Carbon and solar energy are two of the most plentiful resources on Earth, and researchers at Northwestern University say they have found a way to use one...
A lot of sunlight hits tall office buildings, only to go to waste.
Their relatively small roofs don’t offer much space for solar panels. A solar...
In light of the growing threat of global warming and other environmental catastrophes, the need for new green technology that will contribute in saving the...
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a breakthrough on the Solar Turbine project. We are adopting the Solar Fire concentrator technology as our official solar energy platform. OSE and...
Researchers at Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced a single technology that accomplishes what is currently only accomplished with two...
A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells.
The researchers...
French company Wypsis is drumming up a superthin solar panel layer (less than 100 microns) that could juice a phone from outdoor light. A deal...
It’s the Holy Grail at clean energy research labs all over the world and something which could address long term energy issues domestically and beyond:...
India’s first Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project with solar thermal technology was formally registered on 12 November 2010 by the CDM ...
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology are developing a reactor that can convert carbon dioxide and water into fuel using solar energy, and the whole...
MIT researchers are hopeful of capturing and releasing solar energy with the help of thermo-chemical technology. Scientists were already working on this technology in...
Material chemists at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota say that according to their research, the efficiency of a solar...
General Electric, which has long made solar panels using traditional silicon, is converting to thin-film cells, using the same material as industry cost...
Google’s high-profile plan to develop renewable energy that is cheaper than coal could soon bear fruit, after the search giant revealed it has developed a...
And It’s Pretty Efficient Too!
IBM researchers have recently published a paper in the journal Advanced Materials about a very promising breakthrough in solar technology. How is...
Two state-of-the art solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto...
SunEdison’s photovoltaic solar farm just outside Lexington is now online and providing 4 megawatts of generation capacity to Charlotte-based Duke Energy, which is buying the...
First came corn and cane as biomass for renewable fuel, then cellulosic materials and algae. Now Joule Biotechnologies Inc. has emerged from stealth mode with...
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The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) this week announced the launch of a new loan programme under which householders will be able to...
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DESCRIPTION: Solar radiation can be converted directly into electricity using a semiconductor device known as a photovoltaic (PV) or solar cell. Silicon is the material...
DESCRIPTION: Troughs are long, curved mirrors heliostats that focus or concentrate sunlight onto receiver tubes filled with a circulating heat transfer fluid. The fluid can...
DESCRIPTION: Where water quality is poor, due to either high salinity or contamination with biological organisms, water distillation can be used to provide water suitable...
DESCRIPTION: There are three basic types of solar cookers:
Parabolic Reflector
Box Cookers
Panel Cookers
Parabolic Reflectors are available in two types trough and dish. The...
DESCRIPTION: The international market potential solar dryers is great especially in developing countries, where vast quantities of agricultural products are harvested and conventional fuels are...
The concept of solar thermal energy became prominent in 1767 when the Swiss scientist Horace de Saussure invented the world’s first solar collector, or “hot...
Description: Most solar water heating systems consist of two major parts; The solar collector and the storage tank.
Solar hot water systems can be classified in...
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major...
In a land abundant with sunlight (along with religious and political struggles), a remarkable new solar technology is being tested. While no specific details about...
Scientists have invented a plastic solar cell that can turn the sun’s power into electrical energy, even on a cloudy day.
The plastic material uses nanotechnology...
