The Future of Solar Energy Depends on Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics or PV is the area of research and technology that deals with solar cells as a source of energy by converting the sun’s rays into electricity. Every year since 2002, the production of PV cells has increased by 48%, which makes ... was produced by solar power. But what are PV’s and how do they work? The PV solar cell is composed [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 13:30:30
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Coolerado looks to sun to keep things cool
Coolerado looks to sun to keep things cool Posted by Heather Clancy @ 11:33 am Categories: energy, green tech, renewable energy, solar Tags: ... runs off six solar photovoltaic panels, can cool up to 3,000 square feet using only 600 watts ... for solar-powered air conditioners. The company is out drumming up partnerships with solar [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 17:06:51
Clean Tech Still Sizzles as Venture Investments Cool
Even though venture capitalists raised $28 billion in 2008 to invest in new start-ups, they are holding that money tight ... three deals were Nanosolar, a solar-cell maker that raised $300 million; Solyndra, a photovoltaic solar ... to $909 million. Venture investors continue to favor solar energy and photovoltaic companies, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 01:23:36
solar training diy solar panel pv photovoltaic harbor freight solar energy sol
Solar Training. Most people who want a diy solar project find themselves not knowing the ins and outs of a solar energy. Therefore the new keywords of late are "solar training" and "diy solar" Try these for a more precise search. [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 04:39:48
ZenithSolar To Dedicate First Solar Energy Farm in Israel
Green Prophet received a press announcement that ZenithSolar , an Israeli start-up company that will license revolutionary solar energy technologies, will be launching its first “solar farm” in April 2009 based on Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV ... cogeneration solar power system – with a full vertically integrated strategy – that can be deployed [more...]
Date: 2009-03-12 15:12:45
Rise & Shine: January 30, 2009
The Rise & Shine is your daily source for all solar-industry news. Brought to you by Sweet Solar Home and the Experts at SunRun ... photovoltaic solar energy facility at its Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center on the island of Kauai, Hawaii ... of power that on-site solar arrays can provide. Austin Considering Major Solar Plan Austin’s municipal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 17:48:18
Wells Fargo says it is a major backer of solar
From Green Right Now Reports San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & ... capital to solar photovoltaic projects developed by solar energy providers SunEdison and MMA Renewable ... Company announced today that it has financed 125 commercial-scale solar photovoltaic projects [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 21:52:48
BioSolar’s BioBacksheet Gets Global Audience at International Green Energy EXPO Korea 2009
Company’s BioBacksheet™ Replaces Petroleum with Renewable Materials to Create More Cost-Effective and Earth-Friendly Solar Panel BackingMonday April ... s BioBacksheet™ protective covering for photovoltaic solar cells replaces expensive and potentially ... watt of photovoltaic solar power.“We have successfully demonstrated that functional photovoltaic [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 10:05:03
DIY Solar Energy - A Reliable Source Of Alternative Energy.
The energy obtained from the sun is a fantastic reality that we can enjoy thanks to advanced technology ... such as photovoltaic panels, pumps, and fans to turn solar power into useful energy. Thousands ... on an appropriate place. The best options are roofs and backyards where the solar power equipment will be able [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 12:29:00
Solar Water Heating Pays For Itself Five Times Over
An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, ... technological approaches to alternative energy sources, such as photovoltaic cells for solar power ... from the sun rather than including a waste energy-conversion step.They have compared solar hot-water production [more...]
Date: 2009-03-14 08:00:31
Sun’s Energy - Sustainable Fuel for PV Solar Panels
by Tal Potishman Solar Photovoltaic cells (Solar PV) are effectively panels that absorb the sun’s light ( ... installations in England have been cleared for solar PV panel systems and English homeowners can also install ... or electrical appliances directly. Although not yet highly visible in the UK domestic market, solar PV [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 14:06:13
Solar Industry – How You Doin?
