Ecofriend

Eco Factor: Solar panels for highways generate electricity and keep commuters safe. While roof-top solar installations are a great way to keep your home off the grid, highways offer a completely new dimension to solar installations. Researchers...

Eco Factor: Two new solar plants to be built in California desert. California is committed to meeting a goal of 20% renewable power by 2010, a goal which does seem impossible at the moment. However, Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced...

Eco Factor: Solar energy generating flowers installed by Toyota. Auto manufacturers do everything they can to promote their newest vehicles. While most manufacturers rely on ingenious adverts, Toyota has taken the upcoming launch of the Prius to...

Eco Factor: Ingenious plan to cover the Sahara with solar panels to generate clean electricity for Europe. Research estimates that if every square inch of the Earth is covered with solar panels, then the energy generated in one minute would be...

Eco Factor: Solar panels by First Solar break $1/watt barrier. In bad economic times, a reduction in the cost of products is always a welcome sign. That reduction gets even better if it’s about something we’ve always wished to come cheap....

Eco Factor: Solar installation at The Athenian School for renewable energy. REC Solar has finished installing 1300 PV panels at The Athenian School, finalizing an arrangement that will generate 220KW of green electric power. The PV panels are...