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 »
STAR POWER USING LASERS FOR ENERGY DRIVE
A view inside the National Ignition Facility’s target chamber, a space easily big enough for technicians to stand inside. It is hoped the NIF will eventually be a major source of carbon-free energy.
(Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
LIVERMORE, Calif.–Think clean energy is a fantasy? [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: CHARGING, ELECTRICITY, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY STORAGE, EQUIPMENT, GEOTHERMAL, HEAT TRANSFER, LASERS, POWER GENERATION, SPACE, TECHNOLOGY | No Comments »
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 »
Inexpensive Highly Efficient
Solar Cells Possible
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2010) — Thanks to two technologies developed by Professor Benoît Marsan and his team at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Chemistry Department, the scientific and commercial future of solar cells could be totally transformed. Professor Marsan has come up with solutions for two problems that, for the [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ELECTRICITY, ENERGY STORAGE, EQUIPMENT, GEOTHERMAL, HEAT TRANSFER, SOLAR, TECHNOLOGY, THERMAL | No Comments »
