Beautiful small yachts with a solar-panel roof. There’s 4 models; Solar e-xclusive, Electric Light, Solar light, and Electric e-xclusive, prices around €15.000

Here’s a vid:

GardaSolar

Under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

@wfes2012 is the world’s foremost annual meeting committed to advancing future energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies. By teaming up  politics, business, finance, academic and industry leaders to drive innovation, business and investment opportunities in response to the growing need for sustainable energy.

• Solar PV,
• Wind Energy,
• Smart Grid/Building IT,
• Water,
• Biofuels/Biomass,
• LED Lighting,
• Electric Vehicles and Energy storage
• And more…

Except for the world class Summit, there is an  international exhibition, the Project Village, Roundtable Discussions, Innovate @ WFES, the Young Future Energy Leaders program, corporate meetings and social events.

Here’s a vid:

Link: World Future Energy Summit 2012 | 16 – 19 January 2012 | Abu Dhabi.

The B£ is the fourth local currency,after the Totnes Pound in Devon, Lewes Pound in Sussex and Stroud Pound in Gloucestershire, but the first in an urban area.

It’s a NON-DEBT based currency! Started by a group of volunteers from Transition Town Brixton (TTB), a community-led organisation for action on energy issues and climate change. Supported by Lambeth Council and philanthropic trusts.

The Brixton Pound  uses the Monea ICT platform, which is a partnership between nef (the new economics foundation), the Transition Network and QOIN, a Dutch complementary currency foundation. Community currencies using Monea will also be piloted in two other areas in the UK and in three areas in Holland over the next 12 months.

Here’s the Debate Your Plate vid:

More on the The Brixton Pound (B£).

A great solar back up unit for around the house or out in the country. Handy in area’s where blackouts or power outages are common. Power to charge up your cell phone, your radio or charge up your laptop, the Ecotricity 1800 Watt rollable Solar Generator is a great choice.

• High efficiency foldable solar panel

• Built in 1800 Watt Xantrex inverter/charger

• Practical and portable mobile solar generation

• Digital Battery status indicator

• 3 x 18Ah internal SLA batteries

• 4 x 120VAC electrical outlets

• 1 x 12VDC accessory or charging port

• 50Ft of cable between solar panel and inverter

• No assembly required

• Charge from 80W solar panel or AC plug

• No noise or emissions

Ecotricity 1800W Solar Power Generator ECO1800S – Portable Solar Generator.

The 240 volt charger charges the batteries in 12 hours, the back-up 110 volt charger takes about 12 hours. The batteries are 104 groups of seven 728 lithium ion phosphate (LiFePO) cells, these should still retain 93% capacity after 100.000 miles.

The car has customizable colors, wheels and interior.

Here’s a vid:

Solar laptop charger backpack

The Array Solar Backpack is a tough solar backpack built for the modern backpacker. Travel with your laptop and charge it with the solar powered backpack anywhere.  Advanced solar cells and a portable solar battery charger that’s powerful enough to energize all your gadgets. The front solar pocket of is also removable and can be attached to other bags for convenient charging.

1 hour in direct sun provides up to 30 minutes of run time on a laptop. 1.5 hours of direct sun powers a complete cell phone charge.

The Array Solar Laptop Charger Backpack – Solar Bag comes with the Array Solar Laptop Charger Backpack with (3) 3.4 Watt 6V solar panels, 1 – Universal 16,000 mAh / 60 Watt Hour Laptop Battery, 9 standard laptop adapters, a USB Port and 5 standard cell phone and universal adapters for other electronic device tips for the most popular devices.

Array Solar Laptop Charger Backpack – Solar Bag.

Here’s a vid:

Voltaic Array Solar Laptop Charger – Youtube

The latest in electric sports cars, world-premiere of the Honda EV-STAR will be the main attraction of the 42nd Honda’s Tokyo Motor Show, sat dec. 3 2011.

A 100 mile/160 km range with a 6 hour charge using a conventional plug and a 3 hour charge time with a 200 volt outlet.. With a max electric output of 58 kW (or 78 hp) Honda claims a 0-60 km (not miles) time in 5.0 seconds.

Here’s a vid:
 Honda EV-STER – Youtube

Source: AutoGuide.com News.

The #Solar iPad Charger  from Solar Goose

Wanna save the world a little and still use your iPad? The Solar Ipad Charger and case is perfect for conserving energy, and helping reduce your carbon footprint while charging and protecting your iPad.

5.5 VOLTS/ 8000mAh, can also be charched via computer or outlet. Solar charging takes 8 to 12 hours. There’s a little photo-frame-like stand included.

The solar oven can bake, steam or boil any food without fuel, using only sun-energy. It can reach temperatures up to 350-400 degrees F. Without the reflectors, the oven reaches 210-260 degrees F. A chicken will cook in 2,5 hrs.

Check out the complete Eartheasy Solar Oven Gallery.

Here’s a vid:

Sport Solar Oven Kit – Eartheasy.com Solutions for Sustainable Living.

A frozen magnet, cooled with liquid nitrogen hovered anywhere in the magnetic field, seemingly locked in position. It was even able to spin around a strack, locked in any position you would put it in, even upside down!

This technique could lead to great innovations in transport.

Here’s the video:
Quantum Levitation – YouTube.