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Articles on Solar Energy

Solar curtains to tap those rays

Crave More clever ideas to incorporate solar panels into your home, the Some Shine Solar Energy Storage System by designer Ming-Ching Hsueh hangs, literally, at the window. There's a lot of ... Read story »

CERN director: Wind is not the future

Crave 1968 Nobel Prize winner in physics, Jack Steinberger. While the Obama administration has expressed increasing hopes that wind power will play a key role in America's future energy system, one ... Read story »

Chromasun looking to make solar air conditioners

Crave Packing heat: a prototype of a solar collector designed to fuel industrial chillers. Fledgling company Chromasun plans to put the sun's heat to work cooling commercial buildings. Founder Peter Le ... Read story »

Harnessing the sun's energy to power the world

Crave Sun Catalytix is pursuing a breakthrough system that would use cheap solar panels to produce hydrogen, which would be stored and then used to produce electricity in a fuel cell. ... Read story »

Students build Curio House that runs entirely on solar power

Crave The Boston Architecture School and Tufts University are building the Curio House, a home that's designed to run entirely from solar energy. To build a home powered entirely by the sun, ... Read story »

Investing in alternative energy to fund Chinese education in Malaysia

Blogs It's no secret that cultivating palm oil makes money. In Malaysia, Chinese schools have caught onto the business idea. Nine Chinese independant schools in Malaysia's Perak state have considered cultivating palm ... Read story »

The final frontier: Solar power from space

Crave Pacific Gas & Electric is going to great lengths--all the way to space--in its quest for renewable energy. The California utility recently said it will seek approval from regulators to purchase ... Read story »

When solar panels become affordable for all

Blogs Our sun is undoubtedly an incredibly powerful star. Apparently, it supplies enough energy to earth in 1 hour to provide all of our energy needs for an entire year! Yet, most ... Read story »

AC solar panels may make it easier to DIY in near future

Crave Startup GreenRay Solar has raised money to finalize development of a solar panel that puts out household-grade alternating current, a technology that backers say will make solar power more accessible to ... Read story »

Nokia looking to electromagnetic radiation for wireless charging

Crave Nokia Research Center We don't want to sound like scaredy cats, but this one got us both excited and worried. While most of us are already familiar with wireless charging (at ... Read story »

Top 10 phones at MWC 2009

Features We pick 10 of our favorite mobile phones seen at this year's Mobile World Congress and tell you why they made our list. Read story »

Solar mat charger goes on a roll

Crave It may be getting easier and cheaper to harness the sun's energy, but all too often the equipment needed to do so isn't the most portable. At least one manufacturer has ... Read story »

Solar case charges 20 phones at a time

Crave Long ago Crave made a plea for for solar chargers that wouldn't induce hernias, and, thankfully, more than a few manufacturers have answered that call. But now Strapya, which offers a ... Read story »

Dutch claim world's first solar speedboat

Crave Boats that run on solar power have been around for a while, but they're usually reserved for touring watercraft and other conveyances designed for a leisurely pace. And that's precisely what ... Read story »

I turned off the lights, but Al Gore kept them switched on

Blogs I am sure you were aware of this year's Earth Hour. Landmark locations in almost every major city turned off the lights. Malaysia's KLCC did so as well. You can watch ... Read story »

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