Between the years 2012 and 2013 the total amount of global financing towards renewable energy technology and climate change alleviation dropped by a total of $28 billion. At first glance it looks like bad news but...
A high-tech waste bin called BigBelly is touted to save the government money by using solar energy to process garbage. It is an expensive £1,000 a year device that the government will shoulder. But they...
There is a new, although odd jewellery that you can connect to your blood veins and enable you to harvest energy from the blood flowing in your body. Strange, but true, this jewel energy extractor...
Researchers in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a lithium-ion battery that can charge up to 70% of power in a cell phone in – believe it or not – just two minutes. All...
A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge have recently developed a new way of transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors that is projected to significantly increase the efficiency of today’s standard inorganic...
Owners of mobile gadgets need not worry anymore about charging their phones again. As long as they’ve got light – even low light at that – they will have limitless power. Juse, an ambitious but...
According to a recent report done by Citigroup, solar power could reach ‘socket parity’ in some countries as early as 2020. Likewise, utility-scale grid parity in many parts of the world will be achieved come...
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announces a $770,000 grant for Swinburne University of Technology to develop modelling on the manner by which wave energy farms operate. This funding represents another boost to the development of...
IBM Research and Airlight Energy have combined their efforts to bring affordable solar technology to the market by 2017. The two companies are building a solar parabolic dish that can concentrate the sun’s rays by...
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) announces the availability of the high energy density integrated energy storage system of PowerLegato in Australia. This system is designed for commercial and residential users. AUO also says that this system has...
Catholic boy school Mazenod College recently announced that it is commissioning Enervest to install a rooftop solar array on its campus. Mazenod College is located in the south-eastern suburb of Mulgrave. This is one of...
ASV’s C-Enduro, an unmanned wind and solar powered marine vessel, developed through the support of the UK government has recently started on a new ocean robotic mission. She is accompanied by six other unmanned marine...
Solar power systems have caught the fancy of many Australian families and businesses, with more than 1.2 million solar PV systems installed across the country as of July 2014. Brandon Wronski, a sales executive at...
Solar battery storage costs are projected to become more affordable over the next few years. This is what many renewable experts believe is the gist of studies made by three of the most reputable investment...
By using portable solar panels carried by donkeys, a Turkish company, Ser-Gun, has provided residents of remote villages in this country with electricity enabling them to contact the outside world. A solar panel-carrying donkey can...
Would it be wonderful if you could use a tent that can provide you heat while you’re sleeping during the cold winter nights? There is now such a tent that you can use – it’s...
