THE INNOVATION PORTAL
We will present innovations and solutions in 12 sectors that represent all aspects of human life:
Environment, Media, Governance, Health, Economics, Relations, Justice, Infrastructure, Education, Science, Spirituality, Arts.
«To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.»
– Buckminster Fuller
Large-scale under-water energy farm
The world’s first tidal energy farm could power 175,000 homes Off the northernmost tip of Scotland, in an area called the Pentland Firth, the world’s first large-scale underwater energy farm is being built. Whereas wind...
The world’s first tidal lagoon
An iconic, world-first infrastructure project in South West Wales Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon will be the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant. A tidal lagoon is a ‘U’ shaped breakwater, built out from the coast...
Flumill – harvesting tidal energy
Tidal energy represents a large energy potential and is a predictable and environmentally friendly energy source. Compact design and solid composite material provides low weight, low cost and easy installation. The system is inherently buoyant...
The Green Optimistic
The Green Optimistic publishes news on alternative energy and environmentally-friendly technologies since February 2008. Our mission is to wake up the common sense in our readers and make them think of our planet and how...
Cleaning Oil Spills with Magnet
A physicist in Fermilab, Arden Warner, has somehow managed to come up with a brilliant solution, one that does not involve chemical agents. The method is so simple and non-destructive way of collecting oil spills...
Treating prison inmates as Humans
Norway Proves That Treating Prison Inmates As Human Beings Actually Works. Bastoy is an open prison, a concept born in Finland during the 1930s and now part of the norm throughout Scandinavia, where prisoners can...
Wave energy and water production
Carnegie was the first wave energy company to generate both power and freshwater onshore as part of its Perth Wave Energy Project at Garden Island in Western Australia. Carnegie is an ASX-listed company based in...
Cooling Earth with regenerated soils
Soil is the second biggest reservoir of carbon on the planet, next to the oceans. It holds four times more carbon than all the plants and trees in the world. But human activity like deforestation...
Building material out of hemp
We are making a building material out of hemp to build a better world. This precast and pre-dried form of hempcrete will improve the speed of implementation, using a universal method: the brick wall. We...
Transform waste and scrap plastic
ByFusion is a 100% modular technology platform that converts all types of waste plastic into a new building material called RePlast. Plastic waste has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st...
LifeStraw – make contaminated water safe
Award-winning LifeStraw technology was originally introduced in 2005 as an emergency response tool to filter water contaminated following natural disasters. The LifeStraw team is committed to redefining the safe drinking water space through technology innovation...
World’s biggest fleet of electric vehicles
The fleet of plug-in electric vehicles in Norway is the largest per capita in the world, with Oslo recognized as the EV capital of the world. As of July 2016, the market concentration was 21.5...
Hydrogen powered passenger train
The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train is coming to Germany The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train has been unveiled this week by French transport company Alstom, which will be operating the incredibly quiet and environmentally...
Hydrogen ferry in Norway
CMR Prototech is planning to install hydrogen fuel cells on the Osterøy car ferry “MF Ole Bull”, operating between Valestrand and Breistein just outside Bergen. The ferry will be the first car ferry in Norway...
Sustainable Alternative Lighting
Sustainable and cost effective ecologically designed lamp activated by water and salt. The salinity of ocean-water can operate your lamp. Use the ocean-water to power up your lamp and it will give you 8 hours...
The world’s largest co-living building
Our Old Oak property in London is situated on the banks of the canal in Willesden Junction. Every room in the building is built with incredible attention to detail, fully furnished with double beds, desks,...
Smog vacuum cleaner
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and his team of experts have created the world’s largest smog vacuum cleaner. The Smog Free Tower uses patented ion technology to produce smog-free bubbles of public space, allowing people to...
Condense pure water from the air
WaterSeer™ will create water self-sufficiency, and will be a transformative force for good throughout the world. It is hard to imagine a day without an abundance of clean, safe water. We drink our fill, shower...
Atmospheric Water Generator
Water-gen’s vision is to provide humanity with an abundant, renewable source of fresh, clean drinking water, by extracting it directly from the air, our most abundant water resource. Requiring no infrastructure what so ever but...
Gross National Happiness
GNH is a much richer objective than GDP or economic growth. In GNH, material well-being is important but it is also important to enjoy sufficient well-being in things like community, culture, governance, knowledge and wisdom,...
World’s first electric fishing boat
Siemens has supplied the propulsion system for the world’s first electric fishing boat. The solution saves fuel, reduces maintenance costs, and is broadly applicable. A new fishing cutter called the Karoline has been developed by...