News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

“Dark State” Increasing Solar Efficiency by 44 %

Xiaoyang Zhu a chemist at University of Texas at Austin says that the conversion efficiency of traditional solar cells can be radically improved based on new ways of converting solar energy. According to Zhu’s team, it was found that the efficiency of harnessing electrons from a single photon of sunlight could be doubled by the [...]

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Geothermal Energy Has Large Potential In The US But Growth Less Than Wind & Solar Energy

In America, one of the most-used sources of renewable energy is geothermal energy. But, during the last three years, it hasn’t been growing as much as solar and wind energy. The potential of geothermal energy is extensive in the Western States. From January to August 2011, the total electricity generated from geothermal energy in the [...]

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Is Solar Powered Data Centre in Apple’s Quest to Go Green?

Large giant tech companies are going towards solar energy. Apple is changing its North Caroline Centre to solar power from coal. In a recent study released by Greenpeace found that Apple ranked last in the field of being Green. The pool included large tech companies. But now they are slowly moving towards solar power by [...]

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Reviewing The Future Design Of Solar Technology

Solar technology is becoming more and more flat. This applies to household solar panels, industrial solar arrays in the desert; Solar panels are literally defined by its flat shape. Yet, solar panels do not need to be flat. In our natural world, practically nothing is flat and therefore why should solar panels continue to have [...]

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India’s First Solar Thermal Power Plant Completed By Abengoa.

India’s first concentrating solar thermal power plant was completed by Abengoa. This plant can generate 3 megawatts electrical energy. It is located in Indian state called Haryana in Gwal Pahari. It is built to fulfil the needs of Indian Institute of technology in Mumbai. Abengoa is an international company that provides modern technology solutions for [...]

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China’s Solar Capacity to Rise by 100 Percent by End of 2011

A Local Newspaper state that China will double it’s installed solar capacity to 2 GWs at the demise of 2011. Reference was given to a government-linked think tank. With the help of solar Feed-in tariffs, by 2015, the cost of solar energy might drop down to 12.5 cents per KWh, which is equivalent to 0.80 [...]

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An Advanced Solar Powered Spacecraft – Juno Mission (Going to Jupiter – NASA)

The NASA Juno Spacecraft is travelling towards Jupiter with an innovative source of energy – solar power – It is currently the most mechanically advanced space travel-craft – fuelled by sunlight. In contrast to other spacecrafts using nuclear generators, Juno is designed with three wide solar wings, which fuels the whole spacecraft. The spacecraft will [...]

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Printed Solar Cells on Papers – New Solar Cell Technology – MIT Release

Progress in technology keeps on keeping us amazed. Recently, a team of researchers from MIT came up with something revolutionary. They actually printed photovoltaic solar cells on a typical paper. With this new discovery, it might soon be possible to generate cheap disposable solar cells that can be used for consumer goods. This is an [...]

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Semprius Solar Energy – Siemens Supporting Start-up

Solar startup Semprius sold 16 percent of its stake to a leading power equipment company – Siemens. Semprius is a semiconductor technology company that develops solar concentrating photovoltaic systems. Solar concentrating PV is said to be a hybrid system combining solar panels and solar thermal technology, using mirrors and lenses to focus sunbeams onto solar [...]

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North Korea Are They Really Going For Solar Energy? China Mission

North Korea is going for solar energy. This is what Kim Join-il, the North Korean Leader has mentioned as a replacement of the intense nuclear power programme. Kim has already requested a tour for with North Korean and China’s ally in solar photovoltaic plants such as Yangzhou, together with a trip to a shopping mall [...]

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