A well renowned Electronic wares and goods manufacturing firm named Haier has recently gained an overt approbation and regard by World’s leading green organization called Greenpeace as of the remarkable green feats conducted by it in the current year Beijing Olympics. This hyper eco active consumer electronics firm has embodied around 30 diverse green artifacts like refrigerators, air conditioners and added white goods etc. in this year Olympic Games. And in today’s point the most up-to-date contraption grasping mega green factor is the lately introduced solar powered air-conditioners which would employ only natural coolants like water to chill the surrounding areas.

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Sited around 1350 kilometers outlying from the capital city of Argentina, Las Lomitas is a prefecture cuddling nearly 110  families and people out there are earning their living mainly by raising pumpkins, carrots and honey preserving. Las Lomitas is such an out-of-the-way region that even electricity is not accessible to existing populace and moreover they are not even aware of the basic amenities available outside.

As inhabitants there are totally oblivious of their elemental rights and duties, a body named Mocase looking after the needs of distant residents has put up an exclusive radio station for communicating their crucial requirements. An exhilarating fact about this radio set up is that this happens to be Argentina’s first ever solar powered radio station which would be in continuous operation for at least five days till its battery gets discharged. Although the initial setup for this green step bears out to be a costly deal but in the long run it would prove profitable in view of its minimal running cost.

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Ever heard of cooling solutions driven by the heat of the Sun? This might just be a reality for the rural folk living in large number of Indian villages. Promethean Power- a MIT spin-off is researching over the possibilities of making use of thermoelectronic technology for developing a stationary, solar-powered refrigerator. The initiative is taken keeping in mind the needs of villagers in rural India many of whom face the problem of storing diary products and vaccines due to lack of electricity and refrigerating solutions. This prototype will be showcased at the upcoming Emerging Technologies conference to be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The prototype’s design includes a small-sized array of solar panels on the roof and thermoelectric modules + electric compononents inside the small building. 

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As Brad Pitt enjoys fathering his newest borns with Angelina Jolie, looks like his ex Jennifer Aniston is finally ready to move on. The celeb world is hit by news that Aniston is making plans to tie the knot with beau John Mayer this fall. Even the wedding details have been leaked out. According to some, Aniston wants a low-key wedding that will be completely eco-friendly. Now that would be a real change from the fireworks and million dollar splash of her previous marriage to Pitt in 2000.  

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Ever wondered if your handbag could carry more than it usually does? Do you have to choose between your cell phone charger and lip-gloss to have space in your bag? You are listening to you favourite song during a road block and your i-pod conchs off…and you don’t know what to do?
Well, for all those who have faced this and other power issues, there’s a good news. A handbag that can charge your electric gadgets while on move. Don’t believe me?

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Green rules the roost these days when it comes to colors, technology, fashion, lifestyle etc. Then why should cellphones be trailing behind in the green bandwagon? Electronics giant Siemens has roped in Formwelt Industrial Designs to come up with some innovative green models. The creative inputs of Hans-Henning Brabänder were also pooled in to produce the “Gigaset Eco Visions” “Leaf” and “Solar”. Looking elegant and eco-chick, these ultra-light models are carved out of 100% recyclable materials viz. liquid wood and eco-plastic. Formwelt Studio has kept in mind the eco-friendly quotient of each cellphone thus taking care of the components and materials (organic of course!),  energy consumption, natural energy source for handsets (which comes from sunlight) and emissions (during production processes and post production as well). All in all, the designer firm has taken care that the two phones be designer yet recyclable.

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The fun of trekking fades away when right on the destination you want to capture a splendid view and the battery of your camera runs out. The safe bet is to travel with a solar charger (of course there are easily available these days!). The latest addition in the market is the Power Monkey Explorer Solar Charger. This gadget is accompanied by a Solar Slave solar panel. With these two at your side, you don’t have to worry any more about low batteries for you are equipped with anytime, anywhere solar re-charging! The water-resistant Solar Slave can juice up your iPod/ digicam etc. in a matter of few minutes. It stores the Helios power and directs it to the Power Monkey Explorer’s Battery.

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Startling is this fact about solar power that, just about an hour of sunlight hitting the Earth’s surface is sufficient to fulfill the power needs of humans for an entire year!!! However, we know that if our systems were that efficient how much power we could generate with the sun rays coming down on our planet for the whole year. Besides expensive silicon components of a photovoltaic panel and low system efficiency, till now our knowledge on the mechanism behind solar storage was also limited. Bugged by the twin factors of inefficiency and expense a MIT professor Daniel Nocera undertook an exhaustive research at the end of (which he believes) his team has unlocked the ‘nirvana of energy’.The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy, Prof. Nocera has made a discovery that may change the way we have so far used solar power through PV cells. Being inspired by green plants that photosynthesize and store solar energy all the time in them, Prof. Nocera has developed a simple method to split H2O molecules.

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What’s summer fun without barbequing and grilling? But if you care for your planet then conventional barbequing is not a viable option. However, you can still enjoy grilled food in a truly green manner with the new Helios Solar Grill. Designed in a sci-fi manner, Helios brings the goodness of solar energy to you by grilling your food with sun’s heat. This grill is as efficient as a solar oven in terms of energy. While you grill your chicken on it the reflective solar dish is pointed away from you. This ensures maximum safety. This reflective parabolic dish focuses sunlight on a solar receptor ultimately changing sunlight into usable energy. This energy then travels to the grilling platform and heats up a coil which then helps in cooking food.

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HelioFocus Ltd., Setup at Ness Ziona, Israel in 2007 is into highly effective Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems. Recently this progressing firm has well thought-out to upgrade the existing C65 model of Capstone micro turbine to make it a solar powered turbine. Assessment is being carried out by Capstone specialists to study the prospects of alteration in existing turbine’s design. Capstone Turbine Corporation, primary company to promote workable micro turbines conventionally employs gaseous or liquid fuels for creating high ignition temperature air in their turbines. Intended for conversion of customary micro turbines, HelioFocus Parabolic Solar Concentrators would be utilized for transforming sunlight energy into grid electric power. Subsequently, the solar energy would be focused into a sunray’s activated receiving area and that would obviously supply comparable combustion heat to run the micro turbine.
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