Friday 30 December 2016
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Italian Carabinieri looking into claims of money laundering in Malta by ‘shadow mayor’ of Rome - The Malta Independent
Italian Carabinieri looking into claims of money laundering in Malta by ‘shadow mayor’ of Rome - The Malta Independent: Italian police are investigating the Malta dealings of the former ‘right hand man’ of Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, who is currently embroiled in a new political scandal, Italian media
Tuesday 29 November 2016
HOW TO MAKE A SOLAR POWER BANK FROM USED LAPTOP BATTERY,Disclaimer: Please note that you are taking apart battery packs in this tutorial which is expressly discouraged by the manufacturer as this is potentially a very hazardous process. I cannot be held responsible for any loss of property, damage, or loss of life if it comes to that. This tutorial was written for those who have knowledge on rechargeable lithium ion technology.Please do not attempt this if you are novice. Stay Safe.
Solar Roads: Can Streets Become Giant Solar Panels? | National Geographic The sun's rays can hit some roads for up to 90 percent of the daylight hours, so companies in Europe and the U.S. are experimenting with building solar panels along or above roads. But are such projects worth the cost? In France one company is hoping to distinguish itself—and reduce costs—with solar panels that are laid directly on the pavement.,
Monday 28 November 2016
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Next-Gen Solar Panels: More Power from the Sun, Though the use of solar panels is on the rise, it still only represents 1.5 percent of total energy consumption in Europe. There are many reasons for this, starting with the intermittent nature of solar energy due to bad weather, the difficulty of storing it, and the cost of solar panels. Researchers at the Institute for Microtechnology in Neuchatel, Switzerland are working on ways to make solar energy more cost-effective. This includes using less expensive metals such as copper, as well as new technology to better absorb sunlight. euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts.
Monday 3 October 2016
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Come funziona l'energia solareZero gas serra, zero polveri sottili, zero inquinamento: questo è quanto immette nell’atmosfera un impianto solare termico per la produzione di acqua calda. Tutti i giorni riceviamo preoccupanti informazioni sullo stato di salute dell’ambiente naturale e sulle conseguenze per la salute nostra e dei nostri figli. Ora, ognuno può agire concretamente e dare il suo contributo per poter, a breve, respirare…salute! Scegliendo l’energia naturale del sole per riscaldare la propria acqua e la propria abitazione, ogni giorno, si ha la soddisfazione di aver fatto la scelta giusta per sé e per i propri figli.
Wednesday 27 July 2016
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Friday 15 July 2016
7 SECRET Super Weapons That Actually Exist Both the military and the police are always looking for new, non-lethal ways to take down an opponent. Partly because interrogating a corpse is notoriously difficult, but mostly because huge piles of dead bodies don’t look so good on the evening news bulletin. It’d be great if all those racist cops shooting black kids to death could have their guns replaced by non-lethal weapons. I mean, it’d be better if they weren’t racist in the first place, but we can’t have everything can we. The Active Denial System is an interesting name, because when it is fired in your direction what it denies you is the ability to not cook like popcorn in a microwave. The ADS uses directed energy to heat the surface area of anything in its targeting range, whether that’s a fried egg, a minute steak, or a human being’s skin. In our list of the top 5 mysterious diseases we briefly touched upon the US Military’s experiments in the first Gulf War at using high-power sound waves to control or attack soliders. But this technology has come on a lot since the 1990s, and there are weapons out there right now which can reduce human beings into a blubbering, defecating mess quicker than an Oscar winner’s acceptance speech. If you’re going to recruit one of the X-Men to help your military cause you could do far worse than Storm. Not only is she capable of controlling the weather, but she’s also super-hot. Sadly for humanity the real-life Laser Induced Plasma Channel is just as destructive but nowhere near as pretty to look at, especially if you’re on the end of its wrath. If you’re a first person shooter fan there’s nothing better than hitting a killstreak which grants you an airstrike. You can flatten five of the enemy’s guys and probably a few of your own in one fell swoop within moments of calling it in. But in real life airstrikes don’t work that fast…at least, not yet. Sorry Judge Dredd, that name doesn’t belong to you anymore because you are nowhere near as scary as the DREAD gun. This is a centrifugal gun which was first developed by Charles St George in 2006, and has been in development ever since. Rather than using gunpowder a centrifugal weapon works by firing projectiles using centrifugal force, and in the case of the DREAD gun that force is pretty spectacular. In 2013 BAE systems developed a tank which could sneak up on unsuspecting enemies more stealthily than a guy taking a dump round his new girlfriend’s house. The ADAPTIV technology used uses infra-red and electronic frequencies to not only blend the tank into the background, but it can even make it appear as if it is something else entirely, such as a regular road car, a cow, or a little girl with a lemonade stand…probably. Remember Robert Patrick as the T-1000 in Terminator 2? Of course you do, he’s one of the greatest movie villains of all time. Way better than the girl in Terminator 3 who mostly used her liquid metal form to grow bigger tits. Although admittedly they were distracting, so perhaps in the future breasts will be the most destructive super weapon of all? Sorry Waldo, you’ve been bumped.
Thursday 14 July 2016
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Novel solar absorber to improve efficiency of concentrating solar power technology READ MORE
Novel solar absorber to improve efficiency of concentrating solar power technology: Researchers have discovered a novel way to significantly increase the amount of sunlight that a solar absorber can convert into heat. By converting more of the solar energy that reaches Earth’s surface into heat in a low-cost way, the solar absorber can help make sustainable technologies that rely on solar heat, like solar thermal technologies, more efficient and affordable.
New method can make cheaper solar energy storage READ MORE
New method can make cheaper solar energy storage: Building on a unique idea, scientists have developed a cost-effective new method for converting and storing solar energy into hydrogen.
Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel: New system surpasses efficiency of photosynthesis
Bionic leaf turns sunlight into liquid fuel: New system surpasses efficiency of photosynthesis: Scientists have created a system that uses solar energy to split water molecules and hydrogen-eating bacteria to produce liquid fuels. The system can convert solar energy to biomass with 10 percent efficiency, far above the 1 percent seen in the fastest-growing plants.
Sunday 19 June 2016
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Friday 27 May 2016
India Opens World's First Ever Solar-Powered Airport
India Opens World's First Ever Solar-Powered Airport: Cochin International airport, the fourth-largest airport in India in terms of international traffic, now runs entirely on solar power. (Not the planes, though). The move will make the airport completely power neutral, and is a stride towards significantly reducing India's emissions, one of the world's largest polluters.
