The Alternative Energy blog – green renewable alternative energy

Princeton University engineers have developed a device that may change the way that we power many of our smaller gadgets and devices. They have created a small chip that can capture and harness our natural body movement,  creating enough energy to power small devices that are electronic, such as cell phone or pacemaker. Read more [...]

The largest solar-powered boat in the world is set to launch. The catamaran PlanetSolar enjoys stats are: weight: 60-ton, a 470-square-meter are covered by 38,000 solar cells to generate 103.4 kW of energy. 18 million euro ($24.4 million) was spent to adorn this beauty in environmentally friendly way. PlanetSolar runs on 38,000 black photovoltaic cells tprovided by SunPower Corporation.  The solar panels have a pretty decent conversion rate of 22%. PlanetSolar will launch this month Read more [...]