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Israeli Company BSolar Offers Dual-Faced Solar Panels to Boost Power

Mike Sandru — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:06:01 +0000

BSolar, a firm headquartered in Israel, is capitalizing on the idea that a solar panel can collect sunlight on its back, too. That happens when light gets reflected from surfaces behind the panel and it gets lost with conventional panels. However, double-faced panels produce between 10 and 30% more energy if tilted and up to […]

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ZenithSolar Manufactures 75% Efficient Hybrid Solar Panels

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:34:43 +0000

The run after the new gold, the unlimited and cheap energy, is being pursued all over the world, not only in the US. There are states, like Israel, where solar power has been harnessed for decades in the form of hot water for its inhabitants. All those solar water heaters have been build by economical needs. In fact, only economical needs can stimulate the world to such an extent that it develops new technologies.

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Israel – the World Leader in Solar Powered Water Heating

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:30:39 +0000

Did you know that Israel has 90% of the population heating their water from the sun? This has happened because of the 1950 energy crisis, fact that led them into buying solar water heaters. In 1983, about 60% of the Israelis had solar water heating.

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