The California-based firm Joby Energy's prototype is a 30-kilowatt system that looks like a high-tech version of the Wright Brothers' plane, sans cockpit.

Eco Factor: Container port to tap wind energy using five wind turbines.

A new container port in New Jersey is looking to tap wind energy to generate all the energy it needs. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to power the port...

Eco Factor: Sustainable tower harvests solar and wind energy.

The Spiral Tower is a proposal for a sustainable residential tower for Berlin. The eco tower features apartments stacked in opposite directions in a criss-cross pattern that leaves...

Eco Factor: The concept harvests both solar and wind energy.

The industry is flooded with environmentally friendly concept designs, but often we notice that these designs are either impractical or not cost effective. However, designer Harsha...

Eco Factor: Thermocell to generate electricity from waste heat.

Apart from developing technology to harvest abundant solar and wind energy, there are a few researchers who are concentrating on waste materials, such as heat, which can be tapped to..