France Set To Install 1000 Kilometers Of Solar-Paneled Roads By 2020
France Set To Install 1000 Kilometers Of Solar-Paneled Roads By 2020: Following on from last year’s historic climate change deal, in which 195 nations promised to mitigate man-made greenhouse gas emissions, France has demonstrated that it is beginning to pull its weight.
Germany Just Produced So Much Renewable Energy That It Had To Pay People To Use It
Germany Just Produced So Much Renewable Energy That It Had To Pay People To Use It: Electricity bills are often ludicrously high thanks to our energy-intensive modern world, but every now and then, thanks to the forces of nature, a metaphorical miracle takes place. As reported by Quartz, Germany just experienced such a phenomenon when a particularly bright and sunny day supercharged their solar and wind power sectors.
Solar Roads Could Power An Entire Country
Solar Roads Could Power An Entire Country: A small US-based company called Solar Roadways are developing a solar road surface that, if installed nationwide, has the potential to produce more renewable energy than the entire country uses. In fact, they’ve actually already developed a working prototype that’s been installed in a parking lot, and they’re now crowdsourcing funds in order to tweak the design and move towards production.
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Monday 23 May 2016
Morocco Just Switched On The World's Largest Solar Plant
Morocco Just Switched On The World's Largest Solar Plant: When completed, the site will cover an area larger than the country's capital, Rabat, and will make Morocco’s solar plant the largest in the world. It is hoped that it will eventually produce so much electricity that the nation will not only be able to meet its own energy needs, but also export the excess to Europe. The first section of the plant was turned on this afternoon by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, and is expected to start churning out 160 megawatts.
Spray-On Solar Power Turns Your Car Roof Into Photovoltaic Cells click to READ MORE
Spray-On Solar Power Turns Your Car Roof Into Photovoltaic Cells: Researchers have developed a clever way to turn everyday surfaces into solar panels: Just cover them in a flexible film treated with spray-on solar cells.
Friday 20 May 2016
Thursday 19 May 2016
Monday 16 May 2016
This Swallowable Origami Robot Can Retrieve Stuff From Your Stomach
This Swallowable Origami Robot Can Retrieve Stuff From Your Stomach: A new mini-robot could be our best hope to putting an end to the problems caused by children’s favorite pastime: swallowing random crap. This tiny “origami” robot developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is able to travel down into your stomach, unfold, and retrieve objects that have become stuck there.
Sunday 15 May 2016
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Monday 9 May 2016
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity? READ MORE
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?: In 2009, the total global electricity consumption was 20,279,640 GWh. The sun creates more energy than that in one hour. The tricky part is collecting that energy and converting it into useful electricity with solar panels. How much area would need to be covered with solar panels in order to capture enough energy to meet global demand? Actually, it’s not as much as you’d think.
Houseplants could one day power TVs, computers, and more READ MORE
Houseplants could one day power TVs, computers, and more: Plants are able to create energy from sunlight through the process of photosynthesis. Manmade solar panels were created to do the same thing, though it turns out they are much better at it than plants, as some solar panels are about ten times more efficient at generating electricity. However, the process isn’t perfect. One lab decided to blend nature and modern scientific advances and has actually extracted energy straight from plants by interrupting photosynthesis to create truly green energy.
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Deal To Power Data Centers READ MORE
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Deal To Power Data Centers: In one of the biggest renewable energy deals made by a non-utility company, your cat videos and Internet searches could soon be carbon neutral as Google has just announced that it has increased the amount of green energy powering its data centers and buildings.
World's First Solar Cycle Path Installed In Amsterdam READ MORE
World's First Solar Cycle Path Installed In Amsterdam: Earlier this year, we heard of a dynamic duo’s ambitious project, Solar Roadways, which wants to replace concrete roads, driveways and parking lots in the US with their innovative solar panels. But it turns out that they’re not the only ones that think this green idea is a smart idea, as a group in the Netherlands has just designed and installed the world’s first solar cycle path.
Saturday 7 May 2016
Thursday 5 May 2016
Should You Get Solar Panels? Ask Google READ MORE
Should You Get Solar Panels? Ask Google: There are a lot of things to take into consideration if you want to put solar panels on your roof. If you’re unsure about what to do next, why don’t you Google it? Using its high resolution satellite imagery and huge trove of mapping data, Google has created a tool to help you determine whether you should get solar panels. All you need to do is enter your address into Project Sunroof.
Solar Fuels: How Planes And Cars Could Be Powered By The Sun READ MORE
Solar Fuels: How Planes And Cars Could Be Powered By The Sun: Solar energy is the world’s most plentiful and ubiquitous energy source, and researchers around the world are pursuing ways to convert sunlight into a useful form. Most people are aware of solar photovoltaics that generate electricity and solar panels that produce hot water. But there is another thrust of solar research: turning sunlight into liquid fuels.
Japan Begins Construction On World's Largest Floating Solar Farm READ MORE
Japan Begins Construction On World's Largest Floating Solar Farm: What happens when a country wants to boost their generation of solar power, but doesn't have enough land for the number of panels needed? Well, the Japanese, among a few others, have been developing a novel solution: float them on large reservoirs.
Wednesday 4 May 2016
Can We Expand Solar Power Dramatically Without Damaging Protected Lands? READ MORE
Can We Expand Solar Power Dramatically Without Damaging Protected Lands?: California has seen a rapid expansion of large-scale renewable energy development in the past decade, part of a state policy to lower pollution from power generation. Yet, our current power plant siting practices could dramatically alter our energy, agricultural and natural landscape. Can this be avoided or minimized?
Solar Roads Could Power An Entire Country READ MORE
Solar Roads Could Power An Entire Country: A small US-based company called Solar Roadways are developing a solar road surface that, if installed nationwide, has the potential to produce more renewable energy than the entire country uses. In fact, they’ve actually already developed a working prototype that’s been installed in a parking lot, and they’re now crowdsourcing funds in order to tweak the design and move towards production.
New Solar Farm Produces Enough Electricity for 140,000 Homes READ MORE
New Solar Farm Produces Enough Electricity for 140,000 Homes: The world’s largest solar farm, the Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System, opened earlier this year in California’s Mojave Desert.
