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Google invests in Taiwanese solar company to boost green energy
Google is investing in a Taiwanese solar company with plans to build a 1 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of sustainable energy in the region. The company is placing a stake in New Green Power (NGP), part of BlackRock’s investment portfolio, for the project.
China is plowing $11 billion into a solar, wind and coal energy project
China is spending $11 on a renewable power facility, which also includes a coal plant.
Jackery shows off a rooftop solar tent at CES that makes overlanding more environmentally friendly
It's an all-in-one solar station for your truck roof.
It’s a great time to buy a solar generator
The low cost and greater output mean they're not just for TVs and coolers any more.
The EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra is a home battery that can harvest power from 42 solar panels
The new EcoFlow unit can hold up to 90kWh of power.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully delivers asteroid samples back to Earth
Seven years ago, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission was launched to collect asteroid samples from the near-Earth object Bennu. Today, the samples made landfall on Earth, closing a long-awaited chapter for the mission.
Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025
A Japanese public-private partnership will attempt to put orbital solar arrays in space later this decade.
Lightyear suspends production of its first solar EV to concentrate on its second
Dutch automaker Lightyear has announced that it's suspending production of its 0 EV to focus on the more affordable Lightyear 2.
Ecoflow boosts its off-grid smart home with a robotic mower
Who says living off-grid is hard?
Schneider Electric’s Home Energy System ties a battery to your smart home
Schneider wants to offer every part of your off-grid home in a single package.
Urbanista unveils ANC earbuds with a light-powered charging case
The company is using Powerfoyle solar cell material for its $149 Phoenix earphones.
Lightyear’s very pricey solar-powered car will go into production in late 2022
The Lightyear 0’s price tag is a cool €250,000.
Garmin Instinct 2 Solar smartwatches may never need charging
You'll just need to spend a few hours in bright sunlight every day instead.
Garmin's new Fenix 7 smartwatches get a touchscreen and a flashlight
The Fenix 7 finally has a touchscreen (and a fancy new LED flashlight too).
Wind and solar could meet 85 percent of current US electricity needs
Renewable sources may meet most power demands in 'advanced, industrialized nations,' according to a study.
Urbanista's solar-powered headphones tease a charger-free future
Wireless headphones that you never have to charge aren't here... yet. But Urbanista's Los Angeles set is a step in the right direction.
Keystone Light made the must-not-have wearable of the summer
It's a beer cooler vest with a Bluetooth speaker and solar power banks for charging devices.
Urbanista says its solar-powered headphones can basically play endlessly
The Urbanista Los Angeles ANC set can convert all light into power.
Europe created more energy from renewables than fossil fuels last year
Europe is slowly reducing its dependancy on fossil fuels. A report co-published by Ember and Agora Energiewende, two think tanks focused on clean energy, has revealed that the continent generated more electricity from renewables than fossil fuels in 2020.
Researchers created a Game Boy that doesn't need batteries
No need to carry around a set of spare AA batteries all the time.
