Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.K. tech company called Pavegen has invented a way to generate renewable energy from people’s footsteps. Stepping onto a ...

This summer shoppers at the Westfield Stratford City shopping center in east London will be generating more than revenue for the stores. Visitors will also be creating power by walking over specially ...

If you had the good fortune of obtaining tickets to the Olympics, you might have inadvertently contributed to a potential breakthrough in renewable power. Around one million or so visitors alighted at ...

Building-integrated photovoltaics won't make your inner architecture critic wince, but you may have to make a trade-off on efficiency. In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts ...

Thanks to a system created by SRS Energy and offered exclusively as an upgrade option to customers of US Tile (the largest manufacturer of clay tile in the United States), those wishing to benefit ...

While scientists work to increase the efficiency of photovoltaics, designers are striving to make them sleeker, more adaptive, and easier to install. Case in point: SRS Energy’s Solé Power Tile, a ...

A roof tile that harnesses solar energy to heat water and generate electricity, has been invented by an Australian industrial designer. The plastic tile is filled with solar cells and connects to a ...

Ask around to homeowners who have looked into capturing solar energy on their roof, and they will likely tell you there are several problems with the standard solar panel. The cost to install can be ...