Tuesday 3 May 2016
Sunday 1 May 2016
This Solar-Powered Device Could Deliver Clean Water, Electricity, And Internet To Africa READ MORE
This Solar-Powered Device Could Deliver Clean Water, Electricity, And Internet To Africa: It’s no secret that many parts of the world lack water, electricity, and Internet. At least one in 10 don’t have access to clean water, and 17 percent of the world lack access to electricity.
Saturday 30 April 2016
Researchers Develop Solar Cells From Old Car Batteries READ MORE
Researchers Develop Solar Cells From Old Car Batteries: When clean energy is involved, there’s nothing quite as sweet as killing two environmentally-hazardous birds with one stone. Scientists at MIT have developed a technique that can create a solar cell from old car batteries. Not only are car batteries a great source of the materials needed to create the solar cell, but repurposing them also prevents toxic chemicals like lead from entering the environment when the batteries are thrown away.
New Solar Panels Can Generate Energy From Rain Drops READ MORE
New Solar Panels Can Generate Energy From Rain Drops: Most of the bad press solar panels get has to do with their limited efficiency in bad weather. Sure, they might be great in New Mexico, but you wouldn’t use them as much in England. Well, a new innovation might soon change that. Chinese scientists have developed a way for solar panels to produce electricity using rain water. They coated the bottom side of the solar cell with a thin layer of graphene, which interacts with the positively charged ions found in rain drops. On rainy days, the solar cells can be reversed with the graphene pointing upwards.
How A Global Solar Alliance Can Help Developing Countries READ MORE
How A Global Solar Alliance Can Help Developing Countries: The International Solar Alliance announced by India at the Paris climate conference invites together 120 countries to support the expansion of solar technologies in the developing world.
Friday 29 April 2016
One Quarter Of The World Will Be Powered By Renewable Energy By 2020 READ MORE
One Quarter Of The World Will Be Powered By Renewable Energy By 2020: Climate change action has just been given an official round of applause: the International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared that over 26% of the world’s energy supply will come from renewable energy sources by the end of the decade.
Solar Plane Is About To Embark On A Round-The-World Trip READ MORE
Solar Plane Is About To Embark On A Round-The-World Trip: During the summer of 2013, two Swiss pilots embarked on a record-setting journey across the United States in a solar-powered airplane. The plane, Solar Impulse, was the first solar-powered aircraft capable of flying day and night without requiring so much as a drop of fuel. The ambitious duo made it from coast-to-coast, starting near San Francisco and ending in New York City.
Your Devices' Latest Feature? They Can Spy On Your Every Move READ MORE
Your Devices' Latest Feature? They Can Spy On Your Every Move: We now have dozens of smart devices in our houses and even on our bodies. They improve our lives in so many ways – from lowering energy consumption in our homes to egging us on to be active.
How The Power To Control Objects With Our Minds Stopped Being Science Fiction READ MORE
How The Power To Control Objects With Our Minds Stopped Being Science Fiction: The recent announcement that a young paralysed man in Ohio in the US named Ian Burkhart managed to regain the use of his fingers after having a chip implanted in his brain is an exciting step forward for science and healthcare. In fact, you may now be wondering how long it will be before we can unlock a door, turn on a kettle, or even send an email simply by thinking about it?
The World's First Solar-Powered Sports Car Could Drive Forever READ MORE
The World's First Solar-Powered Sports Car Could Drive Forever: Can a road-legal car be powered by the Sun alone? One company thinks so, and they’re planning to unveil a scaled-down version of their proposal later this year.
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Monday 25 April 2016
Solar energy spars with spiritual lands in California READ MORE
Solar energy spars with spiritual lands in California: Native American groups say solar projects in California could ruin the spiritual value of their land
Hot solar cells are the cool way to water and power READ MORE
Hot solar cells are the cool way to water and power: Techniques designed for cooling computer chips make for more efficient photovoltaic cells and provide cheap energy for desalination
Bitcoin: How its core technology will change the world READ MORE
Bitcoin: How its core technology will change the world: The virtual currency is about more than money – the real innovation is what people are doing with the technology it is based on
Sunday 24 April 2016
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Japan could become second biggest solar power nation READ MORE LINK
Japan could become second biggest solar power nation: A mega solar park planned just 10 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant trumpets new Japanese investment in solar power
I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair READ MORE ON LINK
I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair: Materials called perovskites will transform the way we build and use solar cells – by making them bendy, says the researcher behind the idea
Solar cell you wear like a bandage can power a watch READ MORE LINK
Solar cell you wear like a bandage can power a watch: A stretchy solar cell that can be stuck to the skin could help make wearable devices more discreet
Brain implant lets paralysed man move his hand with his thoughts READ MORE LINK
Brain implant lets paralysed man move his hand with his thoughts: Ian Burkhart is the first paralysed person to regain control of his own hand and fingers using a mind-reading device implanted in his brain
Thursday 14 April 2016
Wednesday 13 April 2016
What did Abraham Lincoln invent? READ MORE
What did Abraham Lincoln invent?: Well before becoming the 16th president of the United States, the young Abraham Lincoln was known for his interest in engineering and mechanics. What patent does Lincoln hold, and was his invention ever made?
10 Awesome New Inventions You'll Never Hear About READ MORE
10 Awesome New Inventions You'll Never Hear About: Despite all the Slinkies, Band-Aids and BIC pens out there, many patented inventions that push the boundaries of innovation will likely never see widespread use, like this car that’s grown organically and emits pure oxygen.
How Wearable Technology Could be Bad for Your Health READ MORE
How Wearable Technology Could be Bad for Your Health: How does wearable technology impact the health of the people wearing it?
Australian firm brings floating solar plant technology to the U.S.READ MORE
Australian firm brings floating solar plant technology to the U.S.: Solar technology from Down Under will soon be providing power in California, as the company behind the world’s first-ever floating solar plant just exported its technology to the U.S.
How to keep an old home warm with modern technology READ MORE
How to keep an old home warm with modern technology: Cast Iron Radiators 4u's infographic offers help advice on how to keep an old home warm by investing in energy-efficient technology.
Tuesday 12 April 2016
New General Motors System Would Use Smart Phone Technology To Help Drivers Avoid Pedestrians READ MORE
New General Motors System Would Use Smart Phone Technology To Help Drivers Avoid Pedestrians: General Motors has announced that it is developing a new pedestrian detection system that relies on Wi-Fi Direct technology to detect pedestrians and bicyclists on congested streets or in poor visibility conditions before the driver notices them.
