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Eco Factor: Conceptual proposal for a visitor center powered by renewable energy. Eco-minded designer Michael Jantzen has come up with yet another sustainable proposal, for a large visitor center that is designed to be powered by renewable energy..

Eco Factor: Sustainable office building captures solar energy for power. Sulfurcell, a manufacturer of solar modules, has announced the development of a sustainable office building, which proves that solar construction can be both aesthetically...

Eco Factor: Non-linear devices to harvest energy from a wide range of frequencies. The need to devise machines that harvest energy from renewable sources has tempted researchers to think of systems that can harness energy from motion and convert...

Eco Factor: Wind farms generate 53% of total electricity demand. Spanish wind farms with a theoretical maximum capacity of almost 18GW generated 11.5GW, providing about 53% of Spain’s total electricity needs. The output was a new record in a...

Eco Factor: PV power plant to be built in Jiangsu province in China. Suntech Power Holdings Company has announced a partnership with Huadian New Energy Development Co. to develop a 10MW solar power plant in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province in China....

Eco Factor: Prototype house generates renewable electricity and reuses gray water. Broadway Malyan has designed a prototype sustainable dwelling for Sime Darby Property of Malaysia that will be used as an example of affordable green dwellings for.

Eco Factor: Renewable energy power plant stores sun’s energy in the form of molten salt. California-based SolarReserve is planning a new type of renewable energy power plant that will continue to generate electricity even after the sun goes...

Eco Factor: Bridge designed to harness wind energy from the movement of cars passing under it. Designers Tiago Barros and Jorge Pereira have come up with a bridge design that will be used by bikers and pedestrians as a safe way to cross the road...

Eco Factor: Carbon neutral housing project runs on solar energy. This era belongs to architecture, and we’ve seen some really ingenious ways architecture can go green. Here is another similar plan by architect Carl Burdick. The architect has...

Eco Factor: Underwater turbines could generate 10TWh of energy annually. Of all the forms of renewable energy, wave power seems the most complex, but if harnessed it could end the global dependence on fossil fuels for power. A spin-off from the...