In the middle of southern Israel’s desert, engineers are hard at work building the world’s tallest solar tower, reflecting the country’s high hopes for renewable energy. Once completed in late 2017, the Ashalim Tower will…
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Kenyan inventor receives funding for The Soular Backpack
McGill University student, Salima Visram, grew up just outside of Mombasa, Kenya next to the Kikambala village where 22,000 people live below the poverty line. From a very young age, Visram was taught to understand the…
WATCH: Ever wondered how powerful the sun really is?
Our sun is made up of primarily: 71% hydrogen and 21.7% helium. Videographers recreated that exact recipe in a studio to create a miniature sun. What do you get when you light hydrogen and helium…
Island generates electricity solely from solar energy
The remote Pacific islands of Tokelau have become the first territory in the world to generate their electricity entirely from solar energy, in a project hailed as an environmental milestone. Before the solar power grid…