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    Solar powered cooker and energy generator costing $13 by One Earth Designs

    Posted on September 24, 2010 by gavril

    One Earth Designs, a U.S. based company came up with a cheap and affordable way to cook and produce a bit of electricity, using solar energy. Winning a €500,000 ($667,000) environmental prize for this, the company developed an umbrella-shaped contraption … Continue reading3 →

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    Green Pass Turnstile generates energy to power subway station lights

    Posted on September 10, 2010 by gavril

    Now here’s something really innovative that we probably haven’t seen or thought about before. Every time you go down to use the subway, you pass those transit turnstiles. Millions of people use the subway everyday, crossing these turnstiles every now … Continue reading3 →

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    Philadelphia subway cars to hook on to a regenerative braking system for extra power

    Posted on September 2, 2010 by gavril

    Subway cars on the Philadelphia subway will do a lot more than just give you those dreadful jerks every time they brake. The energy generated from breaking of these subway cars will now be stored in a high capacity battery, … Continue reading3 →

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    The energy generating Aard combines the power of wind and the sun

    Posted on August 9, 2010 by gavril

    Solar energy generating and wind energy capturing plants are being built more than ever these days, taken the need for clean, green and renewable energy has increased with people trying to decrease their dependence on fossil fuels. Solar panels and … Continue reading3 →

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    Energy generating fiber developed uses piezoelectricity to emit and detect sound

    Posted on July 14, 2010 by gavril

    Maybe a shirt that can sing, hear and generate electricity in the future isn’t a sci-fi dream after all, taken that a few research scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new fiber, with an ability to … Continue reading3 →

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    Kites generating 1MW of energy being developed by Makani Power

    Posted on May 31, 2010 by gavril

    Kites producing energy seems pretty unheard off. And that too a whole 1MW of it! Well, that’s exactly what wind power company, Makani Power are looking forward to. Based in California, the firm is developing prototypes of its energy harvesting … Continue reading3 →

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    The Solar City Tower in Rio for the 2016 Summer Games

    Posted on April 1, 2010 by gavril

    The 2016 Summer Games in Rio hopes to be carbon-zero and are making a serious effort towards achieving it. Swiss architects, RAFAA Architecture and Design have come up with a concept design for the summer games. The Solar City Tower … Continue reading3 →

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