Water Powered Charger
Time was, the phrase ‘water powered’ meant driven by the force of a river or torrent. Lately, it acquired a…
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Not enough wind to go around
Windpower not infinitely sustainable as thought previously - wave power also affected
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Mobile driving millions off the grid and on the cloud
The demand for mobile phone services has outstripped grid-bound electricity supply in 32 countries
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Off-gridders flee ‘solar Katrina’
One Florida family has bought an old chicken coop in West Virginia as an off-grid bolt hole fearing solar storms…
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Chinese greener than US
The common perception of China is a culture so hell-bent on economic growth that it doesn’t have time for the…
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Can this bucket save the world?
Pieter Hoff's Groais is an off-grid tree incubator that could help reforest an area the size of Canada wiping out…
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Can solar crash the grid?
Uptake of solar in Germany has been so great that the sudden appearance of the sun could generate so much…
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Power for remote cell-phones (and everything else)
Fenix International has launched a new battery designed for the rigours of life off-grid in the developing world
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NPower rips its customers again
One of the UK’s biggest power companies has been caught with its hand in its customers pockets –again, and has…
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Low-tech Biomimetics – wag the dog
How a clothing company invented a better moutaineering jacket by learning from a damp dog.
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World’s first pedal-powered Sub
Step.hane Rousson madce the world's first pedal powered air ship. Now he's made the world's first pedal powered sub marine
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For millions, nowhere to turn
With 15 percent of all household loans are already past-due or in foreclosure, off-grid living is the only solution for…
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