The world’s largest operational off-shore wind farm is busy churning out megawatts and powering up the UK grid with green and renewable energy. Called the London Array, the wind farm had its 175th turbine commissioned on Saturday afternoon and overtook the Greater Gabbard west farm, also in UK. The array has a capacity of 630 MW and was completed in December.
The United States of America is embracing the greener side of transportation and the nation has seen a huge rise in the numbers of charging stations off-late. The US has increased the number of publicly accessible electric-vehicle charging stations by 9% in the first quarter of the current year, 2013! With increased demands from EV drivers who have begun taking to the streets recently, putting gas-guzzlers to shame, several municipalities and retailers have begun installing more charging stations.
His Holiness The Pope could soon travel in a one-of-a-kind green ride, unlike any his predecessors have travelled in before. Commissioned by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) after previous pontiff, Pope Benedict, spoke about a green Pope-Mobil, this pedal-powered chariot for the Holy Father is bullet-proof and amour-plated. Currently under development, the contraption will be ready for delivery this summer.
We’ve been following the journey of the awe-inspiring Solar Impulse HB-SIA plane since quite a while now. Termed as the world’s cleanest and greenest aircraft, this one is powered up by solar energy and does no harm to the environment as it flies through the skies above. The Solar Impulse uses batteries to store the electricity collected by the solar panels on its wings. The energy stored is then used to power up the plane’s engines.
Mercedes Benz recently announced its latest development that will hit the shores of the United States of America. The company will soon stock the 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive and the car will show up on store shelves by early 2014. With a sweet range of around 115 miles, the German automaker assures this to be one of the greenest cars to have rolled out of its assembly lines.
It’s best to inculcate habits in people when they’re young. Teaching the new generation the cons of fossil fuels and the pros of renewable energy is the need of the hour. What we’ve got here is a fuel cell-powered toy car that teaches kids the awesomeness of having a vehicle this clean. Called the H-ROVER or the H2GO, the toy is light, eco-friendly and is recyclable.
Being a technology big-shot isn’t easy, particularly when most of your research and manufacturing processes leave a dark carbon footprint on the environment around you. Well, Apple seems to have jumped aboard the green bandwagon and has taken a solemn oath to go eco-friendly. To show its commitment to the greener side, the company recently announced that 75% of its corporate facilities and data centers are now powered by renewable energy, thanks to the Apple’s newest development, pegged as the nation’s largest privately owned solar array.
While most shutterbugs settle on batteries to power up their cameras, Superheadz Japan has come up with an environment-friendly way of taking pictures! Called the Sun & Cloud camera, this one uses renewable energy to power up and is an eco-conscious shutterbug’s dream come true. Inspired by retro photography and given a dash of the digital world, the Sun & Cloud camera uses solar panels on its top that self-generate energy to power up this beautiful device. And that’s not all. If the sun does decide to hide behind those fluffy clouds, this camera can also be charged up with a hand-crank. Capable of taking both pictures and videos digitally, the Sun & Cloud also hooks on to USB ports to juice up and for data transfer.
Whoever said electric cars were slow is in for a shock. With a company name that fits its expertise, Epic EV recently unveiled the TORQ Roadster, a super-powerful electric car that puts most of its gas-guzzling peers to shame. Termed the fastest electric car ever created in the history of mankind, this one uses a tricycle-like design and sports only three wheels, two up front and one behind. The car is capable of touching the 60mph mark in just four seconds and requires no drop of acceleration on turns!
As fossil fuels are slowly though surely turning into a rarity and luxury of sorts, the world needs to leave its gas-guzzling vehicles at home and look for more feasible and energy-efficient ways to travel, like electric bicycles for example. Flight Bikes USA recently gave the electric bike market a little more to offer with these two swanky new developments. The first, called the Flight ECB-26L-A sports a RST Single-Shock A-Series fork. The second bike called the Flight ECB-26L-B on the other hand comes with an RST Omega double-shock fork.
