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Eco Factor: Sustainable city of the future where fossil fuels will no longer be required. Architects and designers are having a hard time envisioning the state of the planet after a couple of decades. We all know that what we require is...

Eco Factor: Concept remote control powered by motion. All those portable electronic devices, which promise to make our life a little easier, come with threats to the environment that includes disposing them off with their batteries still...

Eco Factor: Underwater turbines to generate renewable energy. Hydroelectricity is definitely a greener alternative to the energy generated in coal-fired power plants. However, mostly all hydropower plants rely on the dams to act as water...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered gadget lets visitors know the amount of energy generated by the building’s solar array. Solar energy is by far the most utilized form of renewable energy that finds a place for itself in a wide variety of gadgets and...

Eco Factor: Wind energy over earth’s oceans is an efficient way to generate renewable energy. Offshore wind farms are not a new concept in the renewable energy field and Europe has already made several developments in the technology, which...

Eco Factor: Hydrogen fuel cell achieves 63% efficiency. NKG Insulators Ltd has announced the availability of a new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that has an efficiency of 63%. The SOFC uses hydrogen gas as fuel and features a power output of over..

Eco Factor: Documents reveal India’s plans to generate 200GW of solar electricity by 2050. With only 3MW solar electricity being generated in India as of today, the country has plans to be a part of the green nations of the world by 2050....

Eco Factor: Outdoor umbrella generates power for recharging portable devices. Konarka Technologies, an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic (a material that converts light to energy), is working to make sure that power...

Eco Factor: Concept ship powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Japan-based Nippon Yusen KK (NYK) has shown the future of shipping, which by all means is green to its core. Though these green vessels are still are a couple of decades away from...

Eco Factor: Foot-powered generator for your portable gadgets. Without a charged battery, your portable electronic gear is nothing more than small chunks of trendy looking plastic. Having a discharged cellphone in the middle of nowhere frustrates...