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World’s first combination hydro and solar plant goes online in Portugal

Jul 8, 2017

The first ever combined hydro-solar power station opens this week in Portugal. The Alto Rabagão hydroelectric dam, located in the north of country near the Spanish border, installed 840 floating solar panels th...

London red telephone boxes go green with free solar mobile charging facility

Abby Smith

Oct 2, 2014

Innovation

London, the UK, famous red telephone boxes are going to be green in color very soon. The government is turning iconic red telephone boxes into the green one as they are being equipped solar powered mobile charg...

Plant photosynthesis boosted by molecular vibrations

Platonium

Jul 14, 2014

Innovation

Scientists used ultrashort pulses of light to take a closer look at photosynthesis in plants, and, in doing so, discovered that molecular vibrations can actually enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis. The...

Solar energy powered renewable LED roads are future of the US

Platonium

Jun 5, 2014

Innovation

The idea seems very far off, but the small company based in Idaho, US has been working on prototypes for a few years and believe this can be a real thing in the world. Currently, the project has $1.9 million in...

Researchers found a way to store solar energy in dark

Abby Smith

Apr 16, 2014

Innovation, World

Till today people knew that solar energy can be stored in the presence of sunlight but scientists have found a way to generate solar power in the dark. Researchers from MIT and Harvard used nanotubes to absorb ...

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