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Orange unveils prototype wind powered mobile phone charger at Glastonbury Festival – but its a waste of space. …
June 19, 2007
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Orange unveils prototype wind powered mobile phone charger at Glastonbury Festival – but its a waste of space. …
T Boone Pickens knows what to do when the oil runs out – he has launched a wind farm.…
Pope Benedict has Vatican engineers install solar panels on some of the Hole See buildings.…
Excitement about Mike Strizki’s solar-hydrogen home should be tempered by the cost – $500,000…
New laws make home power generation easier in Britain. But the battle continues for an off-grid category of planning permission.…
India receives solar energy equivalent to nearly 5,000 trillion kWh/year, which is far more than the total energy consumption of the country today. A government-led campaign to promote and harvest solar has been launched.…
New off-grid products to buy at our online shop, including solar and wind energy tips from Real Goods and other products from Gaiam.…
Gizmodo reports on new concentrated solar panels turn out to be premature.…
Apart from saving resources, using solar energy instead of power from portable generators like diesel generators. Yamaha generators or Honda generators, for everyday power needs could shield the West from the negative effects of dramatic shifts in the supply and price of energy.
But the sun does not always shine. You need backup power for your home — a way to store solar energy for times when the sun is not shining. Hydrogen provides a safe, clean , efficient way to do this.
Here’s how the solar hydrogen cycle works:…
SolCool One LLC of Redlands, California, is marketing an air conditioner that uses so little power it can be run from the power generated by no more than four solar panels. The air conditioner uses less than 400 watts of power, allowing it to run off the power of four or fewer solar panels or a wind turbine. …
When it comes to renewables, you�ve got to be realistic. Try taking one small solar panel and think: what can I power with this? That�s the question Richard Rogers asked himself, and his answer � a hi-fi. Music-lovers can re-create his design using some basic equipment and a little electronics know-how. …
Al Gore has been under attack ever since the release of his documentary �An Inconvenient Truth� for allegedly not practicing what he preaches. Most notably, his frequent flying and lavish energy-guzzling home were revealed to be causing the environment a whole lot of damage.
But, Gore has had some vindication lately. It seems that zoning laws have prevented the former presidential candidate (and some suspect potential candidate for 2008 despite his denials) from installing solar panels on his roof.…