Eco Factor: Concept lighting system powered by solar energy.

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Solar energy and other renewable forms of energy generating systems not only do their bit for the environment but also keep the user close to the environment. Sinthesya is a concept solar-powered lamp designed for indoor and outdoor use that is inspired from the natural process of photosynthesis. The lamp generates energy from the sun during daytime and its high-intensity LEDs provide illumination as night falls.

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The lamp with a movable head ensures that the user can focus the illumination at a particular area like a book or your favorite wall painting. With waterproof credentials, the lamp can be placed in your garden for charging without worrying about unseasonal rainfall. An energy meter shows the amount of charge present in its batteries allowing the user the charge it only when needed.

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The Dark Side:

The designer doesn’t state the materials with which the lighting system will be built. If it’s plastic then it might just use more energy in its construction that it will actually save during its lifetime.

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A group of German firms has collaborated to launch what is to be the largest solar energy
project of its kind. The project, termed Desertec, aims to construct several solar thermal electric
power plants throughout North Africa and parts of the Middle East. Ultimately, the project will
supply electricity to European households using energy generated from the Sahara.

Electricity will be generated in power plants using parabolic mirrors, which creates enough heat
to produce the steam needed to drive turbines and electricity generators. High voltage lines will
carry electricity to Europe, supplying 15 percent of the continent’s electricity requirements.

Other parts of the world using this method of electricity generation span from the Mojave Desert
in California to the Andalusia region in the south of Spain.

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Solar parabola in action: The Desertec project could provide up to 20 percent of Europe’s energy needs by 2050.

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