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Highways and Parking Lots baking in the hot sun are wasted energy.
Scott Brusaw’s solution? Make them out of solar panels. Solar Roadways is embedding PV cells and LED lights into panels engineered to withstand the forces of traffic. The lights would allow for “smart” roadways and parking lots with changeable signage, [...]
U.S. Energy production from renewable resources reached 11% in 2010
The latest Monthly Energy Review released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration last week shows both nuclear and renewable energy sources provided roughly 11 percent each of primary energy production for the first nine months of 2010 – the latest [...]
First solar car built in Palestina
Palestina is sadly known for its never-ending conflict. But today a bright light ray is appearing among dark clouds. In Palestina there is also space for the green technology. At least is what engineering students from Hebron have demonstrated. Three [...]
World´s first solar powered soccer ball
Just in time for the World Cup games, Greendix, a Taiwan-based company known for making leaf-shaped solar panels, came up with a new and even cooler product: the word´s first solar powered soccer ball. At first sight it may appear [...]
Solar thermal energy could generate up to a quarter of the world’s electricity
The initials CSP stand for “Concentrated Solar Power.” As we have mentioned, this is our preferred alternative energy source, especially since it uses salt (NaCl) in a liquid state to keep turbines moving when the sun disappears. According to a [...]
Vauban, the totally sustainable village
Vauban, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants in Germany that is barely 10 years old, was built as a model of sustainability. People began to move there around 2001. It is close to the university city of Freiburg. All of [...]
Around the world in a solar plane
Aviation is a concept very intimately tied to our current economy, and it is based exclusively on the consumption of oil. We would still be far from being able to manufacture or operate our Boeings and Airbuses if we were [...]
