Inhabitat’s Week in Green: hydrogen-powered space plane, Japan’s solar surge and concrete farms of Ze Future

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s finest green developments and clean tech news for us — it is the Week in Green.

Green transportation took off for the celebs this week as Inhabitat reported that the ecu Space Agency has approved of a brand new hydrogen-powered “Skylon” space plane , and we spotted a hot Star Wars-inspired electric chopper that wouldn’t look misplaced at the Death Star. We also learned that NASA plans to rejoin the gap race with a brand new MPCV craft fit for deep space flights, while here in the world we saw GE harness the ability of the sun to charge Volt EVs before they hit dealerships.

Speaking of solar energy, Japan unveiled plans to build 10 new solar energy plants inside the wake of the Fukushima Nuclear Crisis, while Switzerland announced that it’ll completely phase out the usage of nuclear power. We also showcased a surprising chandelier created from 500 fluttering photovoltaic butterflies , and we saw Nevada kick-start construction at the US’ first molten salt solar plant , with the intention to generate energy long after the sun has set.

We also brought you many incredible feats of architecture this week, from a cafe made of a recycled Soviet airplane in Zurich to an innovative 0 cocoon-like building produced from sugarcane 0 that recently won an AIA competition. We also showed how 1 Plantlab 1 is making vertical urban farms a reality, and we spotted a sky-high proposal for an 2 energy-generating city on stilts 2 that could hover over Manhattan. Finally, this week we rounded up a number of our favourite eco apps and services which can will let you 3 green your consumption 3 .

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