All the stories tagged with eco
Mitsubishi Motors To Test Electric Pickup And Delivery Vehicle
10/14/2010, Everybody is jumping on the green bandwagon nowadays and Mitsubishi Motors Corp and Yamato Transport Co Ltd will be starting a field test of an electric pickup and delivery vehicle prototyped by Mitsubishi Motors. The companies will be evaluating the [...]
Car Arc Solar Shelter Gathers Energy For Electric Vehicles
09/27/2010, Perhaps we’ll all have one of these in our garages a few years down the line. This concept Car Arc curved roof shelter sports solar film at the top that is capable of harvesting solar energy for electric vehicles (EVs). [...]
US Marines Take Solar Technology Into The Field
09/24/2010, Solar technology seems to be making inroads into the military as an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps is planning to deploy to Afghanistan with a new collection of solar-powered equipment that will be able to reduce their [...]
Concept: Greenerator Gathers Green Energy For Your Apartment
09/23/2010, If you’re living in an apartment like many folks in urban areas, chances are that you don’t really have the option (or real estate) to install a large solar panel to reduce your electricity bill. Now a concept solar panel [...]
US Navy Facility Gets Solar Parking Lot To Charge Electric Vehicles
09/22/2010, Everybody seems to be busy getting in on the eco game recently, and the US Navy is no exception. Reports are in that the US Navy’s Seal Beach facility now offers a new solar setup, installing a new $1.9 million [...]
Beach Ball Concept Solar Generator
09/21/2010, A concept beach ball solar energy generating system has surfaced, featuring photovoltaic panels contained within an inflatable clear latex material. When the beach ball is inflated, it will form a ball which is stabilized by the bottom cap and base station [...]
Walmart Increases On-store Solar Panels
09/20/2010, Many companies out there are trying to go green, and Walmart is no exception. The retail giant has announced that it will be adding solar panels between 20 and 30 store locations in California and Arizona, building on the 31 [...]
MIT Researchers Developer Carbon Nanotube Antenna To Make Solar Cells Smaller
09/15/2010, Solar technology is really useful, but often the issue of the size of the solar panels is a stumbling block. With that in mind, the smart folks over at MIT have come up with a nanotube antenna that can capture [...]
E-Rider Electric Mountain Bike
09/10/2010, German bike-maker Conway has unveiled its E-Rider, a stylish electric mountain bike that is powered by a 36-volt lithium-ion battery pack. The battery is capable of powering the bike for a range of up to 110 kilometers and features a [...]
Heat From Underground Subway Station To Power Homes In Paris
09/09/2010, If you often take the train at the underground subway station during rush hour, you’ll probably have noticed that it’s incredibly hot and stuffy. The builders of a new housing estate in Paris have come up with a rather innovative [...]
Concept: Green Pass Turnstile Generates Energy When You Pass Through It
09/08/2010, Every time we pass through a turnstile in the train station or in a shopping mall, we’re using a bit of energy, and now the VIVA Design Team at the Guangdong University of Technology in China has come up with [...]
Solar Sanctuary concept for public use
09/07/2010, British designer Alexander Williams decided to do his bit in greening the earth with the Solar Sanctuary concept – a sustainable installation that will see action in public spaces, delivering a universal communicative solution in the form of a stainless [...]
Belgian Research Lab Creates Solar Cells With An Efficiency Of Over 19 Percent
09/07/2010, Solar-technology has taken another step forward as the Belgian research lab IMEC has unveiled several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency of more than 19 percent. They came up with two types of cells with silver screen-printed contacts [...]
