If you live in an apartment and don’t have roof space, you can still buy into solar power through shared ownership programs—a niche market that a number of solar startups are trying to open up.
Louisville, CO-based Clean Energy Collective said today that solar panel maker First Solar has invested an undisclosed sum in the company. Two First Solar executives, including CEO Jim Hughes, will sit on Clean Energy Collective’s board and the two companies will partner to offer what are called community solar projects to consumers, businesses, and utilities.
L'entreprise PVG Solutions [2], l'université de Miyazaki [3] et d'autres ont conjointement mené des recherches sur le côté l'arrière des panneaux photovoltaïques double face. Les pertes énergétiques et l'augmentation de température ont principalement été étudiées. L'entreprise PVG s'investit dans l'amélioration des performances des panneaux double face pour notamment pouvoir développer les capacités des centrales dans les régions neigeuses à l'image de "Asahikawa Hokuto Solar Power Plant" à Hokkaido générant plus d'énergie que prévu.
One of the joys of roughing it in nature is the disconnect from today’s constant technology. However, the silent bliss for some is a bothersome inconvenience for others, which is why the creators of a new technology sought out a power solution to strike a balance between the two. Lovers of nature and technology, meet the KaliPAK, the portable renewable energy generator.
Ordinarily, installing and connecting a new array of rooftop solar panels takes days, weeks, or even months because the hardware is complex and various permits are needed. Yesterday, on a frigid day in Charlestown, Massachusetts, researchers completed the process in about an hour.
Homeowners can install the system themselves, by gluing it to a rooftop. The permitting is handled by a combination of electronic sensors and software that communicates with local jurisdictions and utilities.
Ordinarily, installing and connecting a new array of rooftop solar panels takes days, weeks, or even months because the hardware is complex and various permits are needed. Yesterday, on a frigid day in Charlestown, Massachusetts, researchers completed the process in about an hour.
Homeowners can install the system themselves, by gluing it to a rooftop. The permitting is handled by a combination of electronic sensors and software that communicates with local jurisdictions and utilities.
NoCamels recently reported on the final project of Bezalel Academy of Arts student Tal Bahar entitled ‘Charge Yourself.’ When we stumbled on the idea for an urban solar-powered, phone-charging bench, we just couldn’t get enough of the environmentally-friendly and mobile technology-driven idea, until we came across the eTree. No longer in the realm of academic projects, the eTree is the brainchild of artist Yoav Ben-Dov who was commissioned to construct the urban tree habitat by the Israeli solar energy company Sologic. So what’s so magical about the idea of the eTree?
If solar power is to become a primary source of electricity around the world, we’ll need cheap ways to store energy from the sun when it isn’t shining. A paper published in the journal Science this week reports a major step toward such a system. Researchers have developed a device that cheaply and efficiently converts the energy in sunlight into hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel and is easily stored.
Une équipe de chercheur coréens de l'Institut de Recherche sur l'Electro-technologie ont mis au point un textile muni de cellule solaire à pigment photosensible. Ces cellules solaires associées au textile ont l'avantage d'être plus légère et d'avoir une grande flexibilité tout en étant mécaniquement robuste. Les capteurs photovoltaïques ont été tissée sur différentes matières telles que le coton, la soie, le feutre ou encore le papier.
If solar power is to become a primary source of electricity around the world, we’ll need cheap ways to store energy from the sun when it isn’t shining. A paper published in the journal Science this week reports a major step toward such a system. Researchers have developed a device that cheaply and efficiently converts the energy in sunlight into hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel and is easily stored.
