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Goal Zero Launches the New Yeti 150 at CES 2013

When Super Storm Sandy hit the Northeast in late October Goal Zero the leading manufacture of portable solar products was there. They contributed almost $600,000 in portable solar power products as part of their You Buy, We Give Program. They will also be at CES 2013. They will be showing off the Yeti 1250 Solar Power Generator which has been

SolarKindle Lighted Kindle Cover

The E Ink screens of e-book readers are much easier on the eyes than traditional LCD ones but as they're not backlit, reading in low light or the dark is a little tricky. SolarFocus's lighted Kindle cover solves this problem and more. Andy takes a look. The SolarKindle lighted Kindle cover is a combination of a hard case, LED light, battery

Best RoI for Green Tech

In GNC #532, Todd mentioned that the price of solar was going to fall by 30%.  In this, case, he was talking about photovoltaic cells, i.e. ones that generate electricity from sunlight, but there are a whole host of green energy technologies.  So what gives the best return on your green investment? The Self Build show was on in Belfast in

GNC-2009-07-03 #490 Happy Indepence Day

Have solved my FF crashing issue and we have show notes once again. My winning podcasters check in and are ready to roll. Lots of tech news tonight but I take a little time at the beginning of the podcast to talk about Q3 Advertising and how things are going on that front. Please support the Show Sponsors as they