U.S. Army develops new solar cells that are 1,000 times thinner than current technology READ MORE
U.S. Army develops new solar cells that are 1,000 times thinner than current technology: The United States Army has patented new solar cell technology that is 1,000 times thinner than current solar panels on the market, as well as being stronger and more efficient at converting sunlight to electricity.
New Technology Harvests Electricity From Railroad Train Track Vibrations READ MORE
New Technology Harvests Electricity From Railroad Train Track Vibrations: Researchers at Stony Brook University have developed the MMR based Railroad Energy Harvester which captures electricity from the vibrations from train tracks.
Solar-powered Watly provides internet, energy, and drinking water for Ghana residents READ MORE
Solar-powered Watly provides internet, energy, and drinking water for Ghana residents: The Watly 3.0 system is a solar powered machine that stores electricity, creates clean drinking water, and provides internet connectivity in developing nations.
VIDEO: How to install Voltaic solar panels on your car READ MORE
VIDEO: How to install Voltaic solar panels on your car: This DIY video shows how easy it is to install 17 watt solar panels on your car, for off-grid living and working.
Parabosol is a portable solar-powered water treatment system for remote areas READ MORE
Parabosol is a portable solar-powered water treatment system for remote areas: The portable water treatment system can clean up to 170 liters of water in a single use.
Sunday 10 April 2016
Bill Clinton visits Solar Sister site in Tanzania, where women are empowered by clean energy READ MORE
Bill Clinton visits Solar Sister site in Tanzania, where women are empowered by clean energy: Solar Sister distributes solar-powered devices in rural Africa through a network of women to bring reliable electricity to the area.
Panasonic to Donate 100,000 Solar Lanterns to Nations Without Electricity READ MORE
Panasonic to Donate 100,000 Solar Lanterns to Nations Without Electricity: Solar Sister distributes solar-powered devices in rural Africa through a network of women to bring reliable electricity to the area.
Solar Sister Empowers Women to Bring Solar Energy to Rural Africa READ MORE
Solar Sister Empowers Women to Bring Solar Energy to Rural Africa: Solar Sister distributes solar-powered devices in rural Africa through a network of women to bring reliable electricity to the area.
Colorful noise-pollution barriers that also generate solar energy being tested in the Netherlands READ MORE
Colorful noise-pollution barriers that also generate solar energy being tested in the Netherlands: In the Netherlands, a year-long road test has begun for unique colorful panels that work to reduce noise pollution while simultaneously harvesting solar power.
Saturday 9 April 2016
Uganda to launch its first solar-powered bus this month READ MORE
Uganda to launch its first solar-powered bus this month: The Kayoola bus is set to launch in mid-February as Uganda's first solar powered transportation system.
SPARK designs solar-powered beach huts made from discarded ocean trash READ MORE
SPARK designs solar-powered beach huts made from discarded ocean trash: SPARK proposes recycling trash from the South Pacific Garbage Patch into permanent palm tree-like beach huts for Singapore’s East Coast Park.
SPARK designs solar-powered beach huts made from discarded ocean trash READ MORE
SPARK designs solar-powered beach huts made from discarded ocean trash: SPARK proposes recycling trash from the South Pacific Garbage Patch into permanent palm tree-like beach huts for Singapore’s East Coast Park.
Las Vegas gambles on green with world's first solar-kinetic street lights READ MORE
Las Vegas gambles on green with world's first solar-kinetic street lights: Las Vegas is installing solar-kinetic street lights thanks to a partnership with NYC-based EnGoPLANET (formerly Volta Group), a clean tech startup with a focus on off-the-grid lighting solutions and portable solar devices.
Hybrid solar and biofuel plane to attempt first zero-carbon trans-Atlantic flight READ MORE
Hybrid solar and biofuel plane to attempt first zero-carbon trans-Atlantic flight: Raphael Dinelli, a former solo sailing champion, plans to make the first zero-carbon trans-Atlantic flight in a hybrid solar and biofuel plane.
Thursday 7 April 2016
Australian firm brings floating solar plant technology to the U.S. READ MORE
Australian firm brings floating solar plant technology to the U.S.: Solar technology from Down Under will soon be providing power in California, as the company behind the world’s first-ever floating solar plant just exported its technology to the U.S.
MIT develops new technology that shocks the salt out of water READ MORE
MIT develops new technology that shocks the salt out of water: A team from MIT has developed a desalination system that uses electrical shockwaves.
Semprius' Stacked Solar Cells Could Make Solar Energy Cheaper Than Natural Gas READ MORE
Semprius' Stacked Solar Cells Could Make Solar Energy Cheaper Than Natural Gas: Semprius, a startup company from Durham in North Carolina, believe that by stacking solar cells (which can be done both cheaply and quickly), they can produce high efficient solar panels
Tuesday 5 April 2016
Elon Musk's idea for powering the entire U.S. with solar energy holds a lot of water READ MORE
Elon Musk's idea for powering the entire U.S. with solar energy holds a lot of water: Elon Musk suggested that the entire United States could be powered with solar energy using a very small portion land and, as it turns out, he's probably right.
Solar Energy Reaches Grid Parity in India and Italy READ MORE
Solar Energy Reaches Grid Parity in India and Italy: Deutsche Bank finds that solar power in India and Italy cost the same as traditional grid electricity.
NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass into Space to Collect Solar Energy READ MORE
NASA Launches Giant Magnifying Glass into Space to Collect Solar Energy: NASA launches a giant magnifying lens into outer space.
One in five houses in Australia is using solar energy READ MORE
One in five houses in Australia is using solar energy: Nearly one in five homes in Australia is using solar energy to provide some form of solar power.
America's first offshore wind farm to be completed by the end of this yearREAD MORE
America's first offshore wind farm to be completed by the end of this year: Deepwater Wind and General Electric announced that the Block Island offshore wind farm near Rhode Island should be complete by the end of 2016.
How to live comfortably without power if an emergency forces you off grid READ MORE
How to live comfortably without power if an emergency forces you off grid: What would you need to do to live comfortably off the grid? Consider these basic systems and make your power outage as comfortable as your regular life.
Monday 4 April 2016
World is embracing clean energy, says expert READ MORE
World is embracing clean energy, says expert: An expert argues that investment in renewable electricity now outstrips that in fossil fuels, and that increasing numbers of policies to improve the efficiency of energy use and to make energy systems more flexible are pointing to a global momentum in the adoption of sustainable energy systems.
