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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Fusion Energy Will Play An Important Role in Future Energy

In order to satisfy the ever increasing energy demand of the world, new and environmentally friendly, reliable forms of electricity need to be developed. The energy demand could be tripled by 2050 due to the expected rise in global population from the current 6 billion to 9 billion in addition to improved livelihoods. Since every [...]

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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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‘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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Minor Changes To the Tiniest Parts In Solar Cells Yields Surprising Rise In Efficiency

A team of engineers from University of Buffalo has been able to significant increase the conversion rate of solar-energy technology by tweaking the tiniest parts of the cells. At University of Buffalo, researchers have already demonstrated that embedding quantum dots into modern photovoltaic cells increase the energy output significantly. It allows the cells to generate [...]

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Toshiba, Sojitz Selected for Renewable Energy in Regions Affected by Quake

In order to join hands in the efforts that are being made by Japan to encourage the use of renewable energy in regions that were recently hit by tsunami and earthquake, Toshiba Corp. will be conducting a feasibility study based on solar energy along with Taisei Corporation and Sojitz Corporation. The above mentioned companies were [...]

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“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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Solar Power to Reach Grid Parity In 5 Years

India’s government says that solar power will cost the same as typical electricity within five years from now. In 2017, the tariff of solar power will be on the same rate as thermal energy. Recent trend has shown a significant decrease in price per project.. The renewable-energy minister says that companies are bidding at rate [...]

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Will Mars Be a Hub For Nuclear Energy Or Solar Power?

Opportunity and Spirit were the two last NASA Mars rovers sent to outer-space in 2003. They used solar energy as a source of energy. However, from Cape Canaveral, in November 2011 another rover has started its mission but with nuclear power. Spirit and Opportunity – Solar Powered Rovers Apparently, solar power and nuclear power have [...]

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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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