Investors need some encouragement to put money into solar right now ... . Analysts are looking to see a drop from 5-20% in solar panel prices during 2009. Jeff Osborne of Thomas ... . So at European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference in Spain last week, 715 solar companies tried [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 12:32:37
Cheaper Materials Could Be Key To Low-cost Solar Cells
Cost Of Installed Solar Photovoltaic Systems Drops Significantly Over The Last Decade Researchers report that records from a decade’s worth of solar ... support for solar photovoltaic systems. Carbon-neutral Way To Power Your Home Scientists are working toward a biofuel-driven, zero-carbon home energy system. It works by burning vegetable oil [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 17:55:02
Panel Of Experts List Top 30 Innovations Of The Past 30 Years
To celebrate their three decades on the air, PBS’ Nightly Business Report teamed up with Knowledge@Wharton, ... internet Media 19. Large scale wind turbines Energy 18. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Energy 17 [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 10:02:22
Most Efficient Solar PV Plant of 2008 Won’t Hold Title for Long
A solar photovoltaic station tucked away high in a high Colorado mountain valley will finish 2008 as the nation’s most productive utility-scale solar ... Dorado Energy Solar facility in southern Nevada.» Read more on alternative energy» See peer reviews of Renewable Energy Options at Green HomeThough Alamosa will slip to number two in terms of total [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 20:58:19
Magnifying Solar Panels' Energy As Cheap as Coal, Start-up Claims
If you've ever set a leaf set aflame with a magnifying glass, ... October 12. In keeping with their desire to make solar energy as cheap as possible, the company ... power created by almost all traditional energy sources. Solar energy has always been long on hope [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 03:10:09
Smart Utilities Offering Rebates for Solar Hot Water Systems
So you want to take advantage of the sun’s energy somehow but solar photovoltaics just aren’t in the cards? Solar hot water systems may not be as sexy as their electron-producing counterparts, but in most ... almost exclusively on the rooftops of Jimmy Carter-era homes, solar hot water panels have made [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 17:39:49
Solar Breaks $1/w Barrier; But Are We Ready?
In 2007 there was a breakthrough in the solar industry when the cost of solar energy hit an all-time low of $1 per watt, ... out at $0.98/w. First Solar, the company to produce a thin-film photovoltaic solar panel that will generate power ... credits forward-thinking government programs for their progress and boasts that their modules leave [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 17:49:17
Northwest UU Earth Ministry Solar Power Project
On Jan 29, 2009 Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta began its three year mission to free itself from the coal-fired electrical grid. Installation of 20 Schuco-USA solar photovoltaic (PV) modules was completed constituting the first phase of a 108 solar module array. The Congregation is combining solar energy and energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-08 00:18:10
Project Green: an Innovative Mixed-Use Infrastructure Concept
With all the recent discussion about crumbling infrastructure and stimulus spending, ... ; Maximize opportunities to use solar energy for electrical and hot water needs through photovoltaic and concentrated solar hot water arrays; Create a carbon neutral development by offsetting [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 06:44:00
Who Owns U.S. Solar-Energy? In Arizona, Spain Does.
March 2, 2009 – 23:32European firms are snapping up solar-energy outfits in the United States at rapid clip. The most recent acquisitions include the largest U.S. solar photovoltaic installation at Nellis ... technology – in Arizona – solar panels on the roofs of Colorado parking garages and solar arrays [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 03:32:55
Envision Solar Covered Parking Lots with Solar Groves
The Solar Grove is a highly customizable and efficient system of photovoltaic solar canopies ... Into a Solar Farm We need to take advantage of the renewable power... Practical Solar Heliostat ... by Vincent Gerkens... Affordable PV Solar Systems for Connecticut Residents Energy prices are soaring [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 01:08:20
BioSolar's renewable backsheet for solar panels
Currently, photovoltaic modules in solar panels employ petroleum-based plastics as a protective backing, ... and superstrate components of solar panels. The materials have a lifespan of 20-25 years, and, most ... solar electricity costs North Carolina campus goes solar Flexible Cells to expand Solar Energy [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 07:00:24
Education, Education, Cancellation
The Labour Government has always acted as if announcements change the real world while tawdry things like money and delivery are left to those of us ... and a “Green New Deal” collapsing into Labour’s cancelling funding for 144 colleges in mid-building work and closing schools funding for solar photovoltaic energy. A Nightmare Week of Labour [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 15:53:00
Concentrator Photovoltaics
Antonio L. Luque , Viacheslav M. Andreev, “Concentrator Photovoltaics” Springer | 2007 | ISBN: 3540687963 | 345 pages | PDF | 9,5 MB Photovoltaic solar-energy conversion is one of the most promising technologies ... electricity. In fact, photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight insures an efficient and cost [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 20:18:29
New PV Solar Tracker improve energy harvesting.
