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Category: International

  • Ontario Government Commitment to a Clean Economy Lauded by Canadian Solar Industry

    Solar generation remains the preferred fuel-source for electricity consumers nationwide. The Ontario Government’s newly-announced policy on emissions pricing will help to transition Canada to a clean economy, and secure a place for solar energy as an integral part of an Ontario economy grown on renewable electricity. The Canadian Solar IndustriesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Ontario Government Commitment to a Clean Economy Lauded by Canadian Solar Industry

    Solar generation remains the preferred fuel-source for electricity consumers nationwide. The Ontario Government’s newly-announced policy on emissions pricing will help to transition Canada to a clean economy, and secure a place for solar energy as an integral part of an Ontario economy grown on renewable electricity. The Canadian Solar IndustriesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Biobattery That Can Supply Various Types of Energy

    The prototype of a promising biobattery has recently been developed by researchers at the German Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Energy and Safety Technology. The battery they developed is actually a highly efficient biogas plant which is capable of transforming different types of organic raw materials, such as straw, scrap wood and sludge into different energy…

  • Innovative Off-The-Grid Mobile Home

    Gerhard Feldbacher, a designer from Austria, has just launched a small home, which can easily be moved around on a whim, though it is not a true mobile home. He’s calling his invention Simple Home, and it is designed to rest atop four legs which allows the home to be easily installed in the desired…

  • Small Passive House Can be Built in Just 10 Days

    Castlemaine Passivhaus, designed by the Australian architecture firm Carbonlite, was recently awarded the stringent Passive House certification, though the home is far from your typical building to meet this standard. At just 419 square feet, and a build time of only ten days, it certainly has the capability to bring passive construction closer to the…