DIY: Rick's Cheap Solar Panel Installation Powers His Home
A lot of people want to be green in using energy but they don't know where to start, or they don't have enough money/time at their disposal to actually start making something useful.
SunCatcher's Stirling-Engine Based Solar Concentrators to Start in 2010
Tessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) have unveiled new designs of their SunCatcher system at Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF).
Quantasol Breaks Solar Efficiency Records With Location-Optimized Cells
There are many companies in the solar power business that want to make themselves a name, but only few manage to innovate something indeed useful. This time I think Quantasol, a UK company has something worth looking at - very efficient GaAs-based solar cells accustomed to your location.
Solar Impulse: Viable Manned Flight Powered by The Sun
Solar Impulse, the first solar powered plane has been unveiled in Switzerland. With a wingspan of a Boeing 747 but lighter than a small car, the plan could fly around the world powered entirely by the sun.
Artificial Leaves Will Convert Light into Electricity
Researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands plan to develop artificial leaf using nature's building blocks to harness solar energy even in the worst places.
Newly Developed Light Sensor Could Improve Solar Cells and Cameras
Scientists at the University of Toronto have created a new type of light sensor that acts like a pixel in a digital camera. Researchers believe the sensor, which takes advantage of a phenomenon called multi-exciton generation (MEG), could lead to substantial advancements in the performance of a variety of electronic devices including digital cameras.
Thin-Film Panchromatic Solar Cells: Next Generation of Solar Efficiency
A Korean team led by Nam-Gyu Park has recently made a breakthrough discovery in solar cell development. This discovery will not only increase the efficiency of thin-film panchromatic solar cells but as well the use of clean and reusable energy on the entire globe.
Fraunhofer's Very Efficient Solar Cell Concentrator
Solar cell system which concentrate solar light through lenses seem to be the most efficient and advantageous. The concentrator enables the system to work with cheaper lens system instead of expensive semi-conductor materials, making it as well more efficient.
Italian Researchers Inventing New Type of Solar Concentrator
Roberto de Luca and Aniello Fedullo from the University Salerno of Italy invented a new solar concentrating device they say is inspired by the Ear of Dionysus. According to the legends, Doinysus's ear had an elliptical cave so he could hear even the weakest whispers of a prisoner in one of the cave's foci.
Highly-Integrated Organic Photovoltaic Modules Developed by Mitsubishi
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokki Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), have created a new highly-integrated organic photovoltaic module.
