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Rome Welcomes EVs With Toshiba Smart Grid

September 26, 201113 years ago charis 2 Comments

The city of Rome, Italy is poised to welcome electric cars to its streets, according to Toshiba. The electronics giant announced this week that its Italian subsidiary Ansaldo Transmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A (Ansaldo T&D) won a contract to supply a smart grid distribution system to ACEA Distribuzione S.p.A (Gruppo ACEA), one of Italy’s leading public utilities. The system will include solar power arrays and storage batteries, as well as a control unit and smart meters.

Pull-Out Solar Power in a Handy Carrying Case

March 18, 201113 years ago susan 7 Comments

OS – a Japanese company that makes retractable screens for projectors – has invented this very handy portable solar power-on-the-go device, which sells for ¥60,000 – or about $730.

DIY: Solar-Cell Rechargeable Batteries

February 23, 200915 years ago jerryjamesstone 13 Comments

Energizer Bunny beware! Knut Karlsen has created a solar-cell charging battery prototype using flexible solar cells from IFE and some older NiMH rechargeable batteries. The batteries are being coined as “SunCast” batteries and work much like a trickle charger.