News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Sunglass Project: Solar Energy Using Glass is Being Enhanced by Tecnalia

Currently, the University of Cantabria and a Construction unit at Tecnalia are working together on a new mission entitled Sunglass project. The project emphasises on renewable for innovative buildings. The glass is supposed to enhance the performance of photovoltaic solar systems, so that more renewable energy can be used in the construction industry. Photovoltaic means [...]

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Solar Report: Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast to 2020

A recent report entitled Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast 2020 – Utilities to Drive Future Developments in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market – estimated that the solar energy market will continue to grow through the decade. The report scrutinizes the outlook of the global solar thermal market for 2020. The key trends and growth [...]

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Solar Energy Systems Being Established in Michigan By Xtreme Power, Detroit Edison And Ford

Finally, electric vehicles can make their entrance to the automobile industry as Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are joining together to construct Michigan’s hugest solar power generation systems as well as vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Assembly Plant in Wayne. In the Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant, Detroit Edison will be installing a 500 KW [...]

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Energy of the Future: Conservation + Renewable Energy

Green house emission has been the headlines for several years. In the heart of the news-lines lies the main catalyst for this alarming topic of global climate change, fossil fuel. Seemingly, our voracious demand for energy is spurring prices to new heights and CO2 even beyond accepted ecological parameters. Global energy consumption is currently approximately [...]

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Recent News on Energy & Global Warming: Cheap LED bulb, China’s Green Initiatives, Solar Plants on Farming land and A Great Menace Facing Greenland’s ice sheet

Cheap LED Blub Edges Below $20 (The New York Times) A new marketing effort has been triggered by Home Depot to assure that households accept LED lighting. Early in August, retail giant launched the sale of light bulbs placed in their highly energy-efficient stall at amazingly cheap prices, below $20. Other stores are going to [...]

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Approval To begin Work At Italy’s Biggest Photovoltaic Panel Factory Obtained

After having set aside 49 million euros in terms of funding by the CIPE (Italian Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic Planning) last week, it is now the turn of Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics which have signed a binding commitment letter in favour of a project financing agreement that will be around million euros. [...]

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Cogentrix Energy Confirms Concentrating Photovoltaic Solar Power Facility Project in Colorado

A new solar power project is expected to become the world’s largest concentrating photovoltaic solar power facility. Recently, Cogentrix Energy LLC, which is a ruling electric power generation-projects-development company, revealed that they are joining in on a contract with the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy Company. They are going to establish a [...]

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Interesting Facts about Renewable Energy (Solar and Wind Energy): Part 2

Here is some basic information about renewable energy sources like solar and wind energy. It is important to know as much as possible concerning the energy sources of the future. Solar Energy 1. The sunlight that strikes the earth surface during an hour, if it could be harnessed, would be enough to power the world’s [...]

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Spain Cutting Subsidies for Solar PV cells

According to the Spanish industry ministry, the current feed-in tariffs for photovoltaic installation might experience a cut of 45 percent. Plans to reduce solar photovoltaic installation were reported by the Spanish government. The announced plans are expected to slash support current installations. The Industry Ministry proposed a step-by-step slash in feed-in tariffs. A 45 percent [...]

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Will Graphene Organic Photovoltaics, or, Joggers’ T-shirts Power Your Cell phones someday?

A team from the University of Southern California has created flexible transparent carbon atom films. According to the researchers who have produced them, these films have much potential for a novel kind of solar cells. Professor of electrical engineering, Chongwu Zhou, of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, wrote in a paper that has lately [...]

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