News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Walmart Planning Instal Photovoltaic Modules on 27 of its Massachusetts Stores

18-month initiative to produce 10.5 MW of clean energy The American Retail Giant; Walmart announced its intention to set-up solar panels on the roof-top of almost half of all its stores in Massachusetts. This initiative is expected to start by August 2012. The construction is currently in an engineering phase, and Walmart officials said they [...]

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Power Coming From Dahanu Photovoltaic solar Energy Plant

In Mumbai, Dahanu solar Energy Plant went live providing energy to homes and businesses. It is currently, India’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant and is situated in the Rajasthan. It is already distributing energy to thousands of nearby households and businesses in the Western State in India. The Director of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) [...]

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Green Tech The Future Of Tata Power

India’s largest private energy producer, Tata power, is going towards green technology. The company wants to generate 25 percent of all its power from clean energy sources, and is ready to invest in business partners already developing clean renewable energy. In a recent interview, The Executive Director of Tata Power, S. Ramakrishnan told DNA Money [...]

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World’s First Plug-and-Play Solar Panels Launched

Westinghouse has launched the world’s first fully integrated plug-and-play solar panels. The company’s innovative trademarked instant connection system eliminates panel-to-panel wiring and racking. The company claims their system reduces installation costs by 50%. Last week, the designer and manufacturer of solar power systems, Westinghouse Solar, announced the release of a new line of solar panels [...]

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New Thin Film Solar Cells to Produce Cheap Power

The solar industry is reaching new milestones with companies announcing a launch of products that will cut power prices drastically. Ampulse Corporation promises their innovative type of solar cells will produce power for less than $0.50 per watt. The company has developed a new production process that supports their claim. Ampulse’s crystalline solar cells are [...]

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Computerized simulation of Nuclear Fusion Displays High Energy Generation

Numerous computerized recreations performed by Sandia National Laboratories indicate that High-gain nuclear synthesis could come into fruition use. This was shown with of a tubular container heated, which was immersed in a heavy magnetic-field zone. In this simulation, the output energy was significantly higher (50 times) than the input energy directed on the liner of [...]

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Sandia’s Tool That Estimates The Value of Solar Photovoltaic Power System

Domestic and commercial enterprises with photovoltaic installations face incessant valuation, and this is a real challenge, especially to the nation’s real estate industry. However, a new gadget developed jointly by scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories, and Solar Power Electric seeks to find a solution to this appraisal issue. In a bid to regulate the [...]

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MENA REGION: Time To Go For Renewable Energy

The Middle East North Africa (MENA) region has more than half of the world’s oil reserves. This has made the region the chief suppliers of oil to the entire world. Without any doubt, the oil reserve that the MENA region has been supplying well but is now a constantly diminishing resource. The several generations ahead [...]

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‘Net-Zero’ Households – Say Bye to Electricity Bills

It is now possible to have monthly electricity bills of USD 0, or just around that figure. Homebuilders are following various guidelines to be able to properly install solar power, insulation and energy-efficient appliances into smart green households. An example of a strong homebuilder company of environmentally friendly households is Shea Homes. The SheaXero concept [...]

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AVSE II Solar Power Plant Going Live In 2013

A MW photovoltaic solar power plant is being established in Maricopa County, Arizona. This was recently announced by Fluor Corporation. The company was granted two contracts for building as well as maintaining the plant. The solar farm will form part of the largest photovoltaic solar farms in the world. The project of constructing the solar [...]

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