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set: For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8%); World record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year, makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years READ MORE....
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set: For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8%); World record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year, makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years: Coal and gas-fired generation attracted less than half as much capacity investment as renewables last year; Renewables added more to global energy generation capacity than all other technologies combined; For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations' (down 8 percent); and world record total of $286 billion invested in renewables last year; makes $2.3 trillion over 12 years.
'Community solar' systems may add savings to local, cooperative energy projects READ MORE
'Community solar' systems may add savings to local, cooperative energy projects: Part of the future of solar energy, especially for residential use, may be small'community-based' systems in which neighbors join together in the construction and use of solar systems to optimize the energy produced in their neighborhood -- and share in the benefits. Increases of 5-10 percent in the energy produced are possible, say experts.
Saturday 2 April 2016
Solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy in the future READ MORE
Solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy in the future: A new study demonstrates that an energy system based completely on renewable forms of energy will be economically viable in the future. Within ten years, solar and wind power will be the cheapest forms of energy production for Asia's largest energy markets.
Solar cells as light as a soap bubble: Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells could find many new uses.READ MORE
Solar cells as light as a soap bubble: Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells could find many new uses.: Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon. Researchers have now demonstrated just such a technology: the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever produced.
Wednesday 30 March 2016
China plans to meet 2020 emissions goal by tripling solar power capacity READ MORE
China plans to meet 2020 emissions goal by tripling solar power capacity: China unrolled a plan this week to add new solar power installations each year for the next five years, more than tripling the nation's capacity by 2020.
Green-roofed Villa K offers amazing valley views with a minimal environment footprint READ MORE
Green-roofed Villa K offers amazing valley views with a minimal environment footprint: Richard Murphy of Richard Murphy Architects played both client and architect for his self-designed Murphy House on Hart Street in the New Town of Edinburgh.
New method could unleash solar power potential
New method could unleash solar power potential: New measurement and data analysis techniques could provide insight into performance-robbing flaws in crystalline structures, ultimately improving the performance of solar cells.
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Solar-thermal flat-panels that generate electric power: Researchers see broad residential and industrial applications READ MORE
Solar-thermal flat-panels that generate electric power: Researchers see broad residential and industrial applications: By using a nanostructured material with improved thermoelectric properties inside a vacuum-sealed flat panel, researchers report adding the capacity to generate electricity to solar-thermal energy technology.
Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects READ MORE
Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects: Scientists have developed and utilized a mass production method based on printing technologies allowing the manufacturing of decorative, organic solar panels. Design freedom improves the range of applications of the panels on the surfaces of interior and exterior building spaces. Researchers are also studying the feasibility of printing technology in the mass production of solar panels made from inorganic perovskite materials. The new mass production method enables to create interior design elements from organic solar panels (OPV, organic photovoltaics) harvesting energy from interior lighting or sunlight for various small devices and sensors that gather information from the environment. The panels can, for example, be placed on windows and walls and on machines, devices and advertisement billboards.
Solar cells that can face almost any direction and keep themselves clean READ MORE
Solar cells that can face almost any direction and keep themselves clean: In recent years, a complicated discussion over which direction solar cells should face -- south or west -- has likely left customers uncertain about the best way to orient their panels. Now researchers are attempting to resolve this issue by developing solar cells that can harvest light from almost any angle, and the panels self-clean to boot.
Solar fuels: A refined protective layer for the 'artificial leaf'
Solar fuels: A refined protective layer for the 'artificial leaf': Researchers have developed a process for providing sensitive semiconductors for solar water splitting ('artificial leaves') with an organic, transparent protective layer. The extremely thin protective layer made of carbon chains is stable, conductive, and covered with catalyzing nanoparticles of metal oxides. These accelerate the splitting of water when irradiated by light.
Sunday 20 March 2016
Advances in Solar Cell Manufacturing
Another area that has made solar PV technologies cost prohibitive compared to traditional fuel sources is the manufacturing process. Scientists are also focused on ways to improve the efficiency of how solar components are manufactured.
Magnesium Chloride. While over ninety percent of solar panels on the market today are comprised of silicon semiconductors, the key ingredient to converting sunlight into electricity, many believe the next generation of solar panels will be made of a thin film technology that uses narrow coatings of cadmium telluride in solar cells - this technology promises to be a much cheaper and more efficient way to engage the photovoltaic process. One major obstacle for cadmium telluride thin film cells is that they become highly unstable during the manufacturing process, which currently uses cadmium chloride. Researchers have devised a new, safe and seemingly low cost way to overcome this hurdle by using a material called magnesium chloride in replace of cadmium chloride. Magnesium chloride is recovered from seawater, an abundant resource, which makes the resource very low cost, as well as non-toxic. Replacing the manufacturing process with this material promises to increase the efficiency of these solar cells from two percent to up to fifteen percent.
New Solar Applications
When most people think of solar PV systems they think of them atop roofs or mounted for industrial scale use. But researchers are exploring a number of unconventional solar applications that could promise to transform the industry.
Solar Roadways. Scientists are exploring ways to actually line highways and roads with solar panels that would then be used to deploy large amounts of electricity to the grid. This would help overcome a major barrier to industrial scale solar, which opponents say threatens to take up too much land. Solar roadways have already popped up in the Netherlands.
Floating Solar. Another way to address land use concerns associated with wide scale solar is to erect solar plants on the water, since over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water. Some researchers, including a French firm called Ciel et Terre, are experimenting with this technology. The company has projects set up in France, Japan, and England and other parts of the world are also piloting projects including a project in India and California in the U.S.
Space Based Solar. Scientists are resurrecting a technology that was first tested over forty years ago in which space-based satellites capture sunlight and convert it into microwave energy that is then beamed back to earth. This type of technology promises to capture significant more amount of sunlight (nearly ninety percent) since satellites can be positioned to optimize light capture round the clock. India, China and Japan are investing heavily in these technologies right now
Another area that has made solar PV technologies cost prohibitive compared to traditional fuel sources is the manufacturing process. Scientists are also focused on ways to improve the efficiency of how solar components are manufactured.
