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Solar Power Blinds Make for Efficient Buildings

Benji Jerew — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:16:37 +0000

Solar power is all around us, if you look at things like trees, greenhouses, and cats, but can also be a problem for some of us. For example, looking at those beautiful glass-façade office buildings, one can’t help but relate how solar power must turn those things into skyscraper-sized greenhouses. While a little sunlight is […]

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Fraunhofer’s Grid Scale Energy Storage System Passes Initial Tests

Mila Luleva — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:54:55 +0000

Energy storage at grid scale has long been identified as the element that stands in the way of switching to 100% renewable energy. After a long wait for that big breakthrough, a team of engineers from the German Fraunhofer institute finally made the ever-so-wanted announcement- their megabattery passed the initial tests. Efficient solar panels, efficient […]

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German Institute Integrates Highly-Efficient Solar Cells on Ski Helmets

Mike Sandru — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:59:02 +0000

Look at the picture. What do you see? A helmet, you’ll say. However, for the more experienced, this is not just any kind of helmet, but one that integrates solar cells as well. This application is one of the many solar cells are expected to endorse by the end of this year. The progress has […]

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