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Google’s New Solar Technology


Google’s motto continues to be – If you want something done right, do it yourself. And now they’ve added the solar power business to their plan. Google’s developing new solar tech that will drop the cost from 18 cents a kW-h to just under 5 cents.
“We’ve been looking at very unusual materials for the [...]

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Solar Panel Roads As Energy Source


An American firm is currently working on a prototype solar panel that could be embedded into existing roads. The company, Solar Roadways, won a $100,000 grant from the US Department of Transportation.
The panels would also be covered with a mosaic of small lights, which could be illuminated to provide road markings and warning messages [...]

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Solio Solar Universal Hybrid Charger


Looking for the right personal solar charger? Solio’s Hybrid Charger is strong enough to charge all of your handheld electronic products at home or on the go. It’s a Hybrid because it can accept power from either the wall socket or Sun storing this energy within Solio’s internal rechargeable battery. The device then uses this [...]

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