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.
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.
Solar Powered Windows With Adjustable Haze Presented at Taipei Exhibition
Solar panels are usually big, black ugly things sitting on rooftops and making your house look geekily hi-tech. Chin Hua, a Chinese company, exposed one type of solar panel that, if applied to existing or future buildings, will decrease their carbon footprint by producing energy and will also play the role of window blinds.
Michael Grätzel Receives 800,000 Euros Millennium Technology Prize for Inventing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Michael Grätzel, one of the world's most famous scientists and innovators in the field of solar power, has received the best prize any scientist...
Nano-Sized Solar Cells Inspired by Coaxial Cables Developed by Boston College Researchers
To make thin film solar cells have a higher efficiency than any of the previously experimented models, some Boston College researchers propose using nano-scale solar cells inspired by the working principle of coaxial cables. There's a so-called "thick & thin" issue in making thin solar cells, which states that a solar cell has to be thick enough to collect light in sufficient amounts, and at the same time it needs to be thin enough to extract current from it.
Orange Brags Having Installed More Than 3 GWh of Solar Power in Africa
Mobile phones and devices are more and more present on the market, with a figure of 5.8 billion users expected by 2013. Thus, mobile telephony networks, through their corporate responsibility programs, have to plan their expansion taking into account the CO2 amounts their base stations emit, 24/7.
Shimizu's Master Plan For a 11,000 Km Long, 400 Km-Wide Lunar Solar Belt
A Japanese company, Shimizu, dreams of turning the Moon's ecuator into an 11,000 kilometers long solar collector, and bring that energy "down" to Earth via a 20-km wide dishes, through microwaves and lasers. The belt would have widths ranging from a few to 400 km. Now, how brilliant is that?
Transparent Copper Nanowires Proving Best for Solar Cells and Other Flexible Gadgets
To make the best solar cells flexible, researchers have to find the best conductive materials. Such conductors are silver and indium tin oxide (ITO) nanowires, but they have several drawbacks. The copper nanowires made using a method invented by Duke University chemists, on the other hand, are cheaper than silver and better (read more conductive) than carbon nanotubes.
