Floating solar panels, an invention of its own kind is ready to add a new page in the history. It is great to acknowledge that such a kind of creation is another step to clean energy. (more…)
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Floating Solar Panels: Vision of The Future
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Cheap Solar Panels Invented by UCLA Scientists
Thursday, February 16th, 2012The UCLA has stepped on the threshold of the Big Green industry with the invention of cheap, bendy solar panels. These panels can charge your phone or car. Yang Yang a researcher with university’s School of engineering is working on an innovative method to collect sun’s energy and use it to charge devices. (more…)
Clean Solar Cells from Agriculture Wastes
Monday, February 6th, 2012
It’s big news for everybody that solar cells can be created from agriculture wastes such as cut grass and dead leaves, which have been proved by Andreas Mershin, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He added that it will be possible to mix some grass clippings into a bag of cheap chemicals, and utilise the mixture to paint your roof, which will produce electricity. (more…)
JV Solar Cooperation Deal with German Company
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
As a result of strong government support for budding domestic PV clean energy and growing green awareness, Europe has emerged as a centre of attraction for all solar product manufacturers across the world. (more…)
USA-China Argues over Solar Issues
Monday, January 30th, 2012
With increasing interference of Chinese manufacturers, the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) has issued an evaluation of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection data that depicts “Chinese manufacturers more than doubled imports of crystalline solar cells and panels into the country in the latter half of 2011”. (more…)
IKEA Solar Energy System at Cincinnati-Area Store
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
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. (more…)
Austin Chemist Proposes Significant Increase in Solar Cells Efficiency
Monday, 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. (more…)
Georgia’s Largest Solar Canopy Powered by Suniva
Monday, November 21st, 2011
According to the latest reports, Suniva, a high-efficiency crystalline silicon cells and modules manufacturer in the United States will power the Georgia’s largest solar canopy at the Laredo Bus facility in Decatur, GA. This project will be the second largest canopy with a power of 1.2MW in the U.S. located at a U.S. transit system. On November 18th, 2011, The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and raised a curtain of the project. (more…)
Solar Powered Flexible E-Reader
Monday, November 7th, 2011
AU Optronics Corp. unveiled its solar powered flexible e-reader at the FPD International convention and exhibition held on a subject of the flat panel displays in Japan. This device is like a piece of paper with sturdy build and flexible body. (more…)
The U.S. Solar Manufacturers File Federal Trade Complaint against China
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
As a result of mass dumping solar products on the global market, seven U.S. solar panel companies filed a federal trade complaint against Chinese companies on September 19th, 2011. The case was filed with the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission. (more…)