Gazelle 2: Iran's Third 100% Solar Powered Electric Car
Even if this is the country's third solar-powered car, it is called "Iranian Gazelle 2" and it is a completely national product both in its conception and construction. Presented on Sunday, the car's project manager, Karen Abarnia assures us that it excels on a number of features, as sequels usually do.
Tigo Energy Finding Solution for Those Shaded, Inefficient Solar Panel Arrays
If one goes down, they all go down: I'm talking about solar panels and the way they work â€Ã¢â‚¬Å“ or don't anymore - when lined up. There are various reasons they could stop functioning: an apparently harmless thing as a cloud shading just one of them is enough to affect the performance of the rest. Yes, they are that sensitive!
Pakistan to Build Its First On-Grid Solar Electricity System
Pakistan is catching up on its enormous solar energy potential pretty soon: in less than a year, the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) will build the country's first on-grid solar electricity system. It will be put in place because of the energy crisis and will be a big stimulus for the local economy.
GE's Double Strike: PrimeStar Solar and a Future Thin Film Solar Plant
General Electric (GE), the American conglomerate that has reinvented itself as a green energy giant, has two pieces of news for us: 1) it wants to build a thin-film solar factory in the U.S. and 2) it has bought the PrimeStar Solar Company.
New Solar-Powered Car Wash in Stamford, Connecticut
Now here's something truly optimistic for our blog's visitors: a solar powered car-wash has recently opened in the US city of Stamford, Connecticut. Its owner, Mr. Gregg Mercede admits that he wanted to invest his money in something durable and eco-friendly, while still ensuring a great quality of his services.
New Polymer That Harvests Both Heat and Light Invented at Wake Forest University
One day we will get as far as taking a shower and turning on the heat in our room with the energy our roof has collected over the day. And when I say this I feel encouraged by the new solar-thermal device based on polymer material that Wake Forest University researchers invented.
Sunengy Signs Contract With Tata Power for Floating Concentrated Solar System
Indian company Tata is getting more and more involved in the renewable energy sector. After the agreement their CEO had with Daniel Nocera for producing energy from water, they now make a deal with Australia-based Sunengy, which manufactures LSAs (Liquid Solar Arrays), basically floating concentrated solar power systems (CSP).
Solar Jackets Students Convert Audi TT Into Solar – Electric Car
A team of Georgia Tech students (Solar Jackets) has converted an Audi TT into a "solar-assisted electric vehicle," in order to participate at the...
Wysips's Thin Solar Powered Film Prototype Charges Phone Battery
Honestly, the reflection off my phone's screen annoys me, and I think it does the same to anyone. Some French scientists from a company named Wysips have produced a 100-micron thin film that uses the ambient light to charge the phone's battery - in a very cheap manner.
Leaf-Mimicking Catalyst Inventor Signs Huge Contract With Tata Group for Hydrogen-From-Water Device
MIT professor Daniel Nocera, the inventor of a type of electrolysis that mimics the plants photosynthesis, and Ratan Tata, the CEO of the Indian Tata group, have signed a funding agreement allowing the Tata group to commercialize Nocera's invention which produces power from water.
