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Posts Tagged ‘Renewable Energy’
- Nokia Targets Body Jiggles For Kinetic Power For Mobile Phones
A patent filed by Nokia for a cell phone utilizing kinetic energy to keep the battery topped off will allow users to pace and gesture their way to a bit of extra charge for their mobile phone.
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- U.S. Virgin Islands Targets Huge Renewable Energy Initative
U.S. Virgin Islands Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. recently announced a renewable energy initiative that will reduce the islands’ fossil fuel dependancy by 60 percent over 15 years.
- Solar And Natural Gas Plants Cozy Up In Florida Sunshine
The world’s second-largest solar power plant–built on the back of an existing natural gas plant–is expected to begin service this year just north of West Palm Beach in Florida.
- Earthwise Electric Lawn Motor Readies You For Spring Yard Mowing
Tired of your lawn care devices sucking up too much gas? The Earthwise Lawn Mower is an electric motor-based noise-free vehicle that allows most lawns to be completely barbered on a single full charge.
- U.S. Government Puts $100 Million Towards New Green Tech Research
ARPA-E has announced the appropriation of $100 million in funding to proliferate innovation in cost-effective energy grid storage, advances in charge storage, and energy efficient cooling technologies.
- University of British Columbia Claims World’s Greenest Building Title
The University of British Columbia upcoming Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability reportedly will be the world’s greenest building when it is finished next year.
- Largest Wave Power Plant In World Coming To Sweden
The coast of Smögen in Sotenäs, Sweden will soon be home to the world’s largest wave energy plant. To be constructed by Seabased, the plant will generate 10MW of power once activated.
- Funky Earthship Sustainable Home Rises In Montana
The Earthship, a sustainable home in Montana built by Michael “Garbage Warrior” Reynolds, is comprised of recyclable materials, features its own sewage and food growth systems, and was built in only eight weeks.
- Orange Peels Could Someday Power Your DeLorean
A breakthrough process discovered by University of Central Florida has resulted in a cheaper, more eco-friendly manner of converting wastes such as orange peels and newspapers into usable biofuel.
- CubeTube Harvests Indoor Florescent Lighting For Cubicle Power
Solaroad Technologies’ CubeTube, a cylindrical photovoltaic generator due in 2011, harvests wasted indoor lighting and uses it to provide power to office workstations.
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