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by Reden Rodriguez on December 11, 2006
According to an article from Information Week, Boeing-Spectrolab has successfully developed a high-efficiency solar cell with a conversion ratio of 40.7% (sunlight to energy), the highest level ever...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
Chemist Pam Shapiro and her colleagues from the University of Idaho are in the process of devising a new form of solar cell that would improve the commercial feasibility of solar cell systems....
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
The Mercedes Benz commercial talked about how the Germans have developed an art form in car manufacturing. Could it be the same for solar power technology? Germany claims to be going after leadership...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
There are current plans to produce solar modules based on non-silicon materials in Germany, according to this report from Renewable Energy Access. The report says that because of the shortage in...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
Solar seems to be taking the forefront in terms of developing technologies. A new process that converts the low-energy photos into short-wave high energy photons is being developed at the Max Planck...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 27, 2006
Thanks to Chevron Energy Solutions, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has gotten a huge solar upgrade. It now has a solar power and energy efficiency project in its mail center in Northern...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 27, 2006
Spain is moving up in solar energy generation activity again with Suntech Power Holdings Col, Ltd., supplying about 25 MW of energy in the Photovoltaic Grid Connection Park of Spain. This development...
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by Reden Rodriguez on November 24, 2006
Across the United States, gatherings between bankers, fund managers, philanthropists, and solar panel users and experts are being organized by Mr. Travis Bradford, a former fund manager, corporate...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
Silicon Valley was the instrumental bastion of change in America and the world just a few years ago. Business Magazine reports that it is now on its second wave of disruptive change. Their target: The...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
It looks like Italy is beefing up on its solar energy capacity, as 60 megawatts of total photovoltaic capacity is set to be available by this year. According to Gianni Silvestrini, energy adviser to...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
It is really amazing to realize the potential of every aspect of this planet. What you could think of as useless and desolate could be a powerful resource after all. Such is the case of Deserts in the...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 16, 2006
Internet search company Google and the Sun will join forces early next year to provide its customers with high speed internet web searches using clean and renewable energy. This is due to Google...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 15, 2006
It is never cold in the tropics but that's not any reason why we shouldn't enjoy the benefits of a quick, hot, shower. As a bargain-hunter-slash-energy-researcher-slash-technology-ethusiast,...
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by Reden Rodriguez on September 12, 2006
Germany's biggest solar electric plant opened last September 1 in the southern German state of Bavaria. It also happens to be the world's largest solar electric plant. With more than 1,400...
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by Reden Rodriguez on September 12, 2006
Sharp Corporation of Japan, the world's biggest manufacturer of solar cells said that the cost of generating solar power will decrease by half by 2010 and will be comparable to nuclear power...
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Leave a soda bottle out to bask in the hot sun and what do you get? With a new technology that adheres both solar cells and heat pumps onto surfaces, you may soon get a cold drink instead of a......
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The NREL's Solar Energy Research Facility is in the cutting edge of developing new solar lighting technology called Hybrid Solar Lighting. Hybrid solar lighting collects sunlight and routs it...
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The state of Lagos in Nigeria has recently initiated a pilot solar energy project that will affect 5,000 residents of the said state. Before this electrification project, Lagos, which is a growing...
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I used to hear that joke about solar-powered flashlights getting used during dark nights. I found an item on the Herrington Catalog that turns around and makes that joke a reality! For about $60, you...
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What has 153 washers, 148 dryers, 15 flat-screen TVs, and 36 10X4 solar panels? The World's Largest Laundromat of course! But the fact that this laundromat, owned by Tom Benson of Berwyn, Illinois...
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A major deal breaker for most innovative technologies is the cost of commercial production. For example, the cost of prototype cars goes beyond several million dollars because the technological...
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Spray on sunscreen was the rage when it first came out several decades ago. Today, another spray-on device is set to capture the world and turn the heat from sun into productive use. Scientists have...
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