Solar Shingles Built by Dow Chemical to Be The Cheapest Solution for Home Use
Dow Chemical, a leading U.S. chemical manufacturer, has profiled on the solar panel industry lately. Moreover, they began to produce solar shingles that are to be more efficient and easy to install. They even say an electrician is only required in the last phase of the installation, when they all get connected into the grid system.
DIY 3D Solar Panel Powers Electric Motor From 2 LED Flashlights
Ryszard says it's much more efficient to assemble solar cell this way than put them directly into light, where you'll lose a lot through reflection back into the environment. Some recently invented anti-reflective coatings may even accelerate the light's absorption into the solar cells. This is one of the advantages.
FloDesign's Jet Engine Wind Turbine Passing to Production Phase
It's almost two years since I first wrote about Flodesign's Jet Engine-like wind turbine, and, at that time, I was saying it was 4 times more efficient than any regular wind turbine used today. Now it's good news to hear that they grew up, and their plans pass on from theory to practice.
A Next-Generation Electric Power System to Be Built in Japan
Toshiba Corp aims that by the end of 2010 will build a next-generation electric power system in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. According to the company, the system will come with storage batteries to stabilize the supply electric energy by solar panels, wind turbines, etc.
HCE Invented Method to Store Hydrogen In Your Regular Fuel Tank
Kevin, from Hydrogencarsnow.com recently talked to Louis Ventre, Executive VP and General Counsel for HCE, LLC, who filed a patent application for a new hydrogen storage system, based on nano-sized hydrogen bubbles contained in a water environment.
1 MW Solar-Powered Parking Lot Opening in Bordentown, NJ
Alpha Energy, a U.S.-based company, that, among others, delivers turnkey photovoltaic systems, has recently completed the construction of a 1 MW solar cell parking lot, for the Manheim NJ Auto Dealers Exchange in Bordentown, NJ.
Self-Assembling Silicon Solar Cells Could Make Cheap & Flexible Panels
Silicon solar cells recently lost some field because of the invention of other types of flexible, but not so efficient solar cells. Still, silicon cells have another word to say, as two University of Minnesota researchers, J. Knuesel and Heiko O. Jacobs discovered a basic, low-tech method of making micrometric solar cells self-assemble onto anything, including flexible surfaces.
Hitachi Develops New Hi-Power Battery for PHEVs
Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd and Hitachi Ltd have developed a lithium-ion rechargeable battery that has a high output density and a high energy density for PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles).
New Transparent Solar Cells Can be Sprayed Onto Any Glass Surface
Researchers at New Energy Technologies have recently developed transparent solar cells which can be sprayed onto any type of glass. They successfully removed all metals from the solar cell and replaced them with an environmentally-friendly see-thru compound.
New Artificial Leaf Concept Increases Hydrogen Output Three Times
This idea is not new, but until now scientists have focused on trying to mimic or modify the molecules directly involved in splitting hydrogen. "We'd like to adopt an entirely different concept, to mimic photosynthesis by copying the elaborate architectures of green leaves," says Tongxiang Fan.