Magnesium Chloride. While over ninety percent of solar panels on the market today are comprised of silicon semiconductors, the key ingredient to converting sunlight into electricity, many believe the next generation of solar panels will be made of a thin film technology that uses narrow coatings of cadmium telluride in solar cells - this technology promises to be a much cheaper and more efficient way to engage the photovoltaic process. One major obstacle for cadmium telluride thin film cells is that they become highly unstable during the manufacturing process, which currently uses cadmium chloride. Researchers have devised a new, safe and seemingly low cost way to overcome this hurdle by using a material called magnesium chloride in replace of cadmium chloride. Magnesium chloride is recovered from seawater, an abundant resource, which makes the resource very low cost, as well as non-toxic. Replacing the manufacturing process with this material promises to increase the efficiency of these solar cells from two percent to up to fifteen percent.
New Solar Applications
When most people think of solar PV systems they think of them atop roofs or mounted for industrial scale use. But researchers are exploring a number of unconventional solar applications that could promise to transform the industry.
Solar Roadways. Scientists are exploring ways to actually line highways and roads with solar panels that would then be used to deploy large amounts of electricity to the grid. This would help overcome a major barrier to industrial scale solar, which opponents say threatens to take up too much land. Solar roadways have already popped up in the Netherlands.
Floating Solar. Another way to address land use concerns associated with wide scale solar is to erect solar plants on the water, since over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water. Some researchers, including a French firm called Ciel et Terre, are experimenting with this technology. The company has projects set up in France, Japan, and England and other parts of the world are also piloting projects including a project in India and California in the U.S.
Space Based Solar. Scientists are resurrecting a technology that was first tested over forty years ago in which space-based satellites capture sunlight and convert it into microwave energy that is then beamed back to earth. This type of technology promises to capture significant more amount of sunlight (nearly ninety percent) since satellites can be positioned to optimize light capture round the clock. India, China and Japan are investing heavily in these technologies right now
Friday 18 March 2016
Solar Water Pumping / Irrigation - Energy MattersREAD MORE....
Solar Water Pumping / Irrigation - Energy Matters: Solar powered bore water pumps are widely used on farms and outback stations in Australia to supply water to livestock and general irrigation. Learn more about solar water bore pumps and view our wide range of pumping solutions
Thursday 17 March 2016
Off grid solar power components - Energy Matters READ MORE...
Off grid solar power components - Energy Matters: We supply a full range of solar power equipment for off grid use - the best brands at the very best prices.
Case Studies - Home Solar power - Energy Matters READ MORE
Case Studies - Home Solar power - Energy Matters: Video and case studies of some of what our many thousands of customers have to say about their solar power experience and Energy Matters. Electricity bills causing you heartache? Like these Australians, reduce or even wipe out your power bill by joining the rooftop solar revolution – get an instant online solar quote!
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Solar Home Battery Energy Storage - Energy Matters: The second residential solar revolution is happening - home battery energy storage. Solar + storage will be a common sight on Australian homes soon.
How Grid Connect Solar Power Works - Energy Matters READ MORE
How Grid Connect Solar Power Works - Energy Matters: Thinking solar power for your home? Think grid connect - a system that gives you the best of both worlds. Reliable, economical electricity - here's how solar power works
Solar Water Pumping / Irrigation - Energy Matters READ MORE
Solar Water Pumping / Irrigation - Energy Matters: Solar powered bore water pumps are widely used on farms and outback stations in Australia to supply water to livestock and general irrigation. Learn more about solar water bore pumps and view our wide range of pumping solutions
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage READ MORE .....
Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage: Chemists have developed a major improvement to capture and retain energy from sunlight, where the stored energy can last dramatically longer than current solar technology allows -- up to several weeks, instead of the microseconds found in today's rooftop solar panels.
Record-breaking solar flight reaches Hawaii after 5 nights and days airborne without fuel: Unlimited endurance is now proven thanks to clean technology READ MORE
Record-breaking solar flight reaches Hawaii after 5 nights and days airborne without fuel: Unlimited endurance is now proven thanks to clean technology: The longest and most difficult leg of the Round the World Solar Flight attempted since last March by Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg ended successfully in Hawaii. At the controls of Solar Impulse 2, pilot André Borschberg landed safely in Hawaii after flying 117 hours and 52 minutes over the Pacific Ocean from Japan powered only by the sun.
Heating with the sun: Solar active houses put to the test READ MORE
Heating with the sun: Solar active houses put to the test: Solar-Active-Houses heat themselves using heat collectors and water tanks. However, no one had conducted an objective assessment of how efficiently they do so. Now researchers have put some of these solar houses to the test, and have identified where there was room for improvement and laid the scientific groundwork for this housing concept.
Monday 14 March 2016
New storage cell for solar energy storage, nighttime conversion: Environmental impact
New storage cell for solar energy storage, nighttime conversion: Environmental impact READ MORE: A materials science and engineering team has developed a new energy cell that can store large-scale solar energy even when it's dark.
Sunday 13 March 2016
Solar water-splitting technology developed: Process uses light-harvesting nanoparticles, captures energy from 'hot electrons'
Solar water-splitting technology developed: Process uses light-harvesting nanoparticles, captures energy from 'hot electrons': Researchers have demonstrated an efficient new way to capture the energy from sunlight and convert it into clean, renewable energy by splitting water molecules. The technology uses sunlight-harvesting gold nanoparticles.
Green storage for green energy: Rechargeable battery to power a home from rooftop solar panels READ MORE
Green storage for green energy: Rechargeable battery to power a home from rooftop solar panels: Researchers have demonstrated a safe and affordable battery capable of storing energy from intermittent sources -- like rooftop solar panels -- that is suitable for the home.
Cooling the air with sunlight READ MORE
Cooling the air with sunlight: A firm has developed an evaporative cooler that has an integrated photovoltaic system isolated from the electrical network, which enables to refresh an area of ??approximately 200 square meters.
Friday 11 March 2016
The 5 best solar chargers for every kind of traveler READ MORE........
The 5 best solar chargers for every kind of traveler: From super-lightweight solar chargers for light packers to heavy duty chargers for extreme adventure lovers, here are our picks of the 5 best solar chargers for travel.
Solar energy rolls out like a carpet with groundbreaking Roll-Array photovoltaics READ MORE
Solar energy rolls out like a carpet with groundbreaking Roll-Array photovoltaics: The Roll-Array is a flexible and easy-to-transport solar panel that rolls out like a carpet.
