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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 12 months ago

4 comments    energy renewable energy

Solar Power Farm using Molten Salt for energy storage and transfer. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com.75

Solar Power with Molten Salt

by cgull8m

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 8 months ago

5 comments    energy environment 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)75

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 8 months ago

10 comments    energy environment solar

Geothermal Energy Principle. Photo: Treehugger.com75

One percent of Australia's geothermal energy can produce 26,000 years of Electricity

by cgull8m

Geothermal Energy Principle. Photo: Treehugger.com Australian scientists claim just by harnessing one percent of the country’s untapped geothermal energy from underground could produce 26,000 years worth of... published 2 weeks ago

11 comments    technology science energy

Solar shingles generates solar and wind power with the same system. Photo courtesy Inhabitat.com74

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 6 months ago

12 comments    energy environment 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 12 months ago

2 comments    energy environment recycling

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Will LED Lightbulbs Outshine CFLs, Incandescent

by cgull8m

LEDs is the best overall choice for lighting compared to CFL and Incandescent light bulbs. The light bulb, the symbol of bright ideas, doesn't look like such a great idea anymore, as lawmakers in the U.S.... published 16 months ago

5 comments    energy environment led

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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 15 months ago

0 comments    food energy environment

Google Solar Project Logo. Photo courtesy Google69

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 9 months ago

15 comments    technology google energy

Gossip Girl Star Kelly Rutherford Introduces CFL. Photo: Susty.TV67

Sylvania introduces Micro-Mini CFL with longer life and less mercury content

by cgull8m

Gossip Girl Star Kelly Rutherford Introduces CFL. Photo: Susty.TV Sylvania has introduced the smallest Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) in the word, it lasts for 11 years and has less mercury content than the... published 4 months ago

3 comments    home energy environment

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