Chinese Method For Growing Veggies Year-Round in Frigid Canada Really Works-And Has No Heating Costs

Fresh Pal Farms in Alberta Canada is growing heaps of produce even in-31 degree temperatures thanks to Chinese passive solar greenhouses.

By Blake Isbell

03 January 70 Views

Inspired to Save Their Arctic Home, This First Nation Installs 300KW Solar Station

Defying all expectations, the Fort Severin community is feasting on the energy and money savings from their 300KW solar power station.

By Blake Isbell

18 November 62 Views

Students Build Solar-Powered Pop-Up Van For Touring in a Brilliant Mobile Home That Has Zero Emissions

Students from Eindhoven University built a solar powered mobile home on wheels called Stella Vita and drove it 1800 miles on only sun.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 November 70 Views

Fascinating Man Grows Citrus Even in Snow With His Geothermal Greenhouse (WATCH)

This greenhouse grows oranges, lemons, and grapefruit on Nebraska's high plains in the dead of winter for a dollar a day.

By Jim Stout

15 March 64 Views

Church Uses Modern Stained Glass to Capture Solar Energy

A collection of eye-catching stained glass installations by a Toronto artist is generating solar power at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon. The artwork consists of solar panels embedded in brightly colored, hand-painted art glass. Once it is connected, the cathedral will be able to use the solar power produced by the art installation to offset its own power consumption.

By Jeanne Goddard

29 July 65 Views

Solar-Powered Pod Allows You to Live Anywhere Off the Grid, Now For Sale

Watch a video introducing this solar-powered pod with wind turbine that lets two people live off the grid anywhere they can park it.

By Jim Stout

10 January 61 Views

Despite Low Oil Prices, Renewables Attract Record $329 Billion in 2015

Despite bargain basement prices for oil and natural gas, renewable energies like solar and wind raked in a record $329.3 billion of investment last year. Clean energy investment surged in 2015 in China, Africa, the US, Latin America and India, driving the world total up 4% from 2014 and beating the previous record, set in […]

By Jeanne Goddard

16 January 65 Views

Solar-Powered Retreat in New Zealand Built For Only $75,000

If hoverboards didn't make you think that the future was here already, check out this solar-powered treehouse in the mountains of New Zealand.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 January 69 Views

UK Retail Giant Crowdfunds Solar Power For Its Stores, Gives 5% Interest

One of Britain's biggest retailers is crowdfunding solar power installations for its stores – but offering 5% interest on investments and donating profits.

By Jim Stout

13 July 65 Views

California Breaks Solar Record, Generates Enough Electricity for 6 Million Homes

California's solar power plants hit another milestone —and that doesn't include the hundreds of thousands of rooftop arrays across the state.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 July 67 Views

Solar Panels in the Shape of a Heart Will Show Love for the Planet

This heart-shaped solar plant will show love for the earth by keeping millions of tons of carbon out of the atmosphere.

By Jim Stout

19 June 62 Views

Iconic Lights of Vegas to Go Solar

At the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign is getting even more fabulous: The power source is going solar. Yesterday, officials broke ground at the site of the 50-year-old landmark and promised the makeover, with construction of renewable energy solar trees, will be completed in early 2014.

By Jeanne Goddard

19 November 73 Views

When a Solar Plant Becomes a Sculpture Garden, Tulip Power Blooms

Who says a power plant can't be pretty? Architects wanted to inspire people while building the world's first hybrid solar power generator.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 September 66 Views

IKEA UK To Start Selling Solar Panels in New 'Solar Shops'

By the end of the summer, IKEA branded solar panels will be available for purchase online and in UK stores for those who want to cut their electric bills.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 April 60 Views

Incarcerated Teens Build Solar Boat, Learning Life Lessons

A math and social studies teacher at Camp David Gonzales, a juvenile probation camp in California, worked tirelessly with a group of incarcerated young men to turn a kit of wooden planks into a solar-powered boat, able to compete against vessels built by high school students from across Southern California.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 May 62 Views