DEGERenergie, a Germany-based provider of tracking systems for solar units, ... increase the energy yield of photovoltaic systems by up to 45%. The newly issued certification ... says that its uniaxial TOPtraker systems are now CSA/UL certified - representing a significant [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 23:43:00
SolarHype Gets Practical to Deliver Real Value to Solar Installations
With “ National Semiconductor Acquires Act Solar, Extending Its Solar Energy Efficiency and Management Capabilities ”, National Semiconductor Corporation (NSM) purchased a string based photovoltaic ((PV)) DC power ... whether the string solar modules are generating maximum power. If any string solar modules are impaired [more...]
Date: 2009-03-22 14:21:57
MIT Professor Touts Water Splitting Catalyst
In July, we told you about how a professor at MIT has developed a cheaper, easier way to split water using solar energy ... can come from a photovoltaic panel. Thus, sunlight generates electricity, electricity (with the help ... that going from sunlight to electricity to fuel, then back to electricity is a rather inefficient [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 20:32:56
Solar Hot Water Heaters Pick Up Steam in Texas
From my post at CleanTechnica So you want to take advantage of the sun’s energy somehow but solar photovoltaics just aren’t in the cards? ... almost exclusively on the rooftops of Jimmy Carter-era homes, solar hot water panels have made ... a $2 million incentive program for solar water heaters , paying residential customers between $600 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-22 16:50:13
Transparent Solar Cells Out in Market by 2009
Konarka_transparent.jpg Development of solar cells and panels focuses not only on the technical specs such as efficiency these days ... of regular solar panels, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) have been developed. Some examples ... . Aesthetics have become a big deal for solar energy, especially since a solar panel setup [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 18:03:32
Photovoltaic Solar Array at Progress Energy’s Sutton Plant Site is Now Online
Progress Energy Carolinas’ power generation mix has become a little sunnier, as a 1.2-megawatt (MW) ... households and businesses in the Carolinas. Progress Energy also purchases renewable energy credits ... to pursue cost-effective renewable energy investments in meeting state goals and objectives. Hand [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 12:03:45
Austin Event: Grid-Tied Solar System Class
Austin has an aggressive solar energy rebate program ($4.50 per professionally-installed watt) ... . Or, to be more DIY: Make your own solar panel from scrap chunks of photovoltaics Create a portable solar charger And add a DIY sun tracker to your system Read more | Permalink | Comments [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 02:30:24
The Prepared Text For Sarah Palin’s Love Letter To Big Oil [Updated]
UPDATE: At Climate Progress, Joe Romm notes that Palin’s prepared remarks make it unambiguous that McCain won’t regulate global warming pollution ... of the Xunlight Corporation in Toledo, Ohio, a producer of flexible thin-film photovoltaic solar panels — despite ... as you’re progressing with the solar panels and understanding alternative energy [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 15:13:09
Austin Event: Grid-Tied Solar System Class
Austin has an aggressive solar energy rebate program ($4.50 per professionally-installed watt) ... here. Or, to be more DIY: Make your own solar panel from scrap chunks of photovoltaics Create a portable solar charger And add a DIY sun tracker to your system Read more | Permalink [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 23:53:15
End of the ride
For a brief period in time, it seemed that the Chinese project to reduce carbon emissions and develop alternative sources of energy had gathered real ... of photovoltaic cells (incubating solar panel manufacturing giants like Suntech and Trina Solar in the process [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 04:43:55
Preferred Residences Adds Flagberry Hill Club And Resort
Will be St. Thomas’ first enviromentally sustainable development ... and entertainment systems, and a private swimming pool. In addition to these upscale features and amenities, when possible the property will be powered by wind, solar and photovoltaic energy sources [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 10:13:11
DDOE Offers Funding for Solar and Wind Energy ProjectsWashington, DC
Photo from: Survey: Would You Add Solar Panels to Your Home? ... years will be available, beginning immediately with solar photovoltaic and wind turbine systems ... of electricity the renewable energy system generates. DDOE expects to be able to offer incentives [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 09:00:00
Hot Idea: Recycling Wasted Energy
