Portable Light

This is a terrific product that can be used in the 3rd world, but also camping, and in emergencies. I’d love to use it to read in bed!

THE PORTABLE LIGHT PROJECT
Portable Light is an interdisciplinary research, design and engineering project to create and implement new models for energy efficient electrical power and lighting. Portable Light [...]

Tower of solar power

I like to pass on what is happening in alternative energy and I picked this up from Skankdragon. Australia has recently drawn-up a design for a revolutionary new solar plant. This plant will generate 200 megawatts of power, and will be able to power 200,000 Australian homes per-year when it’s completed in 2012. EnviroMission Limited [...]

Delicate stylish solar lantern

I just got this beautiful, functional, AND energy saving light! Here it is during the daytime getting charged up. The lantern is constructed of silk-like material and creates a wonderful shimmering silhouette. It comes with dual LED lights, solar panel, AAA rechargeable battery and a stainless hanging handle – so it “weather” our misty [...]

Arizona may become Persian Gulf of solar energy

Abengoa Solar, a Spanish company, is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world.
The company, which has plants in Spain, northern Africa and other parts of the U.S., could begin construction as early as next year on the 280-megawatt [...]