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Orange wind-up
EnergyJun 19, 2007

Orange wind-up

Orange unveils prototype wind powered mobile phone charger at Glastonbury Festival – but its a waste of space....

From oil to wind
EnergyJun 15, 2007

From oil to wind

T Boone Pickens knows what to do when the oil runs out – he has launched a wind farm....

Holy Solar
SolarJun 12, 2007

Holy Solar

Pope Benedict has Vatican engineers install solar panels on some of the Hole See buildings....

Solar home or PR puff?
EnergyJun 12, 2007

Solar home or PR puff?

Excitement about Mike Strizki’s solar-hydrogen home should be tempered by the cost – $500,000...

Freedom to generate
EnergyJun 4, 2007

Freedom to generate

New laws make home power generation easier in Britain. But the battle continues for an off-grid category of planning permission....

India
SolarMay 16, 2007

India

India receives solar energy equivalent to nearly 5,000 trillion kWh/year, which is far more than the total energy consumption of the country today. A government...

Courses, guides & tutorialsMay 14, 2007

New off-grid products to buy at our online shop, including solar and wind energy tips from Real Goods and other products from Gaiam....

Solar mirrors soon, but not yet
SolarMay 11, 2007

Solar mirrors soon, but not yet

Gizmodo reports on new concentrated solar panels turn out to be premature....

Solar powered hydrogen production
EnergyMay 4, 2007

Solar powered hydrogen production

PV to Hydrogen Apart from saving resources, using solar energy instead of power from portable generators like diesel generators. Yamaha generators or Honda gene...

400-watt solar aircon
SolarApr 30, 2007

400-watt solar aircon

SolCool One LLC of Redlands, California, is marketing an air conditioner that uses so little power it can be run from the power generated by no more than four s...

Homepower your stereo
SolarApr 15, 2007

Homepower your stereo

When it comes to renewables, you�ve got to be realistic. Try taking one small solar panel and think: what can I power with this? That�s the question Richard Ro...

No More Excuses for Gore
LandApr 4, 2007

No More Excuses for Gore

Al Gore has been under attack ever since the release of his documentary �An Inconvenient Truth� for allegedly not practicing what he preaches. Most notably, his...