Solar Power in Public Transportation
Solar-powered mass transit is key to U.S. energy sustainability. Did you know that one full city bus can keep 50 or more cars off ...
Solar-powered mass transit is key to U.S. energy sustainability. Did you know that one full city bus can keep 50 or more cars off ...
2010 - year of the electric car and a little food for thought
The 2010 Detroit and LA motor shows have a concentration of electric cars. These are either hybrid, where they are differentiated into two categories of ...
Air heat with solar energy, a new concept
At present, both efficiency and output of solar thermal power plants are quite low and it's a big reason behind the high cost of ...
Solar Panels and Cooperative Housing: Where to Get Started
According to National Association of Housing Cooperatives, there are over one million co-op units in the United States alone. Shared housing serves many benefits for ...
5 June 2009 is World Environment Day
On 5 June 2009, World Environment Day, UNHCR which is across the road from the IEC and watt watt , was showing some examples of solar ...
Residential vs. Concentrated Solar Power
Under the renewed guidance of an environmentally eager federal government, the race to transform the national energy grid from fossil fuels to renewable energy is ...
Business and Energy Groups Investigate Hosting Solar Panels
The idea is as old as the landlord-tenant relationship; one party needs a place to put something, the other has the place. Ideally it is ...
Solar Powered Housing Developments Equal Prime Real Estate
As the nation becomes more ecologically aware of our diminishing resources, carbon footprints, and global warming , the need to go green has soared in popularity ...
Solar Startups Power through Recession
The last year has seen a crash in the global economy, fueled by an overly-derived housing market and the poor banking that accompanied it. Still ...
Solar Set to Save Semiconductor Companies
Semiconductor companies have long been key to the electronics industry, producing silicon chips for everything from computers to cell phones to radios. During the last ...
Solar Cell Absorption Rates: What's the Big Deal?
One hurdle for scientists and researchers trying to improve solar cell efficiency has been the solar absorption rates. In other words, the amount of sunlight ...
The Great Solar Land Rush of 2008
In 1849 there was the Gold Rush. Now, in 2008, it is the Solar Rush. The stage for the future of solar power has been ...
European Scientists Look To Globalize Solar Energy Grid
A global solar energy grid? That seems a bit farfetched, or is it? Based on current nanotechnology and expected improvements and innovations, European scientists are ...
Swiss solar island project under construction in the UAE desert
The Swiss centre of electronic and micro technology, CSEM (Centre suisse d'électronique et de microtechnique), a Neuchâtel-based research centre, is busy installing the ...
New DOE Funding Aims to Lower Costs of Solar Energy Storage
With all of the recent attention on soaring energy costs, many Americans have felt and expressed frustration with our government's failure to find better ...
Is Recycling Solar Cells Dangerous?
The solar industry is no spring chicken, but the recent boom and ongoing rapid growth begs an important question: How do I recycle used or ...
Twelve Year-Old Boy Invents More Efficient Solar Cell
William Yuan, at 12 years of age, has invented a solar cell that makes use of not only visible light, but also ultraviolet light. Apparently ...
How Much is a Solar Rooftop Array Worth to You?
SunRun, a San Francisco-based company which "installs and operates residential solar systems" is trying to break down the price barrier and make solar arrays more ...
HP Technique Doubles Efficiency of Solar Panels
With so many recent advancements in solar energy, I can't wait to see what will be available to consumers in the next few years ...
More Efficient Solar Cells?
Looks like UC-San Diego researchers have found a way to improve efficiency in thin-film solar panel cells: spike them with nanowires! Seems that they act ...
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