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A Hybrid Mobile Solar Power System for Hollywood Lights
Major events in the Pacific Northwest are experiencing the HybridMobile Solar Power System(TM) through our friends at Hollywood Lights (hollywoodlights.biz). Their first solar event of the summer, Sasquatch, was held in thebeautiful Gorge area east of Seattle. The Hybrid was part of the HondaHybrid Solar Stage. We’ll cover that event in moredetail in a later [...]
IBM Files Patent Application for Smart Traffic Lights
IBM has filed a patent application for a unique traffic light signal that will be able toautomatically stop and start engines of vehicles. The technology hasbeen aimed to increase fuel efficiency of cars at busy intersections.The system will be able to receive position information from vehicleswaiting at red lights to determine a queue of vehicles [...]
Solar Lights in Haiti: Update
In a press release today, solar-powered light manufacturer Sol, Inc.announced that the first phase of its Haiti relief effort has beencompleted. The company has already shipped approximately one third ofits first 130 solar light systems and is looking for air or seashipping partners to assist with the rest. While the bulk of thecompany’s $300,000 effort [...]
Sol, Inc. Donates Solar Lights to Haiti
Millions of dollars of relief may never reach Haitians in timeunless roadways, relief camps, hospitals and distribution areas canoperate past dark. Sol, Inc. is helping to solve the problem by donating some of its solar power street lights to the earthquake-stricken island. The total donation is expected to exceed $400,000 USD withassistance from suppliers, donations [...]
Solar Christmas Lights and Party Lights Strings
Ideal for use as a solar powered festive lights decoration atChristmas time or use all year round to decorate trees, shrubs, gardendecor, etc. Perfect for areas where electricity is unavailable ordifficult to run wiring. These solar string lights are perfectly safe,simple to install and great for use almost anywhere. The compactcontroller box comes complete with [...]
Practical Solar Powered Lights
We’veseen solar panels being stuffed into all kinds of gadgets includingcellphones and MP3 players. Here is a more practical use of solarenergy by designers Cheng-Tsung Feng, Yao-Chieh Lin and Bo-Jin Wang,who have integrated solar panels and the goodness of technology in aconcept traffic light. TheSolar Traffic Light, as the product has been entitled, includesDiscolor LED [...]
Ontario lights 7000 Solar Homes
Ottawa, Ontario is the Canadian version of Washington DC. Thecapital city. A vibrant society full of national leaders who wake upin the morning and hope to make a difference, to better the lives oftheir constituents. The Deputy Premire of Ontario and Minister of Energy, the HonorableGeorge Smitherman, along with Tristan Grimbert, Pres & EO of EDF ENCanada, [...]
Kurilpa Bridge Lights Up With Solar
The design for the Kurilpa Bridge is a world-first and a new landmarkfor the State of Queensland. Construction of the bridge began inOctober 2007 and is the first in the world to be built using a methodthat combines tension and compressed steel. The Premier says theKurilpa Bridge is the world’s largest tensegrity pedestrian and cyclebridge [...]
Venture Capital Lights Up Solar in Q3
We reported earlier this week on the resurgence of venture capitalinvestment in greentech. We broke it out sector-by-sector in this post. The graph above breaks it down year-by-year and looks at the recovery quarter by quarter The chart below is another example of some of the work done in the Greentech Innovations Report – where [...]