Building-integrated photovoltaics Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:02:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tata Steel Develops World's Largest Solar Cell-Coated Girder https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tata-steel-girder-solar-cells-20110623/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tata-steel-girder-solar-cells-20110623/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:02:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19218 Tata Steel, India's leading supplier of stainless steel, in partnership with the Australian solar technology company Dyesol, has recently developed the world's largest girder coated with solar panels.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tata-steel-girder-solar-cells-20110623/feed/ 0 19218 U.S. Data Centers Set Example of Solar Powered Office Spaces https://www.greenoptimistic.com/data-centers-solar-roofs-20110503/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/data-centers-solar-roofs-20110503/#respond Tue, 03 May 2011 15:10:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18382 Several large data centers have opted for solar roofs this April, in an attempt to reduce their internal electricity consumption. It seems logical that they should do so, given the kind of roofs that they have. What so far didn't really make economic sense, right now seems to be the right thing to do.

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