An unconventional and first-of-its-kind form of transportation infrastructure could be the answer to traveling across fjord-ridden Norway. Photo credit: Norwegian Public Roads Administration To complete the 680-mile drive under current conditions, you would have to allow 21 hours for travel. Why? Traveling north-to-south across the country requires eight ferry trips across fjords. Norway’s fjords are […]
Since we can already fly on sunshine, why can’t we drive on it? Chinese company Hanenergy, the world’s largest thin-film solar panel maker, has launched four concept cars that are fully powered by sunlight. Hanenergy’s cars are basically electric vehicles (EV) covered with solar panels. According to Dr. Gao Weimin, Hanergy vice president and CEO […]
A German manufacturing company has developed a bicycle/car/moped hybrid that could change how people travel around cities. Photo credit: Schaeffler Schaeffler, a major manufacturer of parts for the automotive and aerospace industries, created the Schaeffler Bio-Hybrid—a vehicle small enough to fit in the bike lane, but that has motor assist and is easily parked. The […]
Who knew that the Windy City has become so green? As Co.Exist reported, Chicago is quietly becoming the country’s urban agriculture capital with 821 growing sites across the city, from small community gardens to multimillion dollar indoor farms, according to the Chicago Urban Agriculture Mapping Project. Even O’Hare’s Terminal 3 is home to the world’s first […]
Missouri’s Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has announced plans to install solar panels at a rest stop alongside the iconic Route 66 as part of the department’s “Road to Tomorrow Initiative.” [instagram https://instagram.com/p/BGxg2n6p0FH expand=1] The Historic Route 66 welcome center in Conway, Missouri will receive the nation’s first solar roadway panels on a public right of […]
The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Seville on Thursday, completing its historic trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Solar Impulse 2, a sun-powered aircraft, took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City at 2:30 a.m. on June 20. The flight to Seville, Spain, took approximately 90 hours to complete—traveling at 140 km/h […]
Sweden opened a stretch of electric highway, becoming the first country to test electric power for heavy transport. Electric-powered trucks are expected to cut 80 to 90 percent of fossil fuel emissions in Sweden. A 22 kilometer (or roughly 13 miles) stretch of the E16 road—which connects Oslo, Norway, to Gävle, Sweden—is fitted with power […]
Mark Z. Jacobson’s new digs is the perfect home for the prominent renewable energy advocate. This zero-net energy home took only a few weeks to build. Photo credit: Bone Structure The Stanford professor’s Solutions Project famously lays out roadmaps for 139 countries, including the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters, to switch to 100 percent clean, renewable energy generated from […]
Boyan Slat’s ambitious plan to rid the world’s oceans of plastic has taken another step towards reality with its first prototype to be tested at sea. The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, founded by the 21-year-old Slat, has deployed a 100-meter clean-up boom today in the North Sea in The Netherlands. The prototype was unveiled before its […]
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