We’re a bit reluctant to feature too many Kickstarter projects here because there’s no guarantee they’ll actually make it into production, but this one is fully over-funded already, and it’s extremely cool. B-Squares is a modular solar electronics kit based around an…

For researchers at the University of Liverpool, wind turbines weren't enough. They need to be solar powered wind turbines. The design aims to fix one of the main issues with wind turbines: that they're essentially useless when there's no wind at all. By having photovoltaic solar cells included on…

How do you cleverly change an old bridge falling to pieces into something more worthwhile than a path waiting to crumble? Well designers Francesco Colarossi, Giovanna Saracino and Luisa Saracino came up with a novel way to do so with the Solar Wind project. This projecyt basically adds a load of…

Now fuel-cell cars haven’t really caught on as much as manufacturers expected them to till date, taken that hydrogen fuel can, at times, be difficult to create, transport and store. Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University however have devoted an entire laboratory to turning…

  Tired of plugging your cell phone into wall sockets every time it runs out of charge? Your pants can now do that for you! These pairs of cargo pants by Silvr Lining called the Go Urban integrate two photovoltaic panels that soak in the heat of the sun to provide your mobile phone with…

 Streetlamp powered by the sun, wind and biochemicals We’re hoping for a world powered by renewable energy by the year 2020. And for that, a load of changes will need to be brought about, with energy saving methods being employed everywhere. Here’s a streetlamp that could just…

 World’s largest solar-thermal power plant approved by U.S. for California The United States of America can now raise its head in pride, owing to the fact that the country plays home to the world’s largest solar-thermal plant. The state of California has a project approved by…

Már úton van a világ jelenlegi legnagyobb napelemes hajója: a PlanetSolar a tervek szerint 140 nap alatt nyolc csomós - 15 kilométer per órás - sebességgel kerüli meg a Földet. A katamarán hétfőn hagyta el Monte-Carlo kikötőjét, küldetésének tudományos célja a megújuló…

A napelemek várható drasztikus árcsökkenése jelentősen átalakíthatja az otthoni energiahasználatot. A várható következmények egyike, hogy a bankok megjelennek a piacon a mostani lakáshitelekhez hasonló hosszú távú, alacsony kamatú napelem-finanszírozási megoldásokkal mindenki…