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…)
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Solar Powered Vehicle by Omer Sagiv
Monday, February 13th, 2012Concentrated 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…)
Solar Powered Kindle Cover Uncovered at CES
Monday, 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. (more…)
Solar Power For Tweeting, Surfing
Monday, 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. (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…)
French Solar Panel Maker Opens Factory at San Diego
Monday, 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. (more…)
Era of Solar Powered Tricycles
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Solar powered trike (Creative Commons/Manameric)
Philippines should soon be free of gasoline powered tricycles, if the dream of Ang Kasangga Rep. Teodorico Haresco is to come true. According to the co-inventor of the electric tricycles, the dream vehicle presently used in Quezon City and Bacolod City and San Carlos City in Negros Occidental is not only inexpensive but also environmentally friendly. (more…)
Obama Administration unveil plans for Solar Energy Zones
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Solar Plant in California (USFG)
Despite the solar power industry entering an era of high-profile bankruptcies, the Obama administration seems gung-ho on promoting solar power in six Western states by identifying them as “Solar Energy Zones”. Solar power companies like Solyndra who received nearly half-billion dollar federal loan have etched a failure story of the millennium but the undeterred Obama government is continuing pushing its big-league plans to promote solar power development. (more…)