Computers and cacti go together like chocolate and peanut butter ... that creates solar energy systems designed to harness the waste heat from traditional solar photovoltaic ... . Bill McKibben once lamented the unsexiness of waste heat recovery, an energy efficiency [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 17:00:38
Israeli solar energy project enters farm phase
Two functioning CPV systems at Kibbutz Kvutzat Yavne ... solar power systems utilizing CPVs (concentrated photovoltaic) rather than traditional PVs (photovoltaic). Flat solar panels found atop homes encompass PVs, whereas CPVs differs in several different [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 20:00:01
Green:Net 09 catches Solar too
San Francisco, California USA Looking for solar amongst the Green:Net Last Tuesday, the Green: ... (TeraWatts) of the 2033 Energy Mix from Photovoltaic Solar, the PV Industry must produce “ 100 ... and try new things out. My top keynote, mininote, and panel picks include: Bob Metcalfe [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 06:42:51
Photovoltaic film molded to shingles, turns sunlight into electricity
It's an old idea: roof shingles that not only keep your home dry but capture solar power and convert it to electricity. But a Tucson, Ariz., solar firm and the world's largest chemical company are partners in a newer approach. Global Solar Energy of Tucson manufactures a thin, flexible photovoltaic film. read more [more...]
Date: 2009-03-13 18:55:00
Using Solar Power As An Energy Source
Photovoltaic cells those black squares an array of which comprises a solar panel are getting more efficient, and gradually less expensive, all the time, thanks to ever better designs which all them [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 14:35:19
Let the Sunshine in!
by Katina Fontes Katina Fontes is Realtor® with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage ... . Last night I took a course on Solar Heating taught by my friend Amy Beaudet at the Alternative ... heating. When thinking about solar energy, most of us think of photovoltaic modules -- the blue [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 18:47:02
Diy Solar Power Solar Panel Pv Photovoltaic Harbor Freight Solar Energy Solar Panels
Its not easy being green right? Wrong - it is easy and here is how easy it is. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=caeEyh...eature=related [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 21:57:45
Bright day for Silicon Valley solar company
March 9th, 2009 Posted by Harry Fuller @ 12:09 pmCategories:Blogroll, Europe, energy, engineering, environmental health, green tech, renewable energy, solarTags:Greece, Photovoltaics, Courtesy SolFocus, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller Solar collector panels. Courtesy SolFocus.SolFocus of Mountain View says they will be helping [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 19:09:29
A word about Alternative Energy
by Jenny Robinson Fortunately for the plant, there are many forms of alternative energy. Solar power is always the obvious choice using photovoltaic cells and whereas these were ... farms” are developed by placing great arrays of triple-bladed windmills all over the place to capture [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 08:30:34
There's No SOLAR In Recession
Solar energy is still on steroids, growing at a record pace in the United States and worldwide in 2008, ... photovoltaic electric power, 139 thermal MW of solar-water heating and 21 MW of solar space heating ... last year. Total installed capacity is now nearly 9,000 megawatts (MW). Solar-pool heating [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 22:53:29
Solar Carport Gives Plug-ins a Charge
Specialty glass and plastic manufacturer Romag has developed the PowerPark, a carport with a photovoltaic roof that harnesses solar energy as a power source for plug-in cars ... PowerParks have been installed in Romag's headquarters, with additional installation sites planned [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 21:41:55
A word about Alternative Energy
by Jenny Robinson Fortunately for the plant, there are many forms of alternative energy. Solar power is always the obvious choice using photovoltaic cells and whereas these were ... of great arrays of triple-bladed windmills all over the place. Making use of energy and having [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 11:22:29
Swiss-based Protoscar to reveal the fully electric LAMPO sports cabriolet in Geneva
Swiss-based Protoscar will be launching a full size sports cabriolet at the Geneva Motor Show ... is directly taken from the publicly available infrastructure, the company has built a 16 kWH photovoltaic plant located in Tuscany that will generate energy via solar cells which will then help feed energy [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 14:22:36
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