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    Lux Gloria stained-glass solar panels are beautiful and efficent

    Posted on July 31, 2013 by gavril

    While many would agree that solar panels are indeed an eye-sore and don’t generally help in increasing the aesthetic beauty of a home, there are ways in which solar juice can be harvested, without causing a disturbance to a façade. … Continue reading3 →

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    Emax Super Marine 45 superyacht uses solar panels to power up

    Posted on December 13, 2011 by gavril

    When it comes to green sailing vessels, this eco-friendly piece of marine engineering sure takes the cake. Called the Emax Super Marine 45, this one uses twin CMD TDI V6 engines coupled with GM Allison Hybrid Transmissions. Also, this one … Continue reading3 →

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    Artificial coral reefs use solar panels to grow

    Posted on September 5, 2011 by gavril

    And just like the rest of the environment around us, the world’s coral reefs are in trouble too, facing environmental harm climate-change, localized over-fishing and habitat destruction. And as we all know, replacing these naturally isn’t really an option, so … Continue reading3 →

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    Solar panels for NASA’s Juno spacecraft complete final flight tests

    Posted on May 30, 2011 by gavril

    NASA is all set to send Juno hurtling into space to Jupiter. And no, we aren’t talking about the whining orange-juice-drinking pregnant teen. Juno’s a solar powered state-of-the-art spacecraft that NASA will soon send out to Jupiter in an attempt … Continue reading3 →

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    Avatar sequels to go green with solar panels

    Posted on May 30, 2011 by gavril

    James Cameron’s masterpiece Avatar took the world by storm, and the next two sequels lined up with do the world a huge favor by going green and environment-friendly. To be filmed at the MBS Media Campus in Southern California, Cameron’s … Continue reading3 →

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    Solar panels made fashionable with Diffus’ solar powered handbag

    Posted on May 27, 2011 by gavril

    Solar panels aren’t necessarily an eyesore, interactive design firm Diffus just proved that. The firm’s latest project, a solar-powered handbag, proudly flaunts the solar panels attached to it, instead of shielding them inside given the fact that they can, at … Continue reading3 →

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    Armies of viruses to set about, maintaining solar panels in the future

    Posted on April 26, 2011 by gavril

    Researchers at MIT plan to leave the solar-panel-building task to viruses, stating that such organisms could help carefully layout carbon nanotubes and help align them too! MIT envisions legions of viruses setting out to build solar panels and help ensure … Continue reading3 →

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    Dubai Creek boasts solar panels cleaned with treated sewage water

    Posted on January 24, 2011 by gavril

    The Dubai Creek will now play home to solar panels that will soak in the sun’s rays and juice up the batteries of a little boat that the maintenance engineers will use. The boat, a battery powered vessel, is being … Continue reading3 →

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    Cyomo Electric Bike boasts fold-in solar panels that juice it up

    Posted on November 1, 2010 by gavril

    In the future, driving to work or the grocery store across the neighborhood probably won’t be such a gas-guzzling affair. That maybe because there’s a better alternative than driving down there time and again. You could simply use an electric … Continue reading3 →

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    Solar panels crown New York Bellevue Fire District No. 9 station

    Posted on August 24, 2010 by gavril

    New York Bellevue Fire District No. 9 station’s firemen sure have a lot less to worry about, especially when it comes to power management and the carbon footprints they’ve been leaving behind all this while. And that’s because the fire … Continue reading3 →

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