The 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…)
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Cheap Solar Panels Invented by UCLA Scientists
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Solar Powered Vehicle by Omer Sagiv
Monday, February 13th, 2012
A solar powered vehicle or SPV designed by London designer Omer Sagiv is a futuristic, concept car made out of aluminum with flexible thin-film modules attached to it. Ideal for riding on open lands where the sun amply blesses its harsh rays, this SPV creates enough energy for long distances. Moreover, a shaft in the center of the SPV functions as an in-built cooling system to protect the driver from outside heat. The car not only operates as a vehicle but also generates electricity to power homes with its many, multifunctional solar panels. (more…)
Solar Energy: Tulip Flower Power
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
An odd, bright yellow tulip shaped tower rises above the dry strip mountains of Andalucia in Southern Spain. Surrounded by a sea of solar panels reflecting the sun’s light, this tower is a gas-turbine solar thermal station launched by Israeli company, AORA Solar in the Platforma Solara de Almeria solar research and development park. (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…)
Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Monday, 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. (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…)
Sunflower Inspired Solar Plant Design Devised
Thursday, 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. (more…)