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Eco Factor: Device processes grease to produce electricity and also provides hot water to building.

James Peret, an engineer by profession, has come up with a unique way of producing alternative energy. After putting in 80 hours every week for..

Eco Factor: Roll-up solar charger for portable electronic gadgets.

Sprint made news yesterday when the cellphone company announced the launch of new ecofriendly solar chargers for mobile devices, which could prove beneficial for campers, and now…

Eco Factor: Bacteria can produce biofuel from non-food biomass.

New research could lead to the end of the fuel versus food controversy regarding biofuels. Scientists are presently experimenting with bacteria called “Anaerocellum” that is said..

Eco Factor: Bluetooth headphones powered by flexible solar panels.

While many of us are just wondering about a world where renewable energy will rule every sphere of life, Romania-based Shepeleff Stephen, is working on ways to make it as fresh as..

Eco Factor: Toyota’s solar ventilation system to be powered by Kyocera’s solar modules.

Kyocera Corporation has announced that the company is producing multi-crystalline silicon solar cells for the world’s best-known eco-car, the Toyota…

Eco Factor: Lithium-ion batteries for automobile applications from Hitachi.

Lithium-Air batteries promise a 10X increase in storage capacity in lab tests, however, their practical use is a couple of decades away and till then car manufacturers…

Eco Factor: Zero-emission bicycles.

With fuel prices touching new heights, it could be well imagined that we won’t be driving around in our fuel guzzling SUVs and the cruisers which we are so accustomed to. However, some designers have made sure.

Eco Factor: Visitor capsules of the London Eye to be made energy efficient.

Merlin Entertainments Group, the owner of the London Eye, has announced that the visitor’s capsules of the London Eye will get a £12.5m makeover, which will make them…

Eco Factor: Integrating wind turbines in electrical transmission towers in France could rival the energy production of two nuclear reactors.

The installation of wind turbines has always been criticized, as they disfigure the landscape. With the…

Eco Factor: Low-output CSP systems for individual institutions.

In a bid to bring affordable energy solutions to off-the-grid areas of the world, student researchers at MIT have developed a small scale CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) system that…