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100% Solar Powered Lawn Mower
Jun 05 2012 09:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Samuel Hamill, a senior electrical engineering student at UMass Lowell in Massachusetts has developed a prototype solar lawn mower powered solely by a 160 watt solar panel. Source: energymatters
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Solar Is The Keystone, That Brings Everything
Jun 07 2012 11:25 AM | eds in Solar Power
“Of all the needs facing the developing world today, energy may not seem like a top priority,” explains Ya’ari, “but imagine a clinic trying to offer medical care at night without light. Patients can hardly find the clinic, doctors are forced to perfor...
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Solar Panels: Past, Present, Future Price
Jun 11 2012 01:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar panels have come a long way, in efficiency, size and cost. . . . See the Improvements, Source: Solar Panels
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Vodafone Booster Brolly
Jun 15 2012 05:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
1) Protection when it rains, 2) LED torch for night time navigation, 3) Wireless signal boosting antenna, 4) Electric recharging for their phone, 5) 'Hands free' phone cradle, and 6) Weight: the same as a loaf of bread. Source: signal-boostin...
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Doe's Sunshot:
Jun 17 2012 01:55 AM | eds in Solar Power
Its mission, to slash the installed costs of solar 75% by the end of the decade,whose value could extend, well into the trillions of dollars. It’s seeking high-risk, high-reward technologies and models that challenge conventional wisdom and redefine t...
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Ge Vs Foxconn: 60% Reduction Solar Costs
Jun 18 2012 03:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
Last October, GE announced it would invest as much as $600 million in building a thin-film solar manufacturing plant in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Last December, Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. can produce thin-film solar PV modules at about...
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Tigi's New Type Of Solar
Jun 20 2012 04:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
In addition to the low energy losses, the Honeycomb Collector does not necessarily need direct sunlight in order to function and can generate energy from diffused light as well, as on hazy or cloudy days. This makes it a particularly attractive solution in the cold and temperate climates of the developed world, including much of Europe, North America and colder parts of Asia.
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Solar Getting Cheaper Than Diesel Generators
Jun 21 2012 02:15 AM | eds in Solar Power
SunEdison is replacing diesel engines in villages in India and other Asian countries. A 430-kilowatt array of solar panels installed by Optimal Power Systems in eastern Malaysia brings power to a thousand people in a remote village. An inverter has the...
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Mexico’S Solar Energy Doubles?
Jul 01 2012 02:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
Mexico with 400 TW of solar radiation a year, . . . only has 6 MW of solar energy capacity installed, . . . but is aiming for 12 MW by the end of the year. Source: Mexico's solar energy
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Heliofocus Catches Canada’S Attention
Jul 02 2012 12:00 PM | eds in Solar Power
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver visted Israel and . . . met with . . . . . . Uzi Landau, Israel’s Energy and Water Minister, . . . . . . Shalom Simhon, Israel’s Industry, Trade and Labor Minister; . . . . . . representatives from...
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Dual-Sided Solar Cells, Up To 50% Increase?
Jul 04 2012 12:45 AM | eds in Solar Power
bSolar panels could change the renewable energy game. First seen in a German trade show last month, then announced in a 730W project in Japan. In typical positions such as on a roof, the panels can yield anywhere from 10-30% depending on the refle...
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Germany Sets A New Solar Power Record
Jul 05 2012 02:30 AM | eds in Solar Power
Pumping 14.7 TWh of electricity into the power grid, . . . during the first 6 months of 2012. . . . That's 4.5% of the total power production during that period. Source: cleantechnica
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1/2 Million Pv Systems, From 2009-2011
Jul 06 2012 03:15 AM | eds in Solar Power
This shows the installation of over 500,000 PV systems across Germany from January 2009 until September 2011.
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Ge Halts Colorado Solar Plant Construction
Jul 06 2012 11:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
What a tough time this is for solar manufacturing. . . . GE said Tuesday that construction of a 400 megawatt thin-film plant in Colorado . . . will be put on hold for 18 months. Source: earthtechling
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Us Creates Solar Energy Zones
Jul 27 2012 07:10 AM | eds in Solar Power
A plan that would allow access to public land in 6 US south-western states to speed up solar energy development, while still protecting environmentally sensitive land. 285,000 acres of public land across the states of . . . Arizona, . . . Californ...
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750,000+ Australian Households Go Pv
Jul 31 2012 03:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
A breakdown of each state: Queensland: 209,217 systems, 475,136 kW capacity New South Wales: 194,980 systems, 435,739 kW capacity Victoria: 128,013 systems, 266,736 kW capacity South Australia: 107,544, 254,149 kW capacity Western Australia: 104,65...
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Tokelau Island Going Solar
Jul 31 2012 07:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
The country will go from 0% to more than 90% renewable electricity, . . . with 4,032 solar panels, . . . 392 inverters and . . . 1,344 batteries, for 1,411 people. Source: gizmag
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Solar Energy That I Would Buy
Aug 20 2012 09:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
A FREE and ENDLESS SOURCE OF HEAT, even during the winter months, in northern latitudes. So efficiently that boiling hot water made from the sun can even be piped in to heat homes. Tigi’s solar energy collector Panels can be put on a wall of a buil...
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Sun Don't Always Shine, Or Does It?
Sep 08 2012 07:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
A rare solar eclipse, in which the moon passes between the earth and the sun, . . . took place over Japan, on the morning of Monday, May 21, 2012. A planed live broadcast , using video cameras, PCs, and other equipment, . . . powered by batteries charg...
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$10 Million Prize
Sep 12 2012 07:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
Energy Department's SunShot Prize makes a total of $10 million in cash awards available to . . . the first 3 teams that repeatedly demonstrate that non-hardware costs, . . . or price to plug in, can be as low as $1 per watt (W) . . ....
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Solar Costs 2X In Usa Than In Germany
Sep 25 2012 05:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
A German family had a 4.6 kW PV array installed and interconnected . . . to their roof 8 days after calling a solar installer for the 1st time. By comparison, New York City’s permitting goal under Solar America Cities . . . was 100 days (before Sol...
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Southeast Asia’S Largest Solar Plant
Sep 29 2012 02:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
44-megawatt project, called ‘Sunny Bangchak,’ . . . located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, 40 kilometers outside Bangkok, Thailand. it would reduce the need to import about . . . 40,000 tons of coal and . . . mitigate 32,000 tons of carbon dioxide emi...
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World’S Biggest Solar Farm
Sep 30 2012 02:50 AM | eds in Solar Power
1,000-megawatt Blythe project in southern California, . . . First Solar may be the only manufacturer with the capacity . . . to supply enough thin-film panels to NextEra. Source: first-solar-may-supply-world-s-biggest-solar-power-plant
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A New Spin On Pv Efficiency
Oct 01 2012 02:55 AM | eds in Solar Power
"The panels produce DC, which runs to the magnets in the base ring. As these spin past the magnets in the stator ring, AC is produced ... just like a standard generator. It is then conditioned through the power electronics to be grid ready. We can...
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New Efficiency Record For Photovoltaic Cells
Oct 01 2012 09:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
EPFL team achieved an astounding 22.4% efficiency An investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells, . . . would suffice to provide more than enough electricity, . . . for the consumption of a 4 people household. Within 3 - 5 years, we expect t...
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