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Solar Waterpods Could Help Sahara Nomads Purify Salty Water

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Upper Egypt, which actually lies in the southern half of the country below the Nile Delta, is preparing to build a $1 billion solar...

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Lebanese “Green Loan” Funded Solar Irrigation System Breaks Ground

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Japan Mines Seabed “Fire Ice” – The World’s Most Dangerous Source of Energy?

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Markus Kayser’s Sun Cutter is Low-Tech Laser Cutter Powered Entirely by Sun

Anyone who loved the 3D Solar Sinter that uses the sun's energy to turn sand into functional glass objects will love the Sun Cutter....

Summer World Cup in Qatar Doesn’t Thrill FIFA Medical Chief

After months of debate about the wisdom of holding the 2022 World Cup football tournament in Qatar during the height of summer, FIFA's medical...

Masdar CEO Appointed Minister of State

By appointing the Chief Executive Officer of the country's leading renewable energy initiative as Minister of State, the oil and gas rich United Arab...

SunDwater Solar Mirrors Focuses the Sun to Make Dirty Water Clean

SunDwater's solar powered water distiller can convert polluted water like this into clean drinking water Chronic and even acute shortages of fresh drinking water is...

China’s Suntech Solar, Owing Millions, Faces Emminent Takeover

Suntech's financial woes may have an effect on solar energy plant projects like this one Suntech Solar, the Chinese solar panel manufacturing company that became...

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