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Here comes the low-grade silicon for cheaper and more efficient solar panels...
While we wait for affordable multi-junction solar cells that are pushing past the 40 percent conversion efficiency mark to make it out of the lab and onto our roofs, we have to make do with standard...
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Sunflower seed husks provide concrete alternative – Turkey
Ordinarily seen as a waste product, the husks of sunflower seeds could be used to make concrete, according to research out of Turkey. Not only are the husks a sustainable source of aggregate, it’s...
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World’s largest OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) power plant planned...
Lockheed Martin has been getting its feet wet in the renewable energy game for some time. In the 1970s it helped build the world’s first successful floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)...
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US school slashes winter energy bill with green roofs – USA
A US school has cut a six-figure sum from its winter energy bill by replacing its oil-burning boiler with woodchip biomass ones. The switch has reduced the school’s carbon footprint by between 35 and...
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Los Angeles school adopts a giant solar wall – USA
Created by U.S. architectural firm Brooks + Scarpa, the recently completed Green Dot Animo Leadership High School in Inglewood, Los Angeles, wears its green heart very much on its sleeve. The new...
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Making solar cells with a kitchen microwave – Prashant Sarswat and Michael...
For most people, experiments involving a home microwave typically don’t go much further than inflating a marshmallow like a balloon or reheating leftovers in plasticware – both with messy results. For...
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UN new weapon to fight hunger + insects to food plate.
The UN has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday...
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Hell on Earth : CO2 in climate hits 400ppm level for first time in 3 million...
Climate hits 400ppm of CO2 for the first time in 3 million years…. Alarming..!! What does this mean ? Prior to the Industrial Revolution, natural climate variations caused atmospheric CO2 to vary...
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12 Million Bees Dead in Brevard County, Florida
The fact that 12 million bees happened to drop dead soon after this spraying is angering and heartbreaking. People have lost their entire honey business because of this. Filed under: IN WORLD Tagged:...
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