Solar-powered dragon stadium | Solar Energy

The solar-powered ‘dragon’ stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the world’s first stadium which gets all its power needs from the sun.solardragon-stadium-in-kaohsiung-taiwan-1.Designed by Japanese architect Toyo on a steel-rod structure with a roof covered with solar...

China: Man Who Led Coal Plant Seeks Atonement

“I am redeeming my crime.” Excerpt: Mr. Min, a slender man who wears only the black cotton pants and simple buttoned shirts of a Chinese laborer, began proselytizing about wind and solar energy...Mr. Min is an example of a phenomenon that is common in China but little...

Zero-Emission Solar-Powered Aircraft To Be Unveiled On June 26th

Solar Impulse, a project based in Switzerland, will unveil a zero-emission solar-powered aircraft prototype on June 26 at an airfield near Zurich. The creators will take the plane on a test-flight later in 2009 and hope to eventually create an airplane that can embark on a...

Europe to be powered by solar energy from Africa in 10 years?!

Twenty blue chip companies from Germany, among them Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and the energy companies RWE and E.on, have agreed on forming a consortium with the plan of harnessing solar power in the deserts of...

Solar Energy: Salt is the Solution

This is amazing news!~A new approach is being explored by the solar power industries that could soon eliminate the problem of solar powers inability to generate electricity at night."One of solar power's biggest drawbacks is its inability to generate electricity at night. It...

Pope pursues Heavenly power

In sustainable energy news, Pope Benedict XVI pursues Heavenly power with largest solar plant in Europe. The project will be situated on 740 acres near the Vatican City at an estimated cost of US$660 million....

President Obama Sharpens Message on Budget Priorities

In his weekly address, President Barack Obama has announced that in the coming weeks, he will continue to focus on the core principles of his budget such as, cutting the deficit in half by the end of his first...

$3.6 Billion in Economic Stimulus goes to greening the Military

$3.6 billion dollars from the economic stimulus is to go to green energy projects in the US Military, but about $20 billion dollars overall is going towards green energy projects in general. However, in the US Military there already has been some significant improvements to...

High Potential for CDM Markets in Africa

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) program, developed under the Kyoto Protocol, is a method of combating climate change by encouraging sustainable development through market incentives.  It is essentially a...

Canada Leads North America with Sustainable Communities

There's a brand new neighbourhood housed within Canada's borders: a solar-powered community, the first of its kind in North America.  52 homes in Okotoks, Alberta are powered by solar energy, which provides over...

JWT Ad Agency Offers 90 Things to Watch in 2009

Ever wonder what trends, fads and buzzwords are likely to become popular during the next 12 months?  Wonder no more.  JWT, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, released a list of 90...

Ever Thought of Using Solar Power to Iron Your Clothes?

Have you ever thought of using a solar powered iron for your clothes, this is one of the suggestions made in How to unplug from the grid by Gaia Vince in the Go-off grid (December 3rd Issue) of the New Scientist...

Get Off the Grid: Renewable Energy at Home

This article in New Scientist features interviews with people who've green-powered their homes by making them energy efficient and using solar, wind, hydroelectric, etc. Storage is still a problem- space and cost- but improvements are being made and things are getting...

Solar Power and Photosynthesis: Breakthrough

US researchers have taken photosynthetic molecules from plants, attached them to gold sheets, and are harvesting solar power. Still in the intial stages of research." ...

Solar Power Bringing Light and Opportunity to the Poor

Meeting the South’s energy needs will be crucial to achieving radical improvements in quality of life and human development. It is estimated that 1.7 billion people around the world lack electricity (World...

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