Copper Mountain Solar 2: 150 MW Solar Power Plant To Be Built in South...
California-based Sempra Generation has succeeded completing the construction of the United States' largest photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, CO. Now the same company wants to build the second solar energy plant in South Nevada, much bigger than the first one.
New Energy Technology's Spray-On Solar Cells Applied on Flexible Plastic Material
Last year, a company called New Energy Technology announced that they had succeeded making a photovoltaic substance that, applied on clear glass, could generate electricity. Now, they are announcing the same innovation being available for flexible plastic materials.
Solar Powered Water Pumping System in Egypt Uses Concentrated Photovoltaics
Agriculture has always relied on sunlight and water, that's a known fact since the birth of civilization. A project initiated in Upper Egypt uses sunlight to extract water from arid land, seeking to replace diesel generators that have traditionally been used.
HALE-D: Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Helps U.S. Soldiers Communicate
The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have developed the first-of-its kind unmanned solar-powered aerial vehicle. Dubbed the High Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator (HALE-D), the solar-powered sky cruiser has been successfully launched at 5:47 a.m. out of the Airdock in Akron, Ohio.
New MIT Approach Towards Concentrated Solar Yields Cheaper Power
Large mirror arrays that concentrate light on a tank have been made before, but now a team at the MIT has designed a system that simplifies what has been done before and also makes it cheap for concentrated solar power to enter our homes, rivaling the price of coal.
MIT Researchers Invent Solar Cells That Transform Heat Into Electricity
If you thought photovoltaics can only get energy from the Sun, then you were wrong. An MIT team of researchers have invented a device that produces electricity from heat. The process uses the photovoltaic effect as the middleman and is three times more efficient than the most efficient lithium ion batteries on market today.
Sanya Skypump – New Electric Vehicle Charger Uses Wind and Solar Power
A new EV charging station has recently been developed by Urban Green Energy and GE Energy Industrial Solutions. Dubbed Skypump, this amazing system uses a vertical axis wind turbine and a 150-watt solar panel to produce electricity by capturing wind and solar energy at the same time.
Australia’s Largest Rooftop Solar System Installed At The University of Queensland
Only 6 percent of the electricity generated by the system is enough to power the St. Lucia campus, which is not small, after all. It is estimated that the entire rooftop solar system is able to generate around 1.22MW of clean energy.
Italian Solar Power Capacity Expected To Reach 30 GW By 2020
Italy's solar market is expected to see an unprecedented boom. According to Fulvio Conti, CEO of Enel, the country will generate 30GW of solar power by 2020, in an attempt to reach its goal of fighting against climate change.
Light Harvesting Nanoantennas Made With Plant DNA and Artificial Molecules
A University of Toronto research team has reported the first time construction of what they call "artificial molecules." These molecules have been inspired by photosynthesis and use nanotechnology to harvest sunlight.
