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, 2012IKEA 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…)
US to Setback China Solar Case by February
Monday, 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. (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…)
Copper Nanowire: A Lucrative Technology for Touch Screen, LED and Solar Cell
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A new research has unveiled that the copper nanowires can be used to compose screens of cell phones, e-readers and iPads. These nanostructures will reduce the cost of manufacturing electric displays. Hence, they will bring an era of fold-able electronics as well improvise solar cells. (more…)
Solar Developers Look for Land in Massachusetts
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Though the future does not seem much brighter for solar power developers, recent developments could now turn the town into solar capital of New England, said Jack Hunter, Carver’s planning director.
He also quoted that solar players’ demand for land could change growers’ future who were selling their land to real estate developers though housing sector was not doing well.
Mitsubishi Spray-on Solar Power Technology
Monday, September 26th, 2011
The devastation produced by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, the government is trying to increase dependency on the clean energy. It’s great to know that industrial typhoon (like Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.) has got a huge success, particularly in the field of alternative energy by coming up with an idea of spray-on solar power technology. (more…)
DSSC Design for Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells
Monday, August 1st, 2011
A novel discovery in light rebounding technique by an old solar cell design through layers of microscopic spheres will increase the electricity-generating potential by 26%. This project has been led by a team of engineers from the University of Minnesota. The team has got a huge success in improving the efficiency of a kind of solar cell by engineering alternating layers of nanometer and micrometer particles. (more…)
Nissan Leaf: A Vehicle Powered By Solar Energy
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Nissan Leaf
Nissan, the giant automaker, has come up with the idea of charging its new Nissan Leaf model by solar power. This step has been taken to improve electric storage systems. Although Nissan Leaf has good response in Japan, the company is looking for next five year plan when ageing Leaf will offer best business opportunities to use lithium-ion batteries for storing electricity. (more…)