-made gadgets are always cool to look at, but wait till you see this solar-powered tricycle near you sometime in the next five years. I...
SolarCity's Plan is Simple. Could The Next Step Free Users of the Grid?

Tesla Motors and SolarCity Will Provide Green Energy Storage by 2015

Elon Musk has his fingers in many pies. Two in particular, Tesla Motors and SolarCity, could be a match made in heaven California. Elon Musk...

Apple’s Reno Data Center to Get Solar Power

To date, every single data center Apple owns uses 100% renewable energy – and the company continues to explore and invest in ways to...

MIT Researchers Develop Solar Cells 1000 More Powerful than Traditional Photovoltaics

According to researchers at MIT, developing solar energy technology that focuses on lightweight, thin solar cells has the potential to transform the industry. These thin...
Sunswift Eve, a Solar Car for the Rest of Us?

Sunswift Eve Solar Car Prototype Built in Australia

Solar cars, for the most part, have merely been test projects, nothing that anyone would actually drive anywhere. One small group in Australia thinks otherwise,...
Maxwell Technologies' Supercapacitors Are Being Adapted To Stabilize Renewable Energy Output

Supercapacitor Project for Renewable Energy Stability from Maxwell Technologies

Given today's power-hungry residential and commercial interests, switching back to 100% renewable energy would be a huge step backward. True, we have renewable energy systems,...

10 Ways Solar Power Can Benefit Your Farm and Garden

We all love to read how green technology can be used in our day-to-day activities and help us preserve the environment and save all...