http://youtu.be/QYPOHhCxRNw Movie sets are notorious energy hogs, from heating and cooling systems, to round-the-clock generator usage, to lighting. Notably, Sony’s romantic comedy Think Like a Man, directed by Tim Story, is the first film entirely lit LED style. What’s the big deal about using LEDs on a movie set (or … [continued]
Breaking up isn’t easy. That’s what GM-Volt.com creator Lyle Dennis realized when he couldn’t fit his wife and three kids into his Chevy Volt. The Chevy Volt lover recently decided he needed an electric hybrid that could ferry all five members of his family, and the Volt just wasn’t … [continued]
During an election season, it’s easy to find huge faults in every politician, so let’s take a look back on one former president that we can all be proud of, Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was forward thinking on many national policies, including (way ahead of his time) his prescient … [continued]
More and more fashion designers are serious about showcasing renewable technologies and sustainable practices, but it’s especially nice to see fashion powerhouses, like Chanel, embrace green concepts. The 2013 Chanel runway show in Paris Fashion Week included a catwalk that looked like it was made from solar panels and … [continued]
Vestas has its game face on these days, with a powerful 8MW turbine in the works and 68 MW of new turbines set for a wind farm in the UK. The latest news is that twelve 3MW wind turbines have been ordered for three wind farms in northeastern France. The turbines will be … [continued]
Free stuff is awesome. But let’s face it, there’s usually a catch to ‘free’. Getting information on patents is free — the catch is that sorting through patents can be incredibly time consuming since — even just for cleantech, there are thousands of cleantech patents ever year. Enter CleanTech … [continued]
Embracing wind power is not just for city dwellers and young ‘uns. In this episode of Fully Charged, English farmer Chris Holmes (with a terrific British accent) speaks candidly about the wind turbine on his farm. The farmer is located in Worcestershire, where the mighty wind blows his turbine … [continued]
Hippies, hipsters, and surfers are mourning the killing off of the Bulli EV Van, a version of the classic Volkswagen Type 2 bus. But fear not, as Volkswagen “has confirmed that the 313 mpg XL1 (pictured above) will debut sometime next year,” according to Gas2. The XL1 is a … [continued]
Not to be outdone by their wind-power-loving neighbor Germany, Poland is set to harness 40 MW of wind with 20 Vestas wind turbines by the end of 2013. The turbines are going to dot the skyline of Wicko on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea, about 50 miles … [continued]
Phasing out disposable batteries is on the horizon with super thin flexible solar panels harvesting ambient energy in your home — and we’re not talking about some home of the future with floor-to-ceiling glass walls, but normal windows with average amounts of light streaming in. In this episode of … [continued]
