News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Finding The Position of the Sun

The term sun path has been assigned to notify the path of the sun which changes based on seasonal-and-hourly alteration as the earth rotates, as well as orbits the sun. The position of the sun is one of the main factors determining the amount of heat that can be derived from the sun. So precise [...]

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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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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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The Best of Solar Technology: Thermal or PV?

Solar energy shining at the earth surface represents a thousands of times of the current world’s electricity. Solar power has a bright future but the technology that is going to rule is still a question. Is it going to be thermal solar power or photovoltaic solar technology? Although, solar power has an Olympian capacity it [...]

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Solar Energy In Norway

In Norway approximately 0.4 percent of its electric grid is powered by solar cells. Nowadays, modern solar cell technology can reach an annual capacity of 120 TWh in the country. This shows the pertinence of the renewable and inexhaustible source of energy derived from the sun. Solar cells could be used to provide all the [...]

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Some Important Facts You Must Know Before Installing Your Solar Power System

When you are considering whether or not to invest in solar power, you begin to hear the many pros and cons about solar energy. That is fine since you should take a good look at all sides of the debate before investing. Having a solar power system installed in your home is an important decision [...]

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Critical Overview of Solar Energy: Part 1

Defining solar energy The sun does everyday radiate (diffuse) a colossal mass of energy; this energy is called solar energy. The mass of energy radiated per second is much more than the energy that man has created since his first step on the earth. The source of this immeasurable energy is produced within the sun [...]

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Where is Solar Energy Heading?

There are many who are for solar energy. However, solar power hasn’t been very cost effective for the recent decade. Now, innovative technology is bringing the price of solar energy down to competitive levels. It is leveling to other alternative sources of energy. It is interesting to consider the idea of generating an unlimited and [...]

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