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Eco Factor: Concentrated Solar Plant to generate 17MW of renewable power. Torresol Energy has received a $120m loan from the European Investment Bank to develop Gemasolar – a salt-based concentrated solar plant that is expected to generate about.

Eco Factor: Solar suitcases to power medical equipment in impoverished villages. Engineering students at Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove are working on a unique project that aims to save hundreds of lives in impoverished villages around the.

Eco Factor: Renewable energy generator to power 1000 homes. Tidal Energy Ltd is seeking permission to install its DeltaStream device on the seabed, commencing a year-long trial to be held at Ramsey Sound, near St Davis. The company claimed that...

Eco Factor: New material being developed to lower the cost of fuel cells and better its performance. Fuel cells are often touted as one method to help decrease society’s addiction to fossil fuels. But there is still a lot of work to be done...

Eco Factor: Engineered photosynthetic process to produce fuel from CO2. Joule Technologies has announced a breakthrough in fuel generation from carbon dioxide present in the air. The technology is based on highly engineered photosynthetic microbes.

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: World’s largest cruise ship designed to minimize waste and consume 25% less power. After two and a half years of construction and environmental consideration, the world’s largest cruise ship commissioned by Royal Caribbean...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered prefabricated mobile living unit. Designed by Olga Kalugina, the BLOOM is a mobile living module designed to offer hi-end living on renewable energy sources far from civilization. The self-sustaining module works...

Eco Factor: Piezoelectric devices embedded on highways to generate electricity from moving cars. Ten months after a concept was developed at Innowattech, which could solve the global energy crisis, the first practical test of energy generating...

Eco Factor: Researchers harness potential difference between a tree and the soil to power tiny electrical circuits. Trees are known to provide cooling, oxygen and shade, but a new research conducted by scientists at the University of Washington...