Eco Tech: Southwest Airlines announces ecofriendly prototype airplane
Eco Factor: Prototype airplane made from ecofriendly and lightweight materials. Southwest Airlines has announced the development of an ecofriendly prototype airplane that will be used to test more...
View ArticleEco Tech: University of Arizona’s new solar device could make solar energy...
Eco Factor: Solar energy harvesting device offers renewable energy at the cost of coal. In an effort to lower the cost of renewable energy and make it available at the price of conventional sources of...
View ArticleFirst 24 Hour Solar Farm Solana Launches in the United States
The Solana solar farm located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona is the first in the United States to use molten storage technology. It still uses hundreds of parabolic-shaped mirrors to focus...
View ArticleOld-Fashioned Steam Engines Could Solve Solar Energy Storage Problem
Australian engineers might have solved one of the biggest obstacles to scaling up solar energy — the lack of affordable storage technology that allows solar to be used at peak demand after the sun...
View ArticleThis tulip-shaped solar plant is bringing reliable energy to Ethiopia
Development in rural African communities is often limited by lack of access to reliable power because hospitals, schools and businesses all require a steady source of electricity to be able to...
View ArticleNew data shows a solar system is installed every 2.5 minutes in the U.S.
The year 2014 was a record-breaking one for the solar power industry around the world, and here in the U.S. we were installing new solar systems at a rate faster than ever before. New data from GTM...
View ArticleDubai to expand massive solar park to include world’s tallest solar tower
There are 2.3 million photovoltaic panels at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park near Dubai . And now the massive solar farm is about to get a 700 megawatt (MW) extension, which will include...
View ArticleNew fractal concentrated solar power receivers absorb sunlight more efficiently
Concentrated solar power facilities are often large, sprawling across desert landscapes or the futuristic California of Blade Runner 2049. But smaller plants could offer a clean energy option for...
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