Source: sciencealert.com Published: November 24, 2015 ACWA Power BEC CREW The world’s biggest solar thermal plant is being opened in the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate next month, and it’s expected to bring renewable energy to 1 million locals for 20 hours a day. Built...
Source: dezeen.com Published: November 5, 2015 Olivia Mull The first holiday home has been built at the BIG-designed Hualien Residences, a mountain-shaped resort development in Taiwan (+ slideshow). Photograph by BIG The 1,000-square-metre house is the first building...
Source: treehugger.com Published: June 16, 2015 Megan Treacy Fresh off Greenpeace’s report card last month that showed Amazon lagging far behind other tech companies when it comes to renewable energy generation and transparency about how it plans to meet energy...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: May 26, 2015 Lorraine Chow The world is less than 40 years away from a serious problem: producing enough food for 9 billion mouths. But with climate change cutting more than a quarter of crop yields by 2050, innovators must devise...
Source: gizmag.com Published: March 1, 2013 Gizmag reviews the Window and Port Solar Chargers from XD Design By Paul Ridden This time last year, we covered an interesting new solar charger that sought to avoid troublesome shadows from window frames, potted plants and...
Source: theguardian.com Published: May 13, 2015 The 100 square metre mirror dishes being tested by Ripasso in the Kalahari desert. Photograph: Jeffrey Barbee Using military technology and a zero-emission engine invented by a 19th-century Scot, Swedish firm seeks to...
Source: aljazeera.com Published: May 10, 2015 by Tarek Bazley Engineers in the Netherlands say a novel solar road surface that generates electricity and can be driven over has proved more successful than expected. Last year they built a 70-metre test track along a...
Source: appleinsider.com Published: April 16, 2015 By AppleInsider Staff Apple and The Conservation Fund are partnering to purchase more than 36,000 acres of vulnerable forestland in Maine and North Carolina, and will use the land to sustainably harvest materials that...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 22, 2015 Now, they have just released a free solar concentrator (Sol1) construction guide that aims to educate communities on the ability to harness solar energy through low-cost DIY tech. by Lori Zimmer Imagine a world where...
