There's something new(ish) under the sun in the rural South African village of Phomolong, where Samsung has built a gadget-laden solar-powered classroom -- in a renovated shipping container. To source
From composting your corpse to a woodland burial, we've seen plenty of ways to reduce the footprint of your final resting place. But one practice has always struck me as particularly green: sky burial. To source
The above is a map that shows India's solar resources. As you can see at a glance, almost the whole country is getting large quantities of sunlight, making it ideal for solar power. To source
A US-based agency, Schanti Partners, New York, has expressed its keen interest in investing Rs 580 crore for a solar energy project in Kaimur district of Bihar. Initially, a 10MW unit would be set up. To source
The Amrita Centre for Nanosciences has come out with what is billed as the world's first integrated solar power storage tile using super capacitor. It has been named 'Amrita Smart' and was launched on Friday at the ongoing International Conference, NANOSOLAR 2012, organised by the Amrita Centre for Nanosciences at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. To source
In India, many rural, economically disadvantaged communities are giving up on the grid, and turning to the sun instead.This isn't the first time we've reported on India's Solar Mission—an impressive attempt to install 20GW of solar power over the next decade. To source
In 2009, when policymakers in New Delhi set a goal to produce 20,000 megawatts of solar energy by 2020, few gave India more than a slim chance. The world’s solar-savvy countries put together were generating that much solar power at the time, and India was contributing virtually nothing. To source
Solar power as service programs are nothing new in the US, at all. Though certainly not available in every state, plenty of companies are in the business of installing and owning solar panels on your roof and you purchasing just the electricity they produce. But in rural India this is definitely a new idea... To source
As we've pointed out a number of times already, there are myriad links between the Occupy Wall Street movement and modern environmentalism. The biggest and most obvious is that our energy supply is largely controlled by the 1%. To source
Check out this great project from Instructables maker flapke -- it walks you through how to install solar panels into your e-reader, so that your device can run directly off sun power. To source
Often find yourself inconvenienced by defunct traffic signals? Traffic cops have an answer to your woes. In a step towards conserving energy and minimising traffic chaos, Noida traffic police is planning to convert all 79 traffic signals in the city to solar-powered signals soon after Diwali. To source
Bangladeshi officials have announced that there are now over one million homes powered by solar energy in the country. In a flurry of expansion, Bangladesh went from 7,000 solar-powered homes in 2002 to the one million mark only 9 years later. To source
A new method of making electricity from sunlight has just been tested: At the moment, there are two reliable ways to make electricity from sunlight. You can use a panel of solar cells to create the current directly, by liberating electrons from a semiconducting material such as silicon. To source
It's an old idea whose time has finally come. Converting the sun's energy into electricity, or solar power, is a compelling proposition. It's clean and green, with an endless supply of fuel (from the sun). To source
Railways has inaugurated India's first green station at Manwal on the Jammu-Udhampur rail route. With the tiny station facing frequent power cuts, it has been a provided a supply of solar power. To source
The first phase of the National Solar Mission, that ends in 2013, would bring down solar power tariff by around a fifth to Rs 4.50 per unit. At present, the average cost of solar power in India is over Rs 15.30 per unit according to the norms fixed by the electricity regulator CERC. To source
A comparison of the USA and Germany, asking: What if solar got the same subsidies as fossil fuels? To source
Kolkata, May 7 (ANI): India, one of the biggest markets for alternative energy technologies , is looking towards Germany for technological assistance and knowledge transfer in the field of renewable energy, especially for rural electrification and grid integration. To source
“How long will we be importing fossil fuel and coal? We have to look for renewable sources of energy if India has to march ahead,” said Abdullah. Abdullah added that the Solar Mission would be soon out. Abdullah said he was not very keen on nuclear energy, especially after the Chernobyl disaster in the erstwhile Soviet Union. To source