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20Mar/17

Google’s Project Sunroof shows huge solar potential of U.S.

March 20, 2017InnovationArticles, Boston, Company: Google, Country: United States, Digital media, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Fresno, Google, Houston, Los Angeles, NEXT MEDIA, Outline of solar energy, Phoenix, Photovoltaics, Project Sunroof, Renewable energy, Solar panel, Solar power by country, Solar power in the United States, Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, World Wide Web, Zero-energy buildingsmbale

Google launched a project called Project Sunroof in 2015, which measures solar potential of individual homes in the U.S. The result of the project shows most U.S. homes have great solar viability.
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03Jul/15

Solar powered backpack helps South African children cope with rolling blackouts

July 3, 2015InnovationAfrica, Alternative energy, Articles, Backpack, Bags, Education, electricity, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Eskom, Homework, Johannesburg, Kamogelo, Kamogelo Tsopodi-Malinga, Learning, Luggage, Malinga, Mass production, Packaging, Plastic bag, Rea Ngwane, Repurpose Schoolbags, Rustenburg, Solar energy, Solar lamp, Solar panel, Solar power, Sophy Tsopodi, Sophy Tsopodi-Malinga, South Africa, Technologysmbale

Made from recycled plastic, an innovative new school bag is assisting students from impoverished communities in South Africa study at night. Using solar technology, the bags are powered during the day and light up homes which are either not connected to the national power grid or are in the dark because of frequent electricity cuts.

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30Apr/15

Energy-harvesting ‘tree’ can power electronics

April 30, 2015InnovationConductive polymers, Display technology, Electromagnetism, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Emerging technologies, Energy harvesting, Environment, Finland, Flexible electronics, Kaisa-Leena Väisänen, Leena Hakalahti, Light-emitting diode, Light-emitting diodes, manufacturing methods, Molecular electronics, OLED, Organic electronics, OULU, Paula Bergqvist, Semiconductor devices, Solar cell, Solar panel, Tapio Ritvonen, Technology, Technology/Internet, Vesa Pentikäinen, VTT Technical Research Centre, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finlandsmbale

Finnish company develops an energy harvesting ‘tree’ capable of powering smart phones and other devices. Its production technique can also be used to make sheets of smart organic light-emitting diodes on a large scale.
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