Horizon Power's Solar Hybrid Farm Premieres in Australia
During the last years, Australia has made significant progress in the alternative energy field. Recently, in the eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia, Horizon Power's Pippunyah Solar Diesel Power Station officially opened.
Self-Cleaning Solar Panels To Be More Efficient in Deserts
We all know that desserts are the best locations for the placement of solar power plants. The only problem is that there the climate is too dusty and so solar panels become inefficient.
Saudi Arabia Builds $150 Million Solar Power Plant and Green City
Vision Electro Mechanical Co is the company who contracted the project. The power plant will be built in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia in the province of Mecca, but it's not specified what type of plant it will be.
170 MW Geothermal Plant Built In Carribean Island of St. Lucia
Being only the half the size of Los Angeles, the St. Lucia island has a decent infrastructure and tends to attract the interest of many investors. St. Lucia's government decided to sign this agreement with Qualibou Energy, to keep up with world's renewable energy trends.
Solar Power Growth Rate Compared to FaceBook Popularity
The 1BOG service is a solar social network using a large group of people interested in solar power, to negotiate low-cost solar panel installations. They combine a group buying strategy with small daily solar deals in order to obtain lower prices for solar power installation.
New Urine Fuel Cell From UK Could Piss Off Oil Companies Badly
In the not-so-distant future, you'll probably be able to take a leak, or ease yourself, or drop some in your fuel tank to get that electric motor spinning, because scientists have figured out a material that could create that fuel cell which transforms urine into electricity. Cheap electricity.
Stromatolites From Australia Give Clues on Infrared Light Harvesting for Solar Cells
If we learned to fly from birds, and to swim from fish, then why shouldn't we learn to extract our energy like plants do? The Australian Shark Bay gives us a clue on how we could.
VW Testing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Version of Bora on European Highways
Volkswagen has recently tested two of their most advanced clean car technologies in a long-range drive, between France and Italy. The Volkswagen Bora HY.POWER and the SunFuel Bora TDI (Jetta in the U.S.) were successfully driven over the Simplon Pass, once again proving their efficiency.
New Micro Supercapacitor Much Faster Than Existing Ones
Researchers from the U.S. and France have created a micro-supercapacitor that has the potential to power embedded micro sensors, biomedical implants, mobile electronics, RFID tags, wireless sensor networks and other electronic gadgets.
Low-Emission Tribrid Scooter Powered by Solar Energy
A group of students at the Canara Engineering College built a low-emission tribrid scooter that is powered by solar energy, being equipped with onboard photovoltaic panels.
