Sanyo's New 235-Watt Solar Panel Has An Energy-Efficiency Of 21.1%
At the beginning of this month, the European division of Sanyo has officially released its new enhanced HIT solar panel. Dubbed HIT-N235SE10, the new 235 watt solar panel has an energy-efficiency of 21.1%, improving the performance in limited space installations and offering more power generation per square meter.
Rice University Researchers Use Surface Plasmons to Harvest Light From Lasers: Solar Panels May...
Doug Natelson and graduate student Dan Ward, from Rice University, have discovered how to make a light-harvesting antenna from two gold tips separated by a gap only a few nanometers wide. As light source they used a laser, whose rays, once trapped in the gold tips, get concentrated into a tiny space, increasing the light intensity in the gap by a thousand times.
Invenergy Wind Ready to Build Michigan's Largest Wind Farm
Being considered Michigan's largest, the $440 million project will produce 200 megawatts of energy by the end of next year, enough to supply electricity for more than 54,000 homes.
Windrex's Eco-Friendly Hybrid Street Lighting To Be Unveiled At Renewable Energy Expo 2010
Windrex, an expert cooperation in the fields of alternative energy will unveil its new wind-solar hybrid street lighting at the Renewable Energy Expo 2010 in Seoul, Korea.
New Organic Solar PV Technology To Make Solar Cell Installation Easier and Cheaper
The UK environmental group Carbon Trust and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have jointly formed a new company called Eight19 concentrating on the development of new organic photovoltaic (PV) technology that could make the installation of solar cells cheaper and easier.
MIT Study Says Nuclear Fuel Is Enough For Decades, Still Companies Head to Natural...
New types of nuclear fission reactors could consume their uranium much more efficiently, says a study from the MIT, called "The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle". Charles Forsberg, one of the study's co-authors, says that their work tries to make it easier for the United States to enhance their nuclear power usage by three times, and produce more than 1 GW of electricity.
Organic Solar Cells Greener Than Silicon-Based Ones, Rochester Study Reveals
A recent study, conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology, reveals that the total energy needed to make organic solar cells is less than the one needed to make inorganic solar cells.
Amprius's Silicon Nanowire Batteries Seek Faster Manufacturing Processes For Lower Price
Complaints about laptops whose charge lasts too little, or about electric cars not being able to charge as quick and last as long as gasoline are frequent. Amprius, a US-based company, addresses these issues and develops a battery that they say it can hold double the charge of regular lithium ion batteries.
SunEdison to Start Construction of 400 MW Solar Power Plants in Korea
SunEdison, a global leader in solar electricity power systems has signed an agreement with a South Korean province (Gyeongsangnam-do) to build solar power plants capable of producing 400 megawatts of clean energy.
Nova Energy's New Streamlined Tuna-Shaped Turbines Shaped To Be More Efficient
Kiyomi Suzuki, president of the Hyogo Prefecture firm Nova Energy Co., has come up with a new interesting project for the Seto Inland Sea that aims to produce huge amount of electricity from the energy of water currents, using streamlined turbines whose design resembles the tuna shape.
