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Windspire: 1 kW Wind Turbine for Your Backyard for $4,000

by cgull8m

Windspire offers a clean, renewable energy in the form of low cost Wind Turbines that can be easily installed in the backyard and reduce your electricity bills. A 1 kW Wind Turbines costs $4,000 dollars that... published 11 months ago

4 comments    energy renewable energy

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The cost of 'vampire energy'? 100 Million Tons of Oil

by cgull8m

Many are using more gadgets than ever in homes and most of the appliances are left in standby mode and consume energy even when they are not in full use. The amount of energy consumed in standby mode accounts... published 7 months ago

5 comments    internet environment energy

Solar shingles generates solar and wind power with the same system. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com75

Solar and Wind Power Generation in One

by cgull8m

Solar shingles generates solar and wind power with the same system. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology (SMIT) has created a novel project that is able to generate both... published 5 months ago

12 comments    environment energy solar

Solar Power Farm using Molten Salt for energy storage and transfer. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com.73

Solar Power with Molten Salt

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Solar Power Farm using Molten Salt for energy storage and transfer. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com. One of the drawbacks for Solar power was it couldn’t generate electricity during the night and now thanks to... published 6 months ago

5 comments    environment energy green

Solar Tree, prototype, November 2007, designed by Ross Lovegrove and produced and developed by Artemide polycrystalline solar cells by Sharp. On display at the Piazza della Scala, Milan, Italy. (Photo by David Zanardi)72

Solar Tree Passes the Test in Austria

by cgull8m

Solar Tree, prototype, November 2007, designed by Ross Lovegrove and produced and developed by Artemide polycrystalline solar cells by Sharp. On display at the Piazza della Scala, Milan, Italy. (Photo by... published 7 months ago

10 comments    environment energy solar

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5 Ways to Recycle a Compact Flourescent Lamp CFL

by cgull8m

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) despite its lower energy consumption and lower prices in the US, only 6 % of the US households have CFL in their home. One of the major stumbling blocks for the user to accept... published 10 months ago

2 comments    environment energy recycling

University of Utah physicist Orest Symko demonstrates how heat can be converted into sound by using a blowtorch to heat a metallic screen inside a plastic tube, which then produces a loud tone, similar to when air is blown into a flute. Symko and his69

Physicists turn 'waste' heat into electricity

by cgull8m

University of Utah physicist Orest Symko demonstrates how heat can be converted into sound by using a blowtorch to heat a metallic screen inside a plastic tube, which then produces a loud tone, similar to... published 14 months ago

4 comments    energy electricity sound

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Sky Farm Proposed for Downtown Toronto

by cgull8m

A Sky Farm is proposed for downtown Toronto's theatre district. It will have 58 floors with 8 million square foot of growing area. It can produce as much as a thousand acre farm. A Sky Farm designed by Gordon... published 14 months ago

0 comments    food environment energy

Google goes Solar and Clean Energy. Photo courtesy Google.68

Google Plans to Produce a Gigawatt of Clean Energy, Cheaper Than Coal

by cgull8m

Google goes Solar and Clean Energy. Photo courtesy Google.Google announced plans to produce a gigawatt of renewable energy within the next few years and wants to produce them cheaper than coal. This power... published 8 months ago

6 comments    google energy solar

Google Solar Project Logo. Photo courtesy Google67

Google Goes Solar Power

by cgull8m

Google Solar Project Logo. Photo courtesy GoogleGoogle show real time statistics of how much electricity it generates from Solar panels installed in its main building. So far it has generated more than... published 8 months ago

15 comments    technology google energy

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