With a massive development going in the field of solar power production, it’s great news that IKEA has planned to install the solar energy system on top of its Cincinnati-area store. Read the rest of this entry »
IKEA Solar Energy System at Cincinnati-Area Store
January 26th, 2012Concentrated Solar Power Plant
January 23rd, 2012
In Spain, Andalusia, near Seville, a high 100 metres tower is surrounded by gargantuan mirrors, that run about the tower in concentric circles. These rippling mirrors are able to track sunlight throughout the day and reflect it on to the tower where it is converted into solar energy. The energy created at the plant is sufficient enough to power 6000 homes. The name of the site is PS10. Read the rest of this entry »
First Solar Record Breaking Performance at 14.4% Efficiency
January 19th, 2012
On 17th of January 2012, the First Solar Inc. announced that it has set a new world record by using cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic solar module, which has achieved the record breaking 14.4% total area efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »
Austin Chemist Proposes Significant Increase in Solar Cells Efficiency
January 16th, 2012
A professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, Xiaoyang Zhu, and his team have successfully discovered a method to increase the efficiency of conventional solar cells. Their research reveals that the number of electrons gathered from one photon of sunlight can be doubled using an organic plastic semiconductor material. Read the rest of this entry »
Sunflower Inspired Solar Plant Design Devised
January 12th, 2012
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants like Gemsolar and PS10 employ the heliostat layouts to focus a large area of sunrays onto a small area. The concentrated light so collected is converted into heat to generate electricity. However, large areas are required to make CSP plants economically feasible which is not always a logical solution. Read the rest of this entry »
Solar Powered Kindle Cover Uncovered at CES
January 9th, 2012Solar panels embedded in electronic devices has been a long drawn tradition without much desired effect. But the new solar energy powered Kindle cover, uncovered at CES 2012 in Las Vegas states otherwise. Read the rest of this entry »
Osgoode Solar Farm got a Green Signal to Operate
January 5th, 2012
It’s immense pleasure to hear that a new solar farm in Osgoode at last got operating approvals from the Ontario Energy Board on 6th of December 2011. The project has been approved to install 10 megawatts solar farm at Parkway and Yorks Corners roads with a license to generate electricity for 20 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Solar Power For Tweeting, Surfing
January 2nd, 2012The iPhone4 has a lot of features that allows users to talk, tweet and surf endlessly. It is the technology at it’s best. However, using these features takes a lot from the phone’s battery. It might not be able to cope up with such usage for hours. The answer to this problem is ‘Monster Watts’ which has worked on the slim case prototype. It has developed a hybrid solar battery that can be charged anywhere, where there is sunlight. Read the rest of this entry »
US to Setback China Solar Case by February
December 26th, 2011
According to a department official in SolarWorld, the US unit of German solar energy company, the final decision depends on the US Commerce Department that requires extra months to investigate case related to charges of unfair Chinese government subsidies. Read the rest of this entry »
French Solar Panel Maker Opens Factory at San Diego
December 19th, 2011
Solar Panel (Creative Commons / Rama)
French solar panel manufacturer Soitec opened its $150 million factory in San Diego on Friday, 16th December, 2011, hoping to meet Californian demands of sourcing one-third of its energy from renewable energy by 2020. Read the rest of this entry »