Military operating from remote locations for extended periods of time need supplies. Without regular deliveries of food, fuel and other needed necessities, like candy bars, the unit may grind to a halt.
The US Marines have come up with a partial solution to on of those problems and that is the need for electrical energy. Known [...]
China being “quite a large country” has the advantage of that over two thirds of this area can be utilized for solar energy production with around 2000 hours of sunshine every year. This has not gone unnoticed and both domestic and overseas developments are taking place and some on quite a large scale.
Applied Materials , [...]
Germany Steams ahead with one of the worlds largest photovoltaic solar energy developments. The state of Brandenburg hosts what is currently the worlds second largest solar energy site.
Erected on a disused military training ground that was used by the East Germany forces then plant consists of 560,000 solar modules and was symbolically finished with the [...]
For all of you out there that have dumped the traditional non rechargeable batteries and switched over to the cost effective rechargeable type, the next step in going greener and cheaper is actually recharging those batteries with solar energy. There is a massive choice here and you don`t want to choose the wrong type [...]
NTT Docomo has recently announced the development of its latest mobile phone. A solar Hybrid phone that will go on sale in Japan around September 2009.
The solar hybrid as well as being able to charge like recharge like any regular phone has a built in solar panel that will enable one minute [...]
From the San Diego Union Tribune it is reported that City of San Diego leads the league in installation of roof top solar panels. Having more installations than cities such as Los Angeles and San Fransisco with 2,262 roof installations which combined can generate 19.4 megawatts of clean electricity. The output of all California`s solar energy [...]
Our latest solar gadget is designed for those of you with outdoor pools. Just imagine waking up in the morning eager for that refreshing dip in your luxurious pool only to be faced with the site of dead leaves, bugs, twigs and all manner of undesirable objects floating before you eyes. Well Hammacher Schlemmer can [...]
Solar Energy is normally associated with the sun and therefor daytime. As the industry grows and matures the lack of sunlight becomes an easy problem to overcome. Using modern battery technology you can store the suns solar energy for later use, even when its dark.
Along comes the solar powered flashlight. Chinavasion has come up with [...]
Why Should You Use Solar Energy?
The answers are all around us, nature has a tendency to develop the most efficient ways of the environment work. All the flowers and trees around us grow with the suns energy. The vegetables you eat are ripened by the sun. When it rains, that is the product of [...]
Solar powered Barn.
Architects Gray Organschi of Connecticut have designed and built and ecological barn that utilizes renewable energy. The scrap lumber barn has solar panels installed on that roof for lighting and ground source heat pumps that heat the building using geo-thermal energy.
This off-grid bard was constructed with raw materials in the erection and with [...]