Verizon invests $100 million on solar energy project

     One of the largest telecommunication company, Verizon, has planned to invest $100 million of solar energy panels and fuel cells all across the rooftops of 19 different location nationwide. Two companies had joint hands alongside with Verizon, Clearedge power supplying the fuel cells and Sunpower for the the solar panels. The amount of energy produced from the project will be around 70 million kWh of electricity, enough to power about 6,000 homes in a year.
     Verizon had been part of the clean energy circle for quite some time, using small amounts of investments towards solar and fuel cell technology, but this project will carry on the company's largest commitment on going green, just as how Google had been making environmentally profound choices in all aspects of business.
     One of the locations that Verizon had chosen for the project to take place is the rooftops of a data center in New Jersey, as well as on the ground level near the data center. The investments from the project is expected to be returned in a period of 10 years.
     The deployment of solar panels and cell fuels had come to a growing trend for large telecommunications and network companies in the US. For example, Apple has planned on building it's own solar and fuel cell farms in North Carolina as well as Google recently working with Duke energy investing in a total of $1 billion in clean power.
   

Volta Racer -- World's First Solar-Powered Car (for Kids!)

       ToyLabs Inc. (Silicon Valley start-up) has unveiled its latest production as well as being the world's first solar-powered toy called Volta Racer. This toy has the components of a flexible polycrystalline silicon solar panel that helps capture sunlight to power up the toy. As produced initially to have children learn the advantages of green power and harnessing the sun's energy to power up future gadgets, ToyLabs has made the solar-powered toy from eco-friendly recyclable damage resistant materials cut at roundish angles so that it doesn't cause any damage to the kids. 

       Interestingly, the device can be assembled in a matter of 15 minutes, giving more insight on how kids can learn the basic concepts of solar electricity and mechanical engineering. Volta Racer can also traverse easily upon any terrain and only moves in either a straight line or roundish path depending on the setting of axle by the user.

The Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Panel

      Not being able to be remote-controlled may be the only downside to this remarkable yet educational toy for your kids but one is able to purchase the Volta Racer for only $25, which also gives you a variety of five color options to choose from. Even though it may not be remote-controlled, I'm sure it'll still bring enjoyment to kids as well as making them realize the importance of harnessing natural sources of energy in the not-so-distant future.

Google headquarters are more eco-friendly than ever

As we all know "Google" had been most recognized for their most trustworthy search engine that has now been branched out towards many technological innovations such as tablets, smartphones, netbooks, browsers, and smart televisions. It had also been discovered that Google had been charging their vehicles with solar energy by driving around campus with commuter vehicles powered by electricity.

George Clooney's tango T600

Google had worked on a project for fairly quite some time, regarding to charging their electric vehicles cost effectively  Therefore, Google had built carports all around their parking lot involving closely to 9000 solar panels made from Sharp Electronics, a unit of Japan's Sharp Corp, and using their parking lot as a charging station for their vehicles. Google is still looking for ways to make its campus more environmental friendly. “This is definitely just the tip of the iceberg,” Radcliffe said.