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Eco Factor: New solar plants to be built on public lands.
Federal agencies are eyeing the possibility of converting vast areas of barren land in different states of the U.S. into solar power hubs, which can collectively generate more than...
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Eco Factor: Urine broken down into hydrogen using electrolysis.
With the dearth of low-emission fuels and the high cost of renewable energy generating system such as...
made popular Jul 3 2009
Eco Factor: Highly efficient solar cells are tailored to suit their location.
UK-based Quantasol has achieved a world record for the most efficient gallium arsenide...
made popular Jul 2 2009
Eco Factor: Modular home generates solar and wind electricity, harvests rainwater.
Designed by Michael Jantzen, the Homestead House is a design for alternative...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Eco Factor: Algae to be used for cheap ethanol production.
In an effort to fuel the world with clean and cheap energy, Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels have...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Eco Factor: Kinetic energy cellphone charger.
Research indicates that in Australia, the number of cellphones in use is more than the population. Similar is the case...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity.
If you summarize the problems the environment faces today, the end result...
made popular Jun 29 2009
In the just-concluded “Future City Mobility” competition at London, Martin Wallgren and his group won the Seymour Powell award for the best concepts in...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-powered charger for portable devices.
GoBe Solar has launched a new Solar Briefcase and Power Hub, which the company claims can extend your...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-powered laptop and gadget charger.
If you’re travelling by your car, you’re never away from a charging point which can recharge your cellphones...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Gas for heating homes and even running cars produced from wood.
A new kind of facility has opened its doors in Austria, which is unique because it uses...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
The enhancement in solar technology has made it possible for car designers to incorporate tiny solar...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-powered battery charger.
With the latest innovations in photovoltaic technology, new products that help you charge your portable gadgets with...
made popular Jun 22 2009
No matter how many wind turbines a city might possess, the amount of energy that is stored in the battery packs is what actually matters. With the cost of storage...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: Thermoelectric cellphone concept charger.
Tired of solar and wind-powered recharging solutions for your portable devices? Here is something entirely...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: LED-equipped cap runs on solar energy.
We’ve been regular in showcasing solar-powered gadgets, which sometimes keep you off the wall socket for a charge,...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: Silent wind turbine generates up to 23KW of green electrical power.
With solar energy not available during night, green-minded home owners are looking...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Georgia Tech Solar Jackets introduces solar headlights to an all-electric Audi TT turning it to a solar-assist electric car while retaining TT’s all-wheel drive....
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission Audi TT runs on electricity, harnesses solar energy.
Originally a not-so-green car, Audi TT has been given a green makeover by members of...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
When unveiled in March, Koenigsegg’s Quant stunned one and all with its ecofriendly credentials....
made popular Jun 19 2009
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Agreed it’s not easy to cut down on energy usage. Still, institutions are coming up with effective modes of conservation for using it in future. University of...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Eco Factor: Recycling plastic bottles to generate solar, wind, wave and hydroelectricity.
If you summarize the problems the environment faces today, the end result...
made popular Jun 29 2009
Eco Factor: Gas for heating homes and even running cars produced from wood.
A new kind of facility has opened its doors in Austria, which is unique because it uses...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: Energy-monitoring tool tempts homeowners to save energy.
By far, monitoring energy and hence conserving it is considered the best way to get out of the...
made popular Jun 25 2009
Eco Factor: New drill to lower cost of geothermal energy.
Researchers believe that if harnessed efficiently, the energy stored deep under the surface of the earth can...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Eco Factor: Hydrogen fuel cell achieves 63% efficiency.
NKG Insulators Ltd has announced the availability of a new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that has an efficiency...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Solar and wind generators mounted on highways could be a new way to generate green power.
With the ever increasing demand of green energy, inventors and...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Eco Factor: Supermarket checkout to be powered by the energy created by shoppers’ cars.
If you’re a regular consumer of goods purchased from Sainsbury’s in...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Eco Factor: Nanoparticles allow solar cells to absorb more sunlight, making them more efficient.
Apart from the high costs of solar cells, their low efficiency is also...
made popular Jun 13 2009
Eco Factor: Wind farm generating 1,000MW of power.
Germany’s biggest renewable energy company is on its way to build Australia’s biggest wind farm near Broken Hill...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Energy meter prevents wasting energy and unnecessary air pollution.
The enhancement in technology with each passing day has made us envision uncountable...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Eco Factor: Multiple appliances controlled by a single switch reduce energy wastage.
How many times has it happened to you that you’ve turned off the computer but...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Earth’s atmosphere is in itself an infinite storeroom of energy. The regular diurnal variations of the Earth’s electromagnetic network produce strong electric...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Concept charger harnesses kinetic energy for electricity.
With billions of people in developing and under-developed nations still in need of a few watts to...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Small wind turbine generates electricity at low wind speeds.
Wind energy does offer a promise to power your home with green electricity provided your...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Pedal-powered generator provides clean electricity to power outdoor events.
Organizing an outdoor event is tough, not only because of the setup that...
made popular Jun 1 2009
Eco Factor: Energy-efficient data center to be built for Syracuse University.
Syracuse University will house a new data center that will consume about half as much...
made popular May 30 2009
Eco Factor: Solar installations in large deserts could supply a quarter of our energy needs by 2050.
A study conducted by Greenpeace, European Solar Thermal...
made popular May 26 2009
Eco Factor: 100% solar-powered house design.
The Solar House project is part of a collaborative project between the Industrial Design and Architecture departments at...
made popular May 21 2009
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