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Home Heliostat Offers Up New Residential Light Source
A team of engineers and manufacturers at Wikoda recently released the SunFlower, the first and only heliostat designed and priced for residential use. Read more →
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Old Florida Train Depot Gets New Eco Friendly Makeover
The renovation of a 1860s-era train depot in Gainesville, Fl., is expected to take LEED cert. at either the Gold or Platinum level for its green features. Read more →
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Giant Wind Farm To Go Above Welsh Coal Seam
Wind finally battles coal directly on its ancient territory in Wales, home of coal mining since the fifteenth century. Read more →
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Love Plants? Then Wear One!
Wearable Planters are little pendants that provide a little succulent, flower or air plant a ridiculously cute place to live on your person (or your bike). Read more →
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Brammo Empulse Electric Motorcycle A $17,000 EV Ride
Brammo Motorcycles debuts its 2012 Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles, offering up flashy electric rides with decent range and somewhat pricey tags. Read more →
Recent News
Students Set Sail In Solar-Powered Boat Battle
This Solar Cup will pit teens from all over Southern California in endurance and sprint battles in their solar-powered boats. Read more →
U.S.-China Solar Trade Competition: 5 Myths And Realities
Center for American Progress takes a look at five myths - and their corresponding realities - surrounding the solar panel trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Read more →
Are Dye-Sensitized Cells The Future Of Solar?
Researchers in Finland are claiming that a form of solar cells that can be applied to surfaces as a coat of paint could herald the future of solar energy. Read more →
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2012 Atlantic Cup The First U.S. Carbon Neutral Sailing Race
ecoRI News takes a look at the 2012 Atlantic Cup, said to be the first carbon-neutral sailing race in the country. Read more →
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McDonald’s Supersizes Its Green Energy Use
McDonald's is still consuming copious amount of energy, but it's also supporting American wind farms, offsetting some of that consumption. Read more →
California Public Utilities Commission: A Green Power Future
Natural Resources Defense Council takes a look at a recent decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to keep the state on a clean energy path. Read more →
Gamesa Ditches Virginia Offshore Wind Project
The Spanish company Gamesa says its first offshore wind turbine prototype will go in at Arinaga Quay in the Canary Islands, not off the Virginia coast. Read more →
Which Energy Options Generate The Most Greenhouse Gas?
NREL talks about the LCA Harmonization Project, which gives decision-makers and investors more exact estimates of greenhouse-gas emissions for renewable and conventional generation. Read more →
Big Solar On US Public Lands Finally Goes Online
Silver State North in Nevada, the first of many utility-scale solar projects approved for public lands by the Obama administration, begins generating power. Read more →
Hybrid Supercars Too Expensive For The Common Man
Green Car Reports takes a look at a mix of hybrid supercars that are a a bit out of most buyers' wallets when it comes to prices. Read more →
