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Eco Factor: Trucks powered by batteries.

Smith Electric Vehicles has stated that the company will start producing the “world’s largest electric truck” in Kansas City, Missouri. The trucks that are being developed by Smith Electric Vehicles…

Eco Factor: Solar energy generating towers.

Catellus Development Group has started constructing the “Sunflowers – A garden of Energy,” which is a solar energy generating system developed by Massachusetts-based artists Mags Harries and Lajos..

Eco Factor: Solar energy generating systems by Envision Solar might turn parking lots in solar parks.

Envisioning a bright and sun-powered future, Envision Solar has developed solar groves, which can be installed in parking lots all over the world.

Eco Factor: Solar power plant in Florida could serve 11,000 people.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors have signed a contract with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to develop the world’s second largest solar power plant in Indiantown, Florida….

Eco Factor: Gold bars recycled from old gold jewelry.

Researchers estimate that mining the amount of gold used in a typical 18 karat gold ring generates about 20 tons of mine waste, which does contain toxic elements harmful for the ecosystem. San..

Eco Factor: Super batteries made from liquid metals could save enormous amounts of electricity.

With electronic gadgets getting smaller, researchers around the globe are envisioning the smallest possible batteries that would be able to fuel the…

Eco Factor: Car powered by wind breaks land speed record for wind-powered vehicles.

British engineer Richard Jenkins has entered the record books with the wind-powered Greenbird, a car which clocked at 126.1 mph at Lake Ivanpah, powered only by 30.

Eco Factor: Ethanol-fueled fireplace.

Germany-based Blomus has launched a new fireplace they call the Vidro. Just like most of the fireplaces available on the eco-shelves today, this one too is fueled by clean and smokeless ethanol. Suitable for…

Eco Factor: Nanoscale piezoelectric generators could end battery dominance.

Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed new nanosized generators that can convert the energy of movement into electricity, which can then be fed.

Eco Factor: Non-black cars require less air conditioning,

Just when car manufacturers might have thought that electrifying cars is the only way out of the fuel crisis, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has thought of something much…