News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

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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To Make People Green: Use Body Heat To Reheat Buildings

New inventions have always been in practice for a long time throughout the world. Creative ideas regarding more green environments are spreading throughout the world. Some of these inventions and ideas are very awkward as the one developed by Persian engineers. These engineers are doing a test plan which uses heat generated from the human [...]

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PlanetSolar: World’s Largest Solar Boat sailing Through the Pacific

The biggest solar boat in the world named as Turanor Planet Solar is sailing for the world tour with an aim of making a record of fastest sailing. In addition, the company wants to make people truly aware of the real potential of renewable energy. The boat started its journey in last September around the [...]

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TATA Supporting Floating Solar Technology

TATA Power an Indian power company and Sunengy Pty Ltd. an Australian company has made a partnership contract which will allow the Australian company to build a pilot plant in India. India is interested in building this plant because the technology is Solar based & the cost is lower. The floating (on water) plant will [...]

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Saudi Arabia – Host its 3rd Solar Energy Forum

The energy demand is expected to triple in Saudi Arabia from currently 43GW (2010) to beyond 120 GW in the upcoming 2 decades. This is what Dr. Khalid Al-Sulaiman and Vice-President, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy says. In the 3rd Saudi Solar Energy Forum – Towards a Sustainable Energy Mix for Saudi [...]

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Solar industry: A Financial Motivating Force

In the last decade, a research and advisory firm Clean Edge submitted their initial report on green technology. Now, they have already published their 10th annual Clean Energy Trends report, featuring the steady progress of a number of clean technologies, including solar resources. In addition, it discusses the company’s projection of trends for the next [...]

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Molten salts to Replace Thermal Oil in Solar Plant

A team of scientists from Siemens are taking initiatives in developing a technology that would effectively enhance the performance of solar thermal power plants while, at the same time, cut down the costs through the use of this climate-neutral power resource. These researchers plan to make use of mixtures of molten salts as the media [...]

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