An atom-thin photovoltaic device with high quantum efficiency has been developed by an international team of researchers, researchers from the University of Boston, University of Oxford, and the National University of Singapore. The atom-thin photovoltaic ...
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2013-05-06 03:14:23
These days, the biggest challenge to going solar is financing. The good news is that solar hardware is getting cheaper. According to research from Greentech Media Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, solar photovoltaic (PV) system prices ...
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2013-05-06 02:16:25
That idea, Wilson said, involves private developers and investors fronting the cash to build a photovoltaic system and then taking advantage of governmental tax credits associated with solar power. Municipalities cannot benefit directly from those tax ...
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2013-05-06 02:11:20
( University of Utah ) University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient photovoltaic solar cells and LED lights, biological sensors and systems to convert waste heat to electricity
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2013-05-05 20:23:18
According to the abstract published by the World Intellectual Property Organization on its website: "A mobile solar power-generating system with deploying panels has a prismatic container (1), a central photovoltaic panel (6), transversal photovoltaic panels ...
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2013-05-04 23:27:12
AFP photo. MOFFETT AIRFIELD, United States / California: The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on solar power alone landed in the dark at a major southwestern US airport, a live feed from the organizer's website showed early yesterday.
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2013-05-04 17:30:49
Alpine is one of eight large-scale photovoltaic solar facilities owned by NRG that currently produces clean solar power for thousands of homes and businesses in three states. The other seven completed or partially completed plants are Agua Caliente (under ...
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2013-05-04 09:56:01
Berkshire is building a massive utility-grade solar power facility, using off-the-shelf photovoltaic (PV) technology. Berkshire subsidiary MidAmerican Solar will own the facility, which is called the Antelope Valley Solar Projects. SunPower (SPWR) designed and ...
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2013-05-04 05:15:28
Desert Sunlight, north of Desert Center, a photovoltaic development by First Solar. Ivanpah, in northeast San Bernardino County near Primm, Nev., built by BrightSource Energy Co. using mirrors to focus heat on a central tower. Once fully operational, the three ...
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2013-05-03 22:45:05
View: Larger | Hide. Pastor Skip Courter stands amidst a new solar panel array on the roof of St. John's Lutheran Church in Downtown San Antonio. Solar power helps cut the church's energy consumption. Photo: Darren Abate / San Antonio Express-News ...
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2013-05-03 17:55:34
All solar power technology is limited by one pesky little constant: the maximum amount of solar energy striking any representative section of the planet is generally about one kilowatt per square meter. Yanko's photos seem to show a photovoltaic surface about ...
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2013-05-03 16:17:58
Last month, the commander of Fort Bliss, a vast United States military complex that straddles the Texas-New Mexico line, announced plans to build a solar farm.The array will use 94,000 photovoltaic panels to generate 20 megawatts...
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2013-05-03 13:00:10
Using a Parabolic Dish, the Clean Enviro Tech unit concentrates the power of 500 SUNS onto a focal point creating a tremendous amount of heat in addition to the electrical output generated from the Concentrating Photovoltaic cells. This recent breakthrough provides ... to standard solar Photovoltaic panels
SYS-CON Media (press release) via Google News
2013-05-03 10:58:04
At its simplest level, this will allow easier connection by solar producers to the power grid and encourage additional solar power. According to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Italy has the potential to become one of the strongest markets for ...
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2013-05-03 10:55:36