AC Solar Technology's Blue Leaf 210W solar module (credit: AC Solar Technology)
A new start-up company in my hometown of Bend, Oregon has goals of changing the solar industry! AC Solar Technology’s Blue Leaf 210W AC module promises solar power installation…
Think you need silicon-based solar cells, exposed in direct sunlight, to generate solar energy? Its time to re-think traditional thinking with new solar cells that imitate Mother Nature’s photosynthesis process. Dye-sensitized solar cells are a thin, flexible technology that can…
Solar Impulse
A plane powered by the sun?
Yes indeed.
It’s called Solar Impulse and Swiss psychiatrist, environmentalist, and adventurer, Bertrand Piccard, plans to fly around the world in it in 2012. He’s already done it in a hot air balloon– an…
A greener iPod is something to smile about!
The ubiquitous Apple iPod comes in a rainbow of colors (OK, particularly the iPod Nano and Shuffle).
If you are a fan of “green,” there’s a new model coming soon.
Apple recently filed a patent…
From the Manufacturer
American Red Cross MICROLINK FR160 by Etón Be Red Cross Ready Etón Corporation makes some of the most highly regarded emergency radios in the industry. Our radios can operate without batteries. Turn the crank to power them…
Regen Solar Charging System
When you own gadgets are hot and top of the line, you want them plugged into something equally “sexy.” Thank goodness the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just showcased some sleek solar chargers!
Now you can be cool and…
The building pictured above is probably the largest solar building in the world. Shaped to resemble a sundial, it was recently completed and opened in the city of Dezhou, Shandong Province in China. The 75,000 square meter (that’s a whopping…
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