Saudi Arabia Solar Power Project Has Ambitious Dreams
It would be such a shame if countries with huge solar potential would sit around doing nothing about it. Saudi Arabia is not to be told twice! First, because it is one of those countries which enjoy sunlight from dawn till dusk and second of all, because some of its massive oil reserves are slowly but surely emptying out.
India to Develop Solar-Powered UAVs That Can Fly For Longer
What if, instead of waiting for the sun to come to you, you would meet it half way? I'm not talking about any spiritual...
Bloomberg's PlaNYC: Landfill Solar Power and No More Dirty Heating Oil
I's difficult for a city like New York, with a population of more than 8 million people, to go green. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
MIT Engineered Virus Could Make Solar Cells More Efficient
Viruses are mostly seen as the bad side of nature, the fallen creation or just that unwanted flu during those sunny days when you were supposed to go play outside. For Angela Belcher viruses are working tools, since she and her MIT colleagues have just found a way to guide some of them so they make solar cells more efficient, by as much as a third.
IBM Invents Way to Both Cool Down Concentrated Photovoltaics and Desalinate Water
IBM is seemingly more and more concerned about green technologies, and now invests in a project that can solve the problem of cooling solar cells that would otherwise be hard to use because of the high temperatures they're exposed to (120°C), aka concentrated photovoltaics.
Solar Junction Sets New Efficiency Record for Concentrated Photovoltaics: 43.5%
A new record for concentrated photovoltaics efficiency has been broken by Solar Junction, the same company that announced a 41.4% efficiency in February. The new score is 43.5% and their multi-junction solar cells can be produced right away.
Australia's Biggest Coal and Solar Power Project
One by one, states across the globe become conscious of their solar energy potential and act accordingly â€Ã¢â‚¬Å“ those that can, of course. Australia is one of them. With a growing demand for electricity and the challenge of polluting less, they try to move the weight from a coal-based industry to one that uses mostly solar power.
Magnetic Effect of Light Could Lead to New Solar Panels Technology
The great side about physics is that it discovers things where you would least expect them to be found. For example, just when you thought you knew everything about light, here comes an exciting new discovery that could become an alternative source of power, involving the magnetic properties of light!
Three-Dimensional Solar Cells to Be Mass Manufactured by Solar3d
Solar energy as we know it today has a great potential, but could need some help with the efficiency part. Apparently, solar cells are not very economical: almost one third of the light is reflected from the surface and the panel's materials only reabsorb some of the energy.
Ivanpah, a Huge Concentrated Solar Power Plans Funded by Google
Google has recently announced the construction of a new solar power plant in the Mojave Desert, California. BrightSource Energy is the local developing company in charge of the project and the power plant itself is known under the name of Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS).
