When Frank Acella saw the high price being paid by the church for heating and hot water, offered its services to save thousands of dollars. Acello, owner of Solar Sense, based in Stamford, install a new solar energy system in the Presbyterian Church of Old Greenwich. The new system lets the sun heat the water [...]
Designing sustainable products for the consumer who spends only $ 2 per day can be a double challenge. The goods must be cheap and ecological. This is the problem faced by Mr. Light, an endeavor that is officially announcing its products. The company is relocating its offices to Shenzhen, China, from Mountain View, California. This [...]
I am currently writing in one of those rubber keyboards that can be rolled up and connect to a Sony UX Micro PC. But this new idea of an expanding electronic screen is powered by solar energy completely discards my rubber keyboard. Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Chemicals and Sumitomo Chemical are working in expandable electronics [...]
Edison’s own words about solar energy “Sunlight spreads across sparse and electricity. Perhaps they are the same. The trick is really to concentrate the extract and release it when needed. This ancient way inaugurated by Jove, of taking it out quickly is dangerous, wasteful and upsetting. Not to be achieved anywhere. My task was to [...]
Many solar plants are planned in the province of Ontario, Canada. The highest performing include SunEdison of Baltimore and Toronto´s Skypower, who recently started in the solar project, and OptiSolar, a manufacturer of thin solar cell panels California A Toronto newspaper reported that the province has contracts for 407 megawatts, although initially predicted will get [...]
In the future, bicycles will be foldable, and walk without assistance from humans, and generate its own energy. These are the ideas behind the winning design of the first since Larry Chen for the 12th annual International Bicycle Design Competition. Called Sunny Day, this bike has solar panels integrated into the design that help to [...]
The Queensland University of Technology recently announced that it has been working with Dyesol to develop an innovative solar cell technology to re-display the windows as providers of clean energy. Professor John Bell said that these cells impregnated dye significantly reduce the cost of energy in buildings, and even could generate extra energy to be [...]
From the moment that the earth was formed, it is the solar energy, and since the 7th century BC, when glass is used to magnify its potential, human beings have tried to capture it. Today, the technology takes more to generate electricity, heating, lighting, etc … but the point is the same, using the sun [...]