Spray-on film turns windows into solar panels

Imagine if all the windows of a building, and perhaps even all its exterior walls, could be put to use as solar collectors. Soon, you may not have to imagine it, as the Norweigan solar power company EnSol has patented a thin film solar [...]

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BUILDINGS, BY-PRODUCTS, COATINGS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, EQUIPMENT, HEAT TRANSFER, MATERIALS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES | No Comments »

Innovation Puts Next-Generation
Solar Cells on the Horizon.
Could dye from berries be the answer??

ScienceDaily (Dec. 2, 2009) — In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.

Scientists at Monash University, in [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: COATINGS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, EQUIPMENT, GEOTHERMAL, GRID SYSTEMS, HEAT TRANSFER, MATERIALS, POWER GENERATION, REFLECTION, SOLAR | 1 Comment »

Purple Pokeberries

Hold Secret
to Affordable Solar Power Worldwide

Science(Apr. 30, 2010) — Pokeberries — the weeds that children smash to stain their cheeks purple-red and that Civil War soldiers used to write letters home — could be the key to spreading solar power across the globe, according to researchers at Wake Forest [...]

Posted on May 2nd, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: COATINGS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY STORAGE, GEOTHERMAL, HEAT TRANSFER, PLANTS, RESEARCH EXPLORE, TECHNOLOGY | No Comments »

Natural Solar Collectors
On Butterfly Wings
Inspire More Powerful Solar Cells

ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2009) — The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell that could be used for powering homes, businesses, and other applications in the [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ANIMALS, COATINGS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INSECTS, SOLAR, TECHNOLOGY | No Comments »