Consume Energy - The included SolarGaps dock that allows you to charge and power devices within your home or office.
Battery Storage - By storing surplus energy in a battery, you can reduce your energy bill by consuming stored energy during peak hours when rates are higher.
Sell To Grid - With a two-way meter from your utility company, you can sell your surplus energy by supplying it to the power grid during the day when the demand and price is higher.
SolarGaps is a Kickstarter project for photovoltaic window blinds that track the sun, needing no roof and aimed at renters and small businesses[2][3]
Users can plug in a dock to charge devices, store surplus energy in a battery for peak hours, or sell surplus to the grid with a two-way meter[3]
It connects with Google Home, Amazon Echo and Nest, with a companion app for forecasts and schedules[2][3]
The company claims savings of up to 70 percent on energy bills and up to 40 percent on air conditioning; the extra small set was priced at $390, called 50 percent off retail[2][3]
Shipping was to begin as early as September 2017, with all Kickstarter backers served by December 2017[3]
TechCrunch was skeptical: it estimated about 500 kWh per year (roughly $88) from a 10 sq ft panel, a 4-6 year payback in perfect sunshine, and a review sample's output fell well short; the campaign had about $60,000 against a $50,000 goal[2]
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techcrunch.com· Published May 31, 2017· 30% of score
TechCrunch, published May 31, 2017, covers the still-active SolarGaps Kickstarter[1] (about $60,000 raised) without confirming an actual delivery date, only tangentially supporting the pin's stored end-of-2017 target.
interestingengineering.com· Published May 17, 2017· 28% of score
Interesting Engineering, published May 17, 2017, reports the SolarGaps Kickstarter[1] aimed to ship 'at the earliest by September 2017' and reach all backers 'by December of this year,' roughly matching the pin's stored late-2017 date, though as a crowdfunding estimate rather than a confirmed shipment.
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CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE9.4 years agoHappened as dated, per arstechnica.com[1]: "Tesla starts pre-orders on solar roof for $1,000, rolls out calcul…"
A press release from Tesla claims that, on average, a solar roof will cost $21.85 per square foot, if 35 percent of the panels are active and the rest are inactive. Inactive panels are about $11 per square foot, and active panels are $42 per square foot, according to Peter Rive, SolarCity’s co-founder and CTO (and Elon Musk’s cousin).
CONFIRMED72% CONFIDENCE8.8 years agoHappened as dated, per mashable.com[1]: "…rice for the pods, but says it plans to begin taking pre-orders later this year with the first units…"
At roughly 120 square feet, the Ecocapsule takes tiny living accommodations to the next level. The pod runs off wind and solar power and is equipped with a wind turbine and solar cells, which fuel the capsules' 9,744 watt-hour battery. It also has tools to collect and reuse rainwater and dew. Between its solar and wind power and water collection systems, Nice Architects say the Ecocapsule can support you for as much as a year at a time in off-the-grid locations.
A group of researchers funded by a Japanese government program develops “industrially compatible” cells. The silicon-based cells that make up a solar panel have a theoretical efficiency limit of 29 percent.
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE6.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawat…"
The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawatts (MW) of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. Depending on the specific project, time of year and other factors, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs.
The plant comprises more than five million solar panels that span the equivalent of two Central Parks in the desert between Yuma and Phoenix. It generates 290 megawatts of poweróenough electricity to fuel 230,000 homes in neighboring California at peak capacity. Costing a total of $1.8 billion to construct, received a million-dollar loan from the Loan Programs Office.
The Biolite SolarPanel 5+ comes equipped with a 2200 mAh battery that can be pre-charged at home via the supplied USB cable or topped up via the solar panel. A little row of LEDs offers a battery level indicator and the little batter icon beside the LEDs is a little on-off switch. There is a simplicity with the product, light, well-built with exceptional attention to detail, for example both USB ports are enclosed by two little rubber doors to protect them from the elements.
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE7 days agoNVIDIA's[1][5] blog post is published 2026-09-16T13:00:33Z and says "Today, Emerald AI, Google and NVIDIA announced the launch of the AI Energy Management Alliance"; MT Newswires via Yahoo[2] Finance also reports the launch as Wednesday.
A coalition for AI data centers that throttle their grid draw when the power system is stressed, in exchange for faster and larger grid connections; its backers say flexibility could unlock 100 GW on the existing US grid.
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE330 days agoStated as done, per B&W's release "(AKRON, Ohio – October 28, 2025)": "announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Cache Power Corp. (Cache Power) to execute an engineering study"; no time of day was found.[1]
Cache Power hired Babcock & Wilcox to engineer its BrightLoop hydrogen technology, up to 60 tonnes a day with the CO2 captured, into the 640 MW Marguerite Lake compressed-air energy storage plant near La Corey, Alberta. An Alberta Innovates grant pays for part of the study.
SolPad Mobile has more built-in battery storage than any other portable solar device. And multiple devices can be linked to create even more.
Our FlexGrid system lets you connect multiple SolPad Mobile devices to generate as much power as you could imagine. And linking our devices is plug and play — they're self-configuring and instantly ready to give you the ability to make your own mini-grid off the grid.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE9.2 years agoHappened as dated, per hexus.net[1]: "Samsung[3] debuts 33ft wide HDR LED cinema display Tags: Samsung (00593…"
4K resolution display is nearly 10x brighter than standard projector technologies can offer. Thanks to its brightness qualities Samsung sees its HDR cinema LED display used beyond the traditional cinema role - for presentations in either dark or ambient lighting conditions, for example. The display could also be put to great use at corporate events, concerts, sports event viewing and gaming competitions.
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE9.3 years agoHappened as dated, per interestingengineering.com[1]: "…ovoltaic (PV) inverter system supplier, announced the world’s largest floating PV power plant is sup…"
China recently unveiled the largest floating solar power plant on earth which supplies 40MW of power to the grid in Huainan, China.
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCE29 days agoMacRumors[3]' 25 August 2026 launch piece reports the iScreenBar as already purchasable - 'can be purchased from BenQ[1] or from Amazon for USD 189' (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/25/benq-light-bar-for-imac/). BenQ never stated an on-sale day, so the launch-day availability is estimated.
Monitor light bar designed specifically for the iMac, with a magnetic mount.
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