Carfree Cities
Imagine life in a city free from the noise, stench, and danger of cars, trucks, and buses. Imagine that all basic needs, from groceries to child care, lie within a five-minute walk of every doorstep....
View Article11 MW Solar Tower Complex Opens in Spain
Europe’s first concentrated tower open recently near the sunny southern Spanish city of Seville. The 11 megawatt plant took four years to build — it was created by a Spanish energy company, Solucar....
View ArticleSolar Trees May Light Up Europe
This is a great innovation — the streets of Europe could soon be lit by "solar trees". These self-contained streetlights could save cities energy and money too. Unlike regular streetlights, they do not...
View ArticleRock Port: First U.S. City To Run On 100% Wind Power
Officials at Rock Port, Missouri, christened a four-turbine wind farm this week, making Rock Port the first U.S. city to get 100% of its electricity from wind power. The $90 million Loess Hills Wind...
View ArticleBiogas: Producing Ultra-Efficient Fuel From Sewage
We could be generating huge amounts of power from sewage. The process is fairly simple — just ferment sewage to produce a fuel called biogas. Biogas is almost entirely methane, and so is natural gas,...
View ArticleCity Of Green Rings To Be Built In Korea
A Dutch architecture group MVRDV have won a competition to design a city center for Gwanggyo, a new city which could be built south of Seoul, Korea. The town is planned to be a self-sufficient city of...
View ArticleSolar Trees May Light Up Europe
This is a great innovation — the streets of Europe could soon be lit by "solar trees". These self-contained streetlights could save cities energy and money too. Unlike regular streetlights, they do not...
View ArticleRock Port: First U.S. City To Run On 100% Wind Power
Officials at Rock Port, Missouri, christened a four-turbine wind farm this week, making Rock Port the first U.S. city to get 100% of its electricity from wind power. The $90 million Loess Hills Wind...
View ArticleBiogas: Producing Ultra-Efficient Fuel From Sewage
We could be generating huge amounts of power from sewage. The process is fairly simple — just ferment sewage to produce a fuel called biogas. Biogas is almost entirely methane, and so is natural gas,...
View ArticleCity Of Green Rings To Be Built In Korea
A Dutch architecture group MVRDV have won a competition to design a city center for Gwanggyo, a new city which could be built south of Seoul, Korea. The town is planned to be a self-sufficient city of...
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