Ettore hits Kickstarter as the first affordable, fully electric, folding bike. Commuting is not an easy business. Changing between different modes of transport is not only exhausting and unpleasant, but it can also be quite costly. Bicycles are usually a nice alternative to, let's say, the buses from and to the first and final train stations. Unfortunately, bringing a bike on the train, especially if it is rush hour, could be a very uncomfortable experience. [ 314 more words ]

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Tesla just signed the biggest energy storage deal ever known. The company will deploy 20 megawatts of energy storage as a backup to Southern California's grid. Ever since Tesla announced the Powerwall, it was clear that the company is going to be a big player in the energy storage field. However, no one could quite anticipate how big is 'big'. [ 332 more words ]

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Three decades back, news had it that a hole appeared in the Ozone layer over Antarctica. The world shivered with fear. All the Countries responded quickly and the result is the Montreal protocol,1987, to ban ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs. Scientists say that the efforts that are being put since 1995 in restoring the Ozone layer by implementing the Montreal Protocol are yielding positive results and the hole in the Ozone later is found shrinking since 2000. [ 282 more words ]

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Insolight, which became an official solar company in 2015, recently made the claim that its new solar panel designed for residential installations is ‘twice as efficient’ than the norm. How? It claims to have a solar energy conversion rate of 36.4 percent. 34.6 percent is pretty much double the conversion rates of popular solar cells. Taking a look at the company’s bold claim, its design lends much support to its supposedly higher efficiency and lower cost. [ 229 more words ]

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What’s up-and-coming in 2017? According to DONG Energy, it will be the UK commencement of the operation of the world’s largest wind turbines. Expected to supply clean electricity to 230,000 homes in the UK, the wind turbine at the Burbo Extension offshore wind farm is another respected addition to the changing green world. Wind energy has been around for quite some time, but its popularity is growing around the world. [ 229 more words ]

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