Israeli Solar Power Plant to Generate Electricity Around the Clock

Source: inhabitat.com Published: February 16, 2015 Israeli company Brenmiller Energy is building a 10-megawatt solar power plant in Dimona that will be able to generate electricity 20 hours a day. by Joshua Marks Israeli alternative energy company Brenmiller Energy...

Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Power from Drinking Water

Source: fastcoexist.com Published: January 23, 2015 “It’s pretty rare to find a new source of energy where there’s no environmental impact,” says Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy, the Portland-based startup that designed the new system.  By Adele Peters If you live...

Technology to Recycle All Type of Plastics Without Using Water

Source: phys.org Published: January 5, 2015 by Investigación y Desarrollo Traditionally, plastic recycling processes involve using a lot of water. In order to avoid this waste, Ak Inovex from Mexico developed a new green technology that doesn’t require liquids,...

Tiny Cardboard Battery Charges Your Smartphone

Source: fastcompany.com Published: November 17, 2014  By John Brownlee Having trouble keeping your smartphone charged throughout the day? Designer Tsung Chih-Hsien has created a Red Dot Design Award-winning concept for a tiny cardboard capsule that could juice up your...

Spanish Streetlight Powered by The Sun and The Wind

Source: newatlas.com Published: January 20, 2015 The UPC/Eolgreen streetlights incorporate both solar panels and a wind turbine (Photo: Eolgreen) By Ben Coxworth If you’re trying to save power, you generally don’t leave your lights on all night. With a few...