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Japanese Corporation Plans to Turn the Moon Into a Massive Solar Power Plant

Japanese Corporation Plans to Turn the Moon Into a Massive Solar Power Plant

Man hasn’t been back to the moon since 1972, but that hasn’t stopped a team of Japanese engineers from developing a plan to turn our celestial neighbor into a massive solar power plant. The

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GE Builds EV Charging Solar Carport in Connecticut

GE Builds EV Charging Solar Carport in Connecticut

GE partnered with Inovateus Solar recently to build an EV-charging solar carport in Plainville, Connecticut. The structure was unveiled yesterday with Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and GE Energy

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Japanese Telecom Firm Softbank To Construct 10 New Solar Power Plants

Japanese Telecom Firm Softbank To Construct 10 New Solar Power Plants

In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, there has been a call for the country to move away from atomic power and towards the mainstream use of alternative energy. While a recent

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Solar-Powered Plastikoleum Tower Recycles Plastic Back into 900 Barrels of Oil a Day

Solar-Powered Plastikoleum Tower Recycles Plastic Back into 900 Barrels of Oil a Day

When the people behind the Land Art Generator Initiative heard about inventor Akinori Ito’s machine, which converts plastics back into oil, they came up with an even more interesting concept.

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Nevada’s New Molten Salt Solar Plant Will Produce Power Long After the Sun Sets

Nevada’s New Molten Salt Solar Plant Will Produce Power Long After the Sun Sets

The Department of Energy just invested $737 million into the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada, which will generate energy well into the night by using molten salt as an energy storage medium.

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New Supercapacitor Made With Biofuel By-Product is Cheaper, Greener

New Supercapacitor Made With Biofuel By-Product is Cheaper, Greener

Students at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey have created a supercapacitor — used for storing energy — that replaces activated carbon with biochar electrodes. The new

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Japan to Create a Nationwide Super Solar Array to Replace Push for Nuclear Power

Japan to Create a Nationwide Super Solar Array to Replace Push for Nuclear Power

The Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, is about to announce to the G8 Summit in France his country’s plans to mandate that all buildings come equipped with solar panels by 2030. The announcement of

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Astronauts and the Pope Have Orbit to Earth Talk About Peace Through Solar Panels

Astronauts and the Pope Have Orbit to Earth Talk About Peace Through Solar Panels

Astronauts on the international space station chatted from space with Pope Benedict on Saturday about how research on the space station into renewable energy could help promote peace on Earth. The Pope,

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Diffus’ Chic Solar-Power Bag Flaunts Its Photovoltaic Panels

Diffus’ Chic Solar-Power Bag Flaunts Its Photovoltaic Panels

Louis Vuitton and Chanel may have there trademark logos, but solar power is doing them one up by flaunting its photovoltaic panels as a symbol and source of power. Diffus designed the

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Crazy Awesome Solar Serpent Structure Proposed For Santa Monica Freeway

Crazy Awesome Solar Serpent Structure Proposed For Santa Monica Freeway

Swedish architect Mans Tham went halfway around the world to find inspiration for this insanely awesome design for a serpent-shaped solar skin for the Sana Monica freeway. This renovation of existing

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New Tensile Solar Shade by SMIT Will Juice Up Your Summer with Sun Power

New Tensile Solar Shade by SMIT Will Juice Up Your Summer with Sun Power

Summer is coming folks, and what better way to spend a hot day than to lavish in the shade sipping your beverage of choice plugged into this sweet solar canopy? Soon the folks at SMIT will offer a solar

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Lowe’s and Sungevity Team Up to Give Free Home Solar Panel Quotes

Lowe’s and Sungevity Team Up to Give Free Home Solar Panel Quotes

Solar energy firm Sungevity has teamed up with Lowe’s to offer quick quotes for solar panel installation to customers for free. The quotes come thanks to a high tech computer program, iQuote, that

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MU Develop Solar “Nantennas” that Can Capture 95 Percent of Solar Energy