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Solar vehicle charging at home READ MORE
Solar vehicle charging at home: Owners of home photovoltaic systems will soon be able to make their households even more sustainable, because PV power is also suitable for charging personal electronic vehicles. A home energy management system recently created incorporates electric vehicles into the household energy network and creates charging itineraries.
New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells READ MORE
New method for converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells: A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been developed.
Simplifying solar cells with a new mix of materials: Research team creates a high-efficiency device in seven steps READ MORE
Simplifying solar cells with a new mix of materials: Research team creates a high-efficiency device in seven steps: An international research team has simplified the steps to create highly efficient silicon solar cells by applying a new mix of materials to a standard design. Arrays of solar cells are used in solar panels to convert sunlight to electricity.
Thin film solar cells: New world record for solar cell efficiency READ MORE
Thin film solar cells: New world record for solar cell efficiency: In a remarkable feat, scientists have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4% for converting sunlight into electricity. The cells are based on CIGS semiconducting material (copper indium gallium (di)selenide) known for its potential to provide cost-effective solar electricity. The technology is currently awaiting scale-up for industrial applications.
Claims for solar cell efficiency put to the test READ MORE
Claims for solar cell efficiency put to the test: The sheet of paper taped to the door of Keith Emery's office tells the story. On the paper is a simple fever chart showing the improvements made in increasing the efficiency of two dozen types of solar cells. Some of the lines marking record efficiencies date to the mid-1970s. Others start much more recently, with the advent of newer technologies.
Storing solar energy underground for a cloudy day: US electrical grid can't affordably store enough standby electricity to keep the system stable, says researcher READ MORE
Storing solar energy underground for a cloudy day: US electrical grid can't affordably store enough standby electricity to keep the system stable, says researcher: A common criticism of a total transition to wind, water and solar power is that the US electrical grid can't affordably store enough standby electricity to keep the system stable. Now a researcher proposes an underground solution to that problem.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Researchers make key improvement in solar cell technology: Low-cost alternative boosts maximum voltage
Researchers make key improvement in solar cell technology: Low-cost alternative boosts maximum voltage: Researchers have reached a critical milestone in solar cell fabrication, helping pave the way for solar energy to directly compete with electricity generated by conventional energy sources.
Technological breakthrough for cheaper lighting, flexible solar cells
Technological breakthrough for cheaper lighting, flexible solar cells: In more than three years of work, European scientists have finally made future lighting technology ready to market. They developed flexible lighting foils that can be produced roll-to-roll – much like newspapers are printed. These devices pave the path towards cheaper solar cells and LED lighting panels.
Inflatable, portable PhotonGrill cooks your food with nothing but the sun
Inflatable, portable PhotonGrill cooks your food with nothing but the sun: PhotonGrill is an inflatable 100% solar-powered grill that lets you ditch charcoal for greener cooking.
Solar power is taking over, Mr William Butler writes about solar energy , I am pro solar/renewable energy. I do hope our US/NC government leaders will heed to the advice of countries such as Germany and keep investing in this technology. We need a universal energy policy to start with, so potential investors will have confidence in the system and spend their money. I feel the positive energy in this arena and I plan to invest in solar and other renew-ables to secure my future. Think Green. Think Renewable. It is your future!
Monday 7 March 2016
Tuesday 1 March 2016
The Race Is On For New Solar Power Technology
The world demands new solar power technology in order to slow the effects of deadly global warming. Not only are activists, the common people and scientists calling for it, so are investors and technology companies. New solar power technology is coming into our lives all of the time in bits and pieces, which all add up to help put us on the path to renewable energy sources.
A Brief Look At The Past
The human race grows, matures and changes priorities. When the priorities change, that's where the money, resources and idea makers go. Perhaps first these were fire makers. Then they were boat-builders and sailors, farmers and herders. In the Industrial Revolution, the priorities went to bringing mass manufacturing to the masses. In the last twenty years, the home computer industry has been the primary focus of the world's financial and scientific attention. In fact, with the help of computers, we might never have known about global warming until it was way too late.
PC Parallels
There are many things about the solar power industry that are paralleling the personal computer industry. The first computers filled entire office buildings and did little more than crunch numbers. But now you can get a tiny cell phone with a screen just a tad bigger than a gnat's behind which can pretty much run every aspect of your entire life. What made computers smaller yet more powerful? Silicon chips.
The new solar power technology is also using silicon for solar power panels. The cells in the panels are usually crystalline silicon cells. They are gradually getting smaller and rapidly becoming cheaper. There are also new ways to store these solar power panels. Tiny rows of solar power cells can run a retail store's calculator for an entire work day. Solar power cells can be laid onto a rollable mat and rolled out only when you need it, then rolled up and stored away for when you don't.
Both of these devices are not science fiction. They are commonly in use today. New solar power technology is being integrated into our lives and homes to keep us from total future shock. With each use of the new solar power technology, we are that much closer to keeping this planet from going belly up. As more and more consumers demand renewable energy, there should be dizzying advances in the new solar power technology as there has been for personal computers.@ EZEIGBO - BLOSPOT
The world demands new solar power technology in order to slow the effects of deadly global warming. Not only are activists, the common people and scientists calling for it, so are investors and technology companies. New solar power technology is coming into our lives all of the time in bits and pieces, which all add up to help put us on the path to renewable energy sources.
A Brief Look At The Past
The human race grows, matures and changes priorities. When the priorities change, that's where the money, resources and idea makers go. Perhaps first these were fire makers. Then they were boat-builders and sailors, farmers and herders. In the Industrial Revolution, the priorities went to bringing mass manufacturing to the masses. In the last twenty years, the home computer industry has been the primary focus of the world's financial and scientific attention. In fact, with the help of computers, we might never have known about global warming until it was way too late.
PC Parallels
There are many things about the solar power industry that are paralleling the personal computer industry. The first computers filled entire office buildings and did little more than crunch numbers. But now you can get a tiny cell phone with a screen just a tad bigger than a gnat's behind which can pretty much run every aspect of your entire life. What made computers smaller yet more powerful? Silicon chips.
The new solar power technology is also using silicon for solar power panels. The cells in the panels are usually crystalline silicon cells. They are gradually getting smaller and rapidly becoming cheaper. There are also new ways to store these solar power panels. Tiny rows of solar power cells can run a retail store's calculator for an entire work day. Solar power cells can be laid onto a rollable mat and rolled out only when you need it, then rolled up and stored away for when you don't.
Both of these devices are not science fiction. They are commonly in use today. New solar power technology is being integrated into our lives and homes to keep us from total future shock. With each use of the new solar power technology, we are that much closer to keeping this planet from going belly up. As more and more consumers demand renewable energy, there should be dizzying advances in the new solar power technology as there has been for personal computers.@ EZEIGBO - BLOSPOT
FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES of 2020 ??? Incredible, 2020 is only six years away and yet it’s a nice round number to use as a milestone from which to judge the progress of technology in the 21st Century. Shift 2020 is a new book that has compiled predictions about life in 2020 from a wide range of thinkers and doers in the technology sector. After a successful crowdfunding campaign, the book is available digitally in a Kindle edition and iBooks-compatible version, and in paperback and hardcover versions if you’re an aficionado of physical media. Here, we’ve picked out twenty excerpts from the book that we thought were worth sharing. We don’t necessarily agree with them all but they certainly capture the current spirit of optimism amongst technologists that arguably hasn’t been matched since Mars colonies and flying cars seemed close to reality in the 1950s and 60s.
Top 5 New Inventions and Technologies you have ever seen before. In This Video you can see Cool Gadgets 1. " Bedjit " - Ultra-Rapid Cooling Heating & Climate Control System just for your Bed . Its the Powerful cooling, heating & Climate Control for your bed. 2. 3D Scanner " BEVEL " - Portal 3D photography now into your hands it can also take videos. Make your Photo really 3D forget 2D move to 3D your 3D portal device. 3. " BlueSmart " - The first Carrier ( Suitcase ) that connects to your smart phone. Its features - Digital lock, proximity sensors , location tracking, trick tracking information, built in battery to charge phone 6 times. 4. " Opal Nugget Ice " - Ice Maker , make ice fast with texture ,test and chilled any time. 5. " Skully "- Helmet for your digital age , Transparent heads up display, Ultra wide rear-view camera, electro chromic visor
Monday 29 February 2016
Top 10 Energy Sources of the Future, These are ten most promising alternative energy sources of tomorrow. It’s a really exciting time to be alive. We have a front row seat to the only known transformation of a world powered by dirty fossil fuels, to a planet that gets its energy from renewable, clean sources. It’s happening just once, right now.
Renewable Energy 2015 Science Documentary,Alternative energy is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. These alternatives are intended to address concerns about such fossil fuels. The nature of what constitutes an alternative energy source has changed considerably over time, as have controversies regarding energy use. Today, because of the variety of energy choices and differing goals of their advocates, defining some energy types as "alternative" is highly controversial. In a general sense, alternative energy as it is currently conceived, is that which is produced or recovered without the undesirable consequences inherent in fossil fuel use, particularly high carbon dioxide emissions, an important factor in global warming.
Sunday 28 February 2016
Tuesday 23 February 2016
Saturday 20 February 2016
AFRICA - Which country boasts the world's fastest growing clean energy investment? Germany? No. United States? Think again. Jumping from a few hundred million dollars to $5.7 billion, South Africa recorded last year the world's highest growth in renewable energy investment, according to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). The spectacular surge, led largely by investments in solar power projects, comes as South Africa moves to reduce its dependency on coal, which accounts for around 86% of its energy. To achieve that, the country has set the ambitious target of generating 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2030. As a result, a series of investments have trickled into the country, including Google's first foray into Africa's solar power market. The internet giant, which has spent more than $1 billion in renewable energy projects in the United States and Europe in recent years, announced in late May its decision to back the Jasper Power Project, a 96 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Northern Cape, with a $12 million investment. "We only pursue investments that we believe make financial sense," said Rick Needham, Google's director of energy and sustainability. "South Africa's strong resources and supportive policies for renewable energy make it an attractive place to invest." Abundance of sun Once completed, Jasper is expected to be one of the biggest solar installations in the continent, capable of generating enough power for some 30,000 homes. It's no secret that Africa has plentiful sunshine, with many parts of the continent enjoying daily solar radiation of between 4 kWh and 6 kWh per square meter. But it's no secret, either, that Africa has the world's lowest electricity access rates, with more than half of its countries experiencing daily -- and costly -- power outages. Amid such conditions, experts say investments in large-scale solar power projects could transform a continent faced with fast-rising populations and increasing demand for energy to support its economic growth. "Six out of the 10 fastest economies in the world (over the past decade) were in Africa, and that requires much more energy, at a faster-growing pace than we've seen before," says Frank Wouters, deputy director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Ambitious projects And some countries have already taken notice. While South Africa is clearly setting the pace, projects are being announced across the continent as more countries look to unlock their massive solar potential. In late April, Mauritania launched what's described as Africa's biggest solar PV plant so far, a 15 MW facility that is designed to account for 10% of the country's energy capacity, according to its developers. In early May, Morocco began the first phase of the construction of a 160 MW concentrated solar power technology plant near Ouarzazate as part of the country's efforts to produce 2,000 MW of solar energy by 2020.
We (YouAreCreators) created this channel to share one of the greatest secrets of the universe, and the secret is, we literally create our reality! (Quantum Physics now proves this) We are all governed by a set of Universal Laws, and these laws were created by GOD, to aid us in creating the life we desire. One of these laws is known as the "Law Of Attraction", or the law of "Reaping and Sowing". This law simply states, whatever you give out in Thought, Word, Feeling, and Action is returned to us. Whether the return is negative, or positive, failure or success, is all up to what you give out. Many authors and celebrities such as, Wayne Dyer, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Steve Harvey, Rhonda Byrne, and many others have testified to this amazing Law Of Attraction. Its time you learn this wonderful secret... http://youarecreators.org/
Friday 19 February 2016
Understanding exactly how much power is stored in your batteries and how much of that you can use on a daily basis. This video also covers how power gets from your solar panels, to your batteries and finally to your appliances. You will learn how to size your solar system according to how much power consumption you expect to have.
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Over the past decade, China has become the world's leading manufacturer of solar energy technologies; China's solar manufacturers have helped drive down the cost of solar power around the world with their large-scale production facilities and solar panel exports. In October, ClimateWorks traveled to China to get a sense of the scale of China's solar manufacturing efforts and talk to some local experts about China's goals for dramatically scaling up its domestic deployment of solar energy technologies.
.Track the sun with a homemade swiveling platform! allows you to rotate your solar panels to always directly face the sun. very easy to make using only 4 pieces of wood and 1 