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PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion

Syndicated — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:38:58 +0000

A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...]
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Graphene: Solar Cells of the Future?

Syndicated — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:40 +0000

A southern California University team has come up with what could be the alternative new breed of economical and flexible solar cells. For some decades now, organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) have been acclaimed as the new solar cell prototypes and extolled for their light weight, flexible substrates, low cost and easy manufacturability. Research [...]
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First Factory Built Solar Charging Station

Syndicated — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:41:37 +0000

International Green Energy Expo Korea 2010 was chosen as the venue where SunPods SP-300 was first displayed. This is the first factory built-to-order solar-powered integrated electric-vehicle charging station – ready for powering up immediately. This ready-to-use solar power platform from SunPods is called EV Plug-N-Go. Perfect launch pad: Deagu, South Korea, played host to [...]
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Hybrid Organic Solar Cells Now More Efficient

Syndicated — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:05:41 +0000

Success greets the research team of National Research Council’s National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) and the University of Alberta. The plastic solar cells have now an operating life of 8 months instead of mere hours. And they are low-cost, environmentally efficient, unsealed plastic dollar cells – a green energy source. Developing economically viable plastic [...]
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Breakthrough in Thin-Film Solar Cells

Syndicated — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:46:40 +0000

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have come out with positive news about increased efficiency of thin-film solar cells. As we know that scientists are trying to increase the efficiency of the solar cells so that they can be considered as serious alternative to the fossil fuels. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz [...]
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Economical Solar Panels to Yield More Energy

Syndicated — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:13:49 +0000

There has been research work going on to increase the efficiency of the cost-effective amorphous solar panels. TU Delft has been the center where this research work is being developed. The research will directly help in increasing the efficiency of amorphous solar cells – from a 7% to a 9%. Crystalline silicon is most [...]
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Cell Phone Chargers to go Green

Syndicated — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:52:25 +0000

Today cell-phones have become an integral part of our life and are the most used mode of communication. More prevalent the use of cell-phone, more imperative is the need to curtail eco-pollution that emanates from the huge number of still-in-use and out-of-use cell phones. Toxic products like lead, mercury, cadmium and other materials pose [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power

VIDEO: Solar Stereo Speakers

Syndicated — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:22:04 +0000

Imagine a cool poolside with golden sunlight, lifting music and relaxing time – sounds great, no! Now great music, wireless speakers, and excellent audio quality – all these are possible with Devotec Solar Sound 2 Stereo Bluetooth Speakers. Almost all phones, MP3 players and music players can be connected to these speakers wirelessly to [...]
Posted in: Industry, Inventions, Solar Power

The Ultimate Solar Cell?

Syndicated — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:14:33 +0000

The ultimate step in utilizing solar power is to convert maximum energy from sun into electricity. This will make solar power highly cost-advantageous compared to other traditional power sources. Capturing energy wasted as heat from the sun can increase solar conversion efficiency greatly. Research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is on-going to [...]
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Dock Here for Clean Renewable Solar Energy!

Syndicated — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:09:46 +0000

This can very well happen in the near future with billboards advertising – bold and strong, beckoning electric vehicles for recharging. Already in Berlin-Adlershof, this is happening. The largest independently functioning solar charging station is offering high-quality, computerized and completely safe kind of solar charging to electrical cars. Electric-power cars’ handicap – finding a [...]
Posted in: Electric Cars, Solar Power, Transportation