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Adam Vaughan, MSN Environment Contributor

Top 10 green technologies coming your way

The solar briefcase that will power your laptop

Green technology offers us a way to change our behaviour for the better and make our lives easier at the same time.

With a host of new consumer products due to arrive on the marketplace this year there is genuine excitement about the market for eco-friendly technology and gadgets. There are also some bigger picture technologies such as wave power and electric cars that could be about to break through into the mass market.

To give you an insight into the best ones out there we profile below the top 10 green technologies that are coming your way.

Electric cars you'd actually want to buy
Smarter fridges
Capturing carbon from coal
Cheaper solar
Solar briefcases that'll power laptops
Intelligent energy sensors
Marine power
Eco mobile concepts become reality
Biofuel planes
More cars telling you how to drive
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