Vada Energy blog

Do you want to charge your phone? Put in into direct sunlight and you won’t depend on plugs and cords anymore. At least this is what we are promised by this new cell phone.
The waterproof solar cell phone will be sold starting with June by Japan’s No.2 wireless provider, KDDI Corp. The gadget has been [...]

Burning things to get energy is not something new, in fact this is what we’re trying to get rid of. I usually don’t promote “habits” like this on this green blog, but, nevertheless, there are a few cases where this can be considered alternative energy. Or, at least, you could say it’s an alternative to [...]

HP has announced a new range of notebook batteries developed by Boston Power, which will be available for 18 existing notebook models developed by the company, representing approximately 70 percent of HP’s consumer notebook PC portfolio, coming with a 3-year warranty.

Some ideas are so simple that I wonder how comes I didn’t think of them first. Well, need teaches the man, and when you’re in an economical crisis like we are now, the number of people thinking of efficient/economic solutions is getting bigger and bigger, and the chance of missing one aspect of something that [...]

This is for those who often leave their TV sets and other electronics on standby, instead of shutting them down or putting them hibernate. I shamefully count myself among these guys from time to time, but I’m trying to recover.

Le Lievre, co-founder and former CEO of Ausra, now founder of Chromasun, is planning to launch a very efficient solar powered air conditioning system in the first quarter of 2010.
The big advantage of Chromasun’s AC is the over 75% efficiency and 95% less silicon than a conventional solar panel that normally converts 23% light energy [...]

It is no secret that the energy delivered by batteries has failed to keep pace with the growing demands of power-hungry consumer products. We all deal with the inconvenience of batteries and plugging in to recharge!
Meanwhile, the multi-billion market for batteries will continue to grow exponentially in the years ahead as more people around the [...]

The Energizer company has announced the release of their first solar-powered AA and AAA battery portable charger in January 2009 in Las Vegas. This gadget looks like a clamshell cellphone, where the keypad section is replaced by battery slots and the display by solar panels. Some features of this battery-charging gadget will be: a USB-out [...]

Sage Electrochromics, which makes energy-saving glass, has received $20 million in funding from Good Energies, Bekaert, and Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials.

Sony invented a digital camera for the little ones: it has a rubber wheel that you have to turn 15 times to take a shot. And, the best part… IT’S DIGITAL! In fact, the camera isn’t small and very performant, but it covers a niche that few thought about in the last time.

Have your ever seen those self-powered mechanical watches, those who charge themselves from your hand’s movement? They have one half of a heavier metal disc spinning around an axis. That movement rotates some wheels, who finally rotate the watch spring.

If you ever had to do with a computer, or with buying a computer by parts, then you surely have heard of MSI. They are a big Taiwanese manufacturer of computer motherboards (those boards that you put your microprocessor and memory on). They’re not on the top of quality and performance, but they sell well, [...]

Apple wants to develop a solar technology for its devices (laptops, ipods, etc). They want to incorporate solar panels in the devices’ screen, so it is invisible for the user.

Have you ever wondered where does the energy that keeps your fixed phone alive and make it ring comes from? Well, you may already know it comes from the telephone company, particularly from a PABX machine.

What do you think a device named “XX25? is used for? Kindergarten operations? Or some fancy church bell, or an automatic makeup machine? No… the California-based company Ultracell designed this methanol fuel cell for the army. XX25 uses eight and a half ounces of methanol to supply power for a military laptop for eight hours. [...]