Renewable energy generated from wind power is increasing each year with some areas of the world developing this resource faster than others. The United States of America is out in the lead with a total wind capacity of  35.2 Gigawatts of installed wind turbines. Around 10 GW of that was installed last year. Second place goes to Germany with 25.8 [...]

Electric Vehicles have, currently, a large off-putting factor and that is the distance that the car can travel on a single charge. The Mira EV has now shown that not to be a problem by breaking the distance record not once but twice. Using a modified Mira EV equipped with a staggering 8,320 batteries on board the car achieved a [...]

Light Emitting diodes are becoming a victim of their own popularity. The demand for the LEDs have exploded and demand is reaching the current manufacturing capacity. LED have until recently been used in an indicator capacity. The elder people among us may remember those red led digits used in the early generation calculators or space age watches. With the introduction [...]

Amonix receives a US$129 Million in venture funding to develop Concentrated Photovoltaic  Solar Panels. Another acronym comes along in the solar industry for us to remember. This time it is CPV which stands for Concentrated Photo Voltaic. The difference here between the more common Photovoltaic (PV) is the the addition of a lens in front of the solar cell. This [...]

Another big name has joined in the race for the LED Lighting market. Osram is scheduled to release a 60 watt equivalent LED Bulb later this year. There is an increasing choice on the market for the consumer for replacement LED Lighting  as more brand names switch over development and production to the efficient LED. These fantastic little devices use [...]

The Electric Car may be in for a performance boost as the technology behind the battery packs sparks into life.  Manufacturers have been erring on the side of caution and limiting their performance to increase the life span. The massive pack of batteries in Electric Vehicles is probably the most expensive component in these new forms of transport and this [...]

Renewable energy steps into the field of advertising with the renewable energy powered billboard. A step by by Lamar Advertising Co. aims to refit up to 1,370 billboard with solar and wind generators. The imitative which will take place in Florida, USA, will see the retrofitting of advertizing billboard with solar energy  or wind powered generators that will combines produce [...]