As people the world over continue to search for renewable energy sources, innovative and interesting ideas for generating power are constantly being devised. Those interested in keeping fit and ...

Equipment that can generate electricity by pedaling a bicycle is generally sold widely, but it is possible to produce a generator with your own hands as long as you have the tools. Marie Verdeil and ...

While you probably won’t produce enough electricity to power your entire house, pedal-powered generators can play a small but useful role in some homes. My neighbor Linda Archibald has an off-the-grid ...

Like a number of highly motivated people, David Butcher starts every day with a workout. His poison: 45 minutes on a stationary bicycle. Fitness is part of the incentive, but Butcher's primary ...

Cycling creates feelings of strength, of independence, and of control. Siva Cycle launched the Atom today to turn that power into actual, well, power. The Atom is a bicycle accessory that charges ...

This spins a flywheel, which turns a generator, which, in turn, charges the battery. The bike is said to be easy to pedal with little little trade-off between ease-of-pedalling and productivity. In ...

Marketplace Africa offers CNN viewers a unique window into African business on and off the continent. It is the destination for movers and shakers at the forefront of African business. Unplugged from ...

Millions of people around the world are without access to electricity at any given time – but the man behind 5-Hour Energy drinks claims to have found the answer. The ‘Free Electric’ solution from ...

I'm a cycling enthusiast, and when the weather is bad I use a bicycle trainer in my apartment. But riding to nowhere has always felt pointless. This got me thinking about how I could use my pedaling ...

As rich countries struggle to reduce the amount of gigawatts they consume, residents of places like Karagwe in Tanzania can't plug a single light into a single plug to draw a single kilowatt. With no ...

Many electric vehicles allow for "one-pedal driving," enabled by an electric car’s regenerative braking system. When a driver lifts off the accelerator, the regenerative system temporarily converts ...