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2030: The Year Solar Energy Will Be Beamed Down From Space With Lasers!
Since the 1960s, space enthusiasts and international space agencies have had one dream: to collect solar power and use it on earth. What seemed utopic more than 40 years ago is about to become reality: the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA especially is hell-bent on harvesting solar energy from space by 2030. Let's take a trip up into the Earth's orbit to get a glimpse of this brave new world.
Continue reading...Shining Solar Beacon Lights the Way for the Weary Traveler
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Avid skiers may soon find a shining new example of sustainable shelter on their next trip to the Swiss Alps. The Monte Rosa Hut, developed by the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and winner of Holcim Awards Bronze 2008 Europe, is an alpine shelter that uses state of the art technology to self-sufficiently produce energy, collect water and treat both solid waste and waster water - all at 2,883 m above sea level.
Continue reading...Amazing Rotating Dome Home
Thursday, October 2, 2008
With the recent spate of natural disasters, it’s no wonder that canny designers have created homes able to withstand the elements. Earthquake-proof, hurricane-resistant, thermal efficiencies and solar power are just some of the selling points touted by Solalaya, the US distributor of Domespace Homes. Resembling something from outer space, the design and concept are unique.
Continue reading...Gym Generates Energy from Pedal Power
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Green Microgym, which opened September 1, joins a growing number human-powered gyms and includes includes state-of-the-art elliptical trainers and treadmills, which currently use 30% human-power and 70% solar-power, a yoga room with a cork floor and energy-saving ceiling fans are also in place.
Continue reading...0.3% of Saharan Sun Enough To Power Europe
Friday, July 25, 2008
The major obstacle to using renewable energy has always been the inability to produce a constant supply of electricity to consumers. However, scientists now believe that they have found a way to solve the supply and demand problem. Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau of the European Commission's Institute for Energy, speaking at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona...
Continue reading...Knox’s Wireless Green
Friday, February 29, 2008
Welcome to this week’s installment of Knox’s Wireless Green, a rundown of all the week’s most interesting, weird, and popular stories from the worlds of science and the environment. So far, I’ve managed to keep from tooting our own horn, so to speak, in this column. We’ve
Continue reading...Damien’s Gone Solar
Thursday, December 27, 2007
One of the most influential modern artists, 1995 Turner Prize winner, and most prominent member of the ‘Young British Artists’ (YBA)Damien Hirst, is once again making headlines – this time on the environmental scene. Following the path of Tracey Emin and Gavin Turk, who created a series of [...]
Continue reading...Drilling Space For Energy
Monday, December 24, 2007
The Climate Conference in Bali allowed the littlest of UN nations: Palau, to express its desire to harness energy not from Earth resources, but from Space. Backed by the Pentagon, the western Pacific island was investigating whether space-based solar power
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Monday, November 16, 2009
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