Pot plants can clutter up a workspace, providing little benefit other than looking pretty. But now there’s a mini tree that promises to charge your smartphone and can even be used as a light. The ...

A group of scientists from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences designed a prototype of a solar photovoltaic tree that purportedly offers an optimal balance between energy ...

Just saw this. I hadn't been aware of it or the noise around it. He might have made mistakes in measuring the output, but hey, I think it's great that a 13 year old is trying new things like this. At ...

Metal trees with a seven-meter canopy of solar panels that generate electricity may soon be coming to car parks and shopping malls in the UK. The structures, which will capture the sun’s energy ...

Solar trees don't produce as much electricity as rooftop solar arrays, but they do decorate urban spaces and increase public awareness about the beauty of solar energy. Solar trees are constructed ...

The new Electree solar charger soaks up power via 27 solar panel 'leaves', and can charge iPhones and other portable gadgets from a battery built into its 'roots'. The gadget, designed by French ...

The solar tree is due to be planted amongst shrubbery in Millennium Square as part of Bristol Green Capital 2015 A 4m (13ft) tall "solar tree" is set to be installed in the centre of Bristol. The ...

Another solar tree, or rather a solar garden, is being developed in Australia, and this solar garden may very well be the answer to a cleaner energy future. Requiring ...

Revolutionising the intertwined fields of agriculture and sustainable energy, the Council For Scientific and Industrial Research’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CMERI) have ...

Scientists in land-scarce Korea are proposing to use solar trees to build PV installations in forest areas. Although more expensive than conventional ground-mounted facilities, solar plants made of ...