MU Develop Solar “Nantennas” that Can Capture 95 Percent of Solar Energy

Solar efficiencies have increased incrementally over the past years, but they are still hovering around 20% – however now an engineer from the University of Missouri claims to have developed a

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A Solar-Powered Chicken Coop That Old MacDonald Would Be Proud Of

A Solar-Powered Chicken Coop That Old MacDonald Would Be Proud Of

Urban chickens have an elegant new housing option thanks to this awesome solar-powered coop we came across this week at ICFF. RAAD studio from New York City has taken a departure from its usual style to

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Solar Impulse Sun-Powered Plane Successfully Completes First International Flight

Solar Impulse Sun-Powered Plane Successfully Completes First International Flight

The totally solar powered Solar Impulse aircraft made its maiden international flight across Europe today, piloted by Andre Borschberg. Slowly but surely, the aircraft flew from western Switzerland and

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Chevy Volt Factory’s New Solar Array Is Green, But Does It Save Green?

Chevy Volt Factory’s New Solar Array Is Green, But Does It Save Green?

As part of its SolarCurrents program to encourage energy customers to install enough solar arrays to produce 15 megawatts of green electricity in southeast Michigan, Detroit Edison has invested $3 million

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Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Serves Up Sun-Cooked Meals This Summer!

Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Serves Up Sun-Cooked Meals This Summer!

This year’s Milan Furniture Fair offered an unforgettable green dining experience – a meal entirely cooked by the sun! Sponsored by the Finnish beer company Lapin Kulta, the Solar Kitchen

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New Jersey Toys “R” Us is Building the Largest Solar Roof in the United States

New Jersey Toys “R” Us is Building the Largest Solar Roof in the United States

It seems like Geoffrey the Giraffe has eco-sensibilities — Toys “R” Us has just announced that it will team up with Constellation Energy Group Inc. (CEG) to build the largest U.S.

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Solar Mosaic Sells $100 Solar Tiles to Bring Renewable Energy to Oakland, CA

Solar Mosaic Sells $100 Solar Tiles to Bring Renewable Energy to Oakland, CA

This new solar initiative is stirring up a storm in Oakland, California. Solar Mosaic is a social community project with a difference, helping to create a more sustainable energy source while bringing in

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Impulse Solar Car To Compete in 1800-Mile World Solar Challenge

Impulse Solar Car To Compete in 1800-Mile World Solar Challenge

Engineering students at Berkeley have spent thousands of hours building the new Impulse Solar Car, which will compete in the 1800-mile World Solar Challenge across Australia in October. The design still

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HyperSolar Increases Solar Efficiency By 300% With Magnifying Film

HyperSolar Increases Solar Efficiency By 300% With Magnifying Film

One of the reasons that the solar power industry has yet to dominate the energy market is due to its relatively low efficiency. However, that could soon change with HyperSolar’s magnifying film,

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Eton’s Soulra XL Solar Powered iPod Dock is Ready to Pre-order for Summer Beach Fun

Eton’s Soulra XL Solar Powered iPod Dock is Ready to Pre-order for Summer Beach Fun

With picnic weather finally arriving, and beach weather looming, Eton has made their new solar powered boombox available for pre-order.  With the Soulra XL, you can share your iPod tunes with your beach

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Students Develop Revolutionary Device That Uses the Sun to Sterilize Medical Instruments

Students Develop Revolutionary Device That Uses the Sun to Sterilize Medical Instruments

A long standing problem at medical clinics in the developing world, which are far away from power sources, has been how to sterilize medical instruments. Now, engineering students at Rice University have

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MIT SOFT Rockers: Solar-Powered Charging Stations Double as Lounge Chairs

MIT SOFT Rockers: Solar-Powered Charging Stations Double as Lounge Chairs

MIT SOFT Rockers are clean energy charging stations that double as rocking outdoor lounge furniture. Unlike conventional ‘hard’ urban infrastructure, The SOFT Rocker leverages its environment in a

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