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Tiny Swiss town builds the first solar powered ski lift

A small agri town in Switzerland, Teena, is home to the world’s only ski lift that is powered by solar energy. The eco friendly ski lift was unveiled last year in December after two years of immense perseverance. The petite hamlet, in fact, uses only r

A massive solar tower to power the Las Vegas Strip

America’s Sin City is to go solar with a massive 100MW, 540 foot solar tower. The new solar power project, named the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, is expected to harvest 10 to 15 hours of sunlight a day for immense productivity. The 100 foot rece

Solvinden lamps get powered by wind and solar energy

IKEA is out with a line of products that come dipped in eco friendliness as they will harness both wind and solar energy. Spice up your dwellings with unending warmth, which will be spread by clean and green lamps from IKEA. Christened as Solvinden, these

MIT researchers develop DIY solar cells from grass clippings

Production of conventional solar panels is highly expensive
and the process may not always be green. A team of MIT researchers has figured
out a green technique to produce solar panels using grass clippings. DIY
enthusiasts will be excited to know about t

Mexican student envisions energy generating satellite

As our conventional sources of energy are about to go extinct, scientists are developing unique and indifferent technologies to meet the global demand of energy. Carl Peart, a Mexican student, entered the ‘Create the Future Design Contest, 2011′, with t

Electree City: An arboreal object that harnesses solar energy

Ever increasing population and the craze to move towards cities has diminished the nature’s green carpet. Metropolises have become a site of tall buildings and there is concrete all around. Trees have been cut down to erect modern structures, hence redu

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