01/14/2011 - SoloPower, a California-based manufacturer of thin film solar cells and modules, announces it will locate a high volume manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Oregon... Read more.... … [Read more...]
Sunswift IV sets solar-powered vehicle speed record
Wednesday 01/12/ By Leave a Comment
Filed under: Etc., Solar, Pacific Region Late last week, the Australian-built solar racer, Sunswift IV, officially captured the title of the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle. Designed by the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the Sunswift IV … [Read more...]
Self-Repairing Organic Solar Cells Use DNA Strands to Work
Monday 01/10/ By Leave a Comment
A grand breakthrough in solar cell technology is attempted at the Birck Nanotechnology and Bindley Bioscience centers at Purdue's Discovery Park. It involves the creating of a brand new carbon nanotube enhanced and DNA manipulated solar cell, capable … [Read more...]
World’s Fastest Solar Car: New World Record Set [VIDEO]
Monday 01/10/ By Leave a Comment
Last week, a car designed and built by University of South Wales students, the Sunwift IVy solar car, smashed the world solar car speed record. At the HMAS Albatross navy base airstrip in Nowra, the car was recorded going over 88 kmh (nearly 55 mph), … [Read more...]
Advances In The Field of Infrared-Harvesting Solar Cells: Prototype Heralded Next Year
Wednesday 12/22/ By Leave a Comment
A team of researchers about whom we've been talking about more then two years ago, from the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, has made advances in the study of a special kind of solar cells that can harvest the solar power even at night, in … [Read more...]
$1,260 Jacket, $980 Pants Prove Solar Fashion Has A Long Way To Go
Monday 12/20/ By Leave a Comment
Images via Silvr Lining Despite the fact that solar cell technology is constantly improving, there seems to be little indication that fashion incorporating those solar cells is improving at all. Example: Silvr Lining's GO Solar Power Collection. … [Read more...]
Sony’s Hana Mado Solar Panel Brings Fun Back to Solar Cells
Thursday 12/16/ By Leave a Comment
Photo via Gizmag The ability of a solar cell to turn light into electricity is exciting. However, solar cells themselves are boring, and usually ugly too. That's one of the reasons why integrating them into fashion and home decor has been so … [Read more...]
BioSolar Develops New PV Components From Renewable Plant Sources
Thursday 12/09/ By Leave a Comment
Biosolar focuses on exploring how to implement a cost reduction of solar cells by replacing petroleum-based plastic PV panel components with durable bio-based materials, that still meet the requirements of current PV panel manufacturing processes. … [Read more...]
Alternative Energy And Your Home Lets You Go Off The Grid
Monday 12/06/ By Leave a Comment
The trend toward homes that get power from alternative energy, sources, starting from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the 21st century and beyond. We have great … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat, TÛRANOR PlanetSolar, Arriving in Miami Soon
Sunday 11/28/ By Leave a Comment
TÛRANOR PlanetSolar, largest solar-powered boat in the world. I covered the unveiling of TÛRANOR PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, back in February. In September, this solar-powered catamaran set out on its first major voyage, … [Read more...]