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Shimizu Corporation: Let’s Use The Moon As A Solar Plant
We recently reported about Shimizu Corporation’s plan to create self-powered “botanical cities” and the construction firm has now come up with yet anotheringenious proposal to use the moon as a solar power plant for the earth. The firm’s LunaRing proposal includes the installation of solar panels on a 6800mile belt around the moon’s equator, since [...]
The Solar Powered, Energy-Efficient New Moon in Dubai
Dubai may have its financial troubles. But that hasn’t stopped thecountry from plucking the moon out of the sky. Designed by VarabyeuPartners for an international design competition, the New Moon will bethe center piece of a new landscape park, Zabeel Park, in the City ofDubai. The structure is designed as a crescent, a symbol [...]