146 Megawatt Wind Farm Installed in Atchison County, Missouri
The Atchison County wind farm is able to power 33,000 homes and it's not interfering with corn and soybeans crops. Between the turbines, crops are still grown and harvested, thus contributing to the well-being of the community.
New Solid Organic Electric Battery Powered by Treated Potatoes
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have announced they developed a new solid organic electric battery that is powered by treated potatoes. This simple and sustainable device could solve the electricity needs in developing countries.
Quantum Dots Could Double the Efficiency of Solar Cells
A team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a way to double the efficiency of solar cells. The process consists in capturing more of the available energy in sunlight (including energy at the high end of the scale), using nanoscale crystals called quantum dots.
Dutch Researchers Designing 65% Efficient Nanowire Solar Cells
High efficiency solar cells are for the moment only available to space applications, because of their prohibitive costs. The Eindhoven University of Technology from The Netherlands, with a EUR 1.2 million help from the Dutch government wants to develop ultra-efficient solar cells that are also cheap. They envision their cells having a 65% efficiency, something even the satellites would envy.
LG Electronics Launches Solar Powered Hybrid Air Conditioner
Warming up in winter by using the Sun is one thing, but cooling down in the summer by using the same Sun is way more interesting. LG Electronics just announced yesterday that they will launch their first air conditioner powered by a solar panel.
Portable Fuel Cell Charger by Horizon, Now Available Commercially
Horizon, a fuel cell manufacturing company from Singapore, has recently unveiled a small hydrogen fuel cell charger that could juice your gadgets (PDA, phone, MP3, etc). It's called MiniPAK, and it uses refillable solid-state hydrogen cartridges (called HydroSTIK) to store its power.
Ammonia Borane Hydrogen Storage Invented at Purdue
Purdue University chemical engineers have invented a method of storing hydrogen and releasing it safely without the need for high-pressure tanks, only by using the fuel cell's dissipated heat.
Sanyo's New HIT-N230 Solar Module to be The World's Most Efficient
Being one of world's leading solar panel producers, Sanyo recently developed a solar module that has an energy-efficiency of 20.7 percent. According to the company, this solar module dubbed HIT-N230 become world's most efficient.Being one of world's leading solar panel producers, Sanyo recently developed a solar module that has an energy-efficiency of 20.7 percent. According to the company, this solar module dubbed HIT-N230 become the world's most efficient.
Canadian Company Installs 1 MWh of Solar Power in Italy
The Italian town of Narni has been in the attention of the press these days as Canadian Solar, an important solar power company announced the opening and commissioning of a 1 MW solar farm, called SOLARTA.
Masdar to Build 100MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Abu Dhabi
The CSP power plant dubbed Shams 1 (the Arabic word for "Sun") will cover one square mile of the desert in Madinat Zayed, about 75 miles from Abu Dhabi and will be able to generate 100 MW of electricity.
