Masdar Institute tests new tech that uses sand to store solar heat
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When it hands you an abundance of dry, grainy sand, it’s a good...
Apple is officially cleared to sell surplus solar energy
Tech giant Apple started Apple Energy LLC back in June with the goal of selling their surplus solar energy. While...
Villagers in carbon-hungry Thailand tap the sun and dung for clean energy
Thailand is a leader in Southeast Asian energy consumption, second only to Indonesia, with a particular appetite...
Nissan is gifting gilded Leaf EVs to winning Olympic Athletes
Who would even want to win a gold medal when you could have a golden electric car? Some gold medal winners at the...
The UK will have more electric vehicle chargers than gas stations by 2020, according to Nissan
Nissan estimates that public electric vehicle chargers will outnumber gas stations in the United Kingdom in as...
This couple ditched their tech jobs for life and work on the road in a converted school bus
[gallery_extend] Many of the converted bus projects we feature are total eye candy and this one is no...
M-KOPA hooks up Kenya's off-grid residents with solar-powered TVs
In areas of the world lacking reliable grid power, access to information can also be spotty. Now, residents of...
Canadian chemists use vitamins in new sustainable lithium battery
Chemists at the University of Toronto have developed a new battery that stores energy in a cathode derived from...
World's most efficient electric car gets an outrageous 26,135 MPGe
One little three-wheeled car is zooming ahead to the future, with an outrageously efficient electric engine that...
Tesla and SolarCity just agreed on a $2.6 billion merger
Elon Musk announced back in June that Tesla wished to purchase solar power company SolarCity. Now the world is...
Energy-generating ‘smart bricks’ turn ordinary buildings into efficient living machines
A cool project with an unfortunate acronym, LIAR or Living Architecture is developing construction bricks composed...
Elon Musk wants to build Tesla Gigafactories all around the world
Last week the world got its first glimpse of Tesla's massive Nevada Gigafactory. With excitement about the factory...
Ukraine might transform Chernobyl into a gigantic 4GW solar farm
The nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl remains abandoned, as lingering contamination makes the area too dangerous...
$20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize aims to turn CO2 emissions into useful products
A new contest launched in September 2015 aims to fund projects that convert carbon dioxide waste into useful technologies...
Amazing solar cell printer makes energy-generating photographs
Researchers in Finland have developed a unique method for printing solar cells with any image or text you can think...
