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According to Ecofriend an Indian company has announced its ambitious plan to create the largest industrial park of clean energy in India. More exactly the specialists from Airvoice Group are trying to produce over 13.000 Megawati (MW) of electricity from sustainable sources. The project which is necessitating an investment of approximately 50 billion dollars is based on the production of wind...read

Often we do not think, given the amount of time that we spend today or for business or pleasure, it is easy to realize the amount of energy we could save money with simple precautions Laser Printers: A survey of Swiss Federal Office of Energy has given surprising results about the power consumption of printers: the energy consumed to print is only 8% of the aggregate. This means that the...read

The UK is a nation obsessed with gadgets. Indeed, a recent report by the Sunday Times found that 94% of men, the main reason is thrilled when their partners announce their pregnancy is not the joy of having an early opportunity to take that creature's arms, but the possibility of buying the newest gadgets - or 'dadgets' - which will shortly be available to them. Here are some gadgets...read

The researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for ceramic systems and technologies in Germany succeeded building a biogas production unit based on organic waste, which combined with a battery produced by the same Institute is transformed into electricity. The IKS researchers in cooperation with several IMM-ss have perfected an installation, using as a raw material the corn strains. The...read

A system, developed by engineering students at Northeastern University, can help cut your energy bills. The system, called Empower Numbers (numbersempower.com), uses wireless sensors to monitor each appliance in your home individually. It also allows the devices to shut off from any location with a mobile phone or PC. Just connect the sensors to devices and wall outlets in your...read

Most of us have an old cell phone lying in some corner, unused or unusable. We have just moved on towards a more stylish or user-friendly or just a more recently released model. If this is true of at least two individuals in a household, imagine the number of cell-phones just lying there unused. These can be used, to help the environment and also save a lot of resources through basic recycling....read

A Florida company has transformed a fitness salon into an electrical power generator. According to “Inhabitat”, the people who are going there to exercise and burn calories are in the same time creating sustainable energy. Usually when people exercise using standard fitness equipment all the kinetic energy generated is completely lost. That’s why the ReRev Company has created a system able...read