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Author Archives: Alexbenady

Alexbenady | Events | July 11, 2012

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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Alexbenady | Energy | April 1, 2011

Not enough wind to go around

Windpower not infinitely sustainable as thought previously - wave power also affected

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Alexbenady | Events | March 4, 2011

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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Alexbenady | Events
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Solar | February 11, 2011

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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Alexbenady | People | December 15, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Water | December 7, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Solar | October 29, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Energy | October 7, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Events | October 2, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Events
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Water | September 24, 2010

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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Water | September 10, 2010

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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Alexbenady | Events | September 9, 2010

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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