If the whole world consumed 500 quadrillion BTU’s of energy in 2000, and that’s only a bit generous, than a square of photovoltaic cells 200 miles on a side would have produced 100% of the world’s energy requirements in that year. That’s assuming 8 watts of output per square foot of PVs, 6 hours of [...]

Anuvu’s Magic Carpet

Mockup of Anuvu’s Car

Would you buy a car that goes 700 miles on a fill-up, and costs only $20 to fill the tank? There are many candidates for next-generation cars: high-tech diesels, hybrids, super-engineered gasoline powered cars, electric cars, and fuel cell cars that use reformers. But the most efficient we’ve [...]

Who will be the first to manufacture truly cost-competitive Photovoltaic cells?

In a small lab in sunny Inglewood, California, EcoWorld has discovered Dr. Vijay Kapur, who for 29 years has been at the forefront of research and development of photovoltaics. Formerly Director of Research for Arco Solar, with a PHD in Chemistry, Kapur’s current venture [...]

Jonathan Brewer

When Jonathan Brewer headed west in 1981 to seek his fortune in the goldfields of California, you would think he came 132 years too late. Not so. There’s still a lot of gold in the Sierra and the mining concerns that Brewer worked for in those early years are alive and well. [...]