A New $6 Billion Renewable Power Plant Complex Built by Samsung and Kepco
Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and Samsung C&T have signed a contract to build a new $6 billion renewable power plant complex in a small village near Toronto in southern Ontario.
Beam-Down Solar Concentrator Dramatically Reduces Costs at Price of Efficiency
By seeking to cut costs with the production of energy and building the necessary infrastructure, scientists from the Masdar Institute along with their colleagues from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Cosmo Oil (?) are studying how to convert old, expensive solar concentrator technology to a new and more flexible one: The Beam Down Project.
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.
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.
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.
SunPower Helps Sewage Treatment Plants Get Self Sustaining
Wastewater treatment plants are usually packed with industrial-sized aerators, pumps and other machines that usually use a lot of electricity from the grid. But SunPower Corp. developed a solar power system for the West Riverside Wastewater Treatment Plant in Corona, California that is able to generate one-megawatt of energy
Solar-Powered Irrigation System Increases Vegetable Production Up to 500% in Sub-Saharan Villages
A recent study made by Jennifer Burney from Stanford University, shows hope for the next generations: it seems that solar-power irrigation systems have significantly enhanced the living standards of sub-Saharan Africa villagers.
Hydrology Student Invents Solar Powered Mass Desalination System
Worldwide terminus lakes could benefit from a new system to desalinate water, using a low-cost solar pond and patented membrane distillation system powered by renewable energy.
