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Eco Factor: Solar energy harvesting bag to charge portable electronics. Konarka Technologies has announced that the company’s Power Plastic solar panels have been integrated into Neuber’s Energy Sun-Bags, which are the lightest solar energy.

Eco Factor: Solar-powered laptop charger. With the market already flooding with portable electronic gadget chargers that run on solar energy, companies are trying to integrate other features in their devices that can help them gain an edge over...

Eco Factor: Solar energy generating system easily incorporates into existing infrastructure. Adding solar panels into the existing electrical infrastructure of your home isn’t easy, especially if you’re trying to go green the conventional...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered charger for cellphones and PMPs. Just a few weeks after i.Tech Dynamic launched its solar-powered Bluetooth headset, the company is back again, and this time with solar-powered charger for mobile devices. Dubbed...

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: Highly-efficient solar panels don’t need direct sun. Already available in a variety of shapes and forms, solar panels are going to get more efficient and perhaps good-looking with a Jerusalem company called GreenSun, looking for...

Eco Factor: Solar panels capable of harvesting artificial light developed by New Energy Technologies. Installing rooftop solar panels to make a single home go off-grid is easy. However, using the same technique in skyscrapers isn’t feasible...

Eco Factor: The terminal includes solar panels and other renewable resources to reduce emissions. A new terminal designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke's was unveiled today by BBA. The new terminal is...

Eco Factor: Solar plant to provide energy to the track and add power to the local energy grid. In an effort to add green to the thrilling NASCAR races, Pocono Raceway has announced the development of a 3MW solar plant. Fueled by 25 acres of solar.

Eco Factor: Outdoor furniture generates solar electricity. People often don’t like waiting for someone, and the wait gets even more cumbersome if it extends after dark and you don’t have any place to sit other than some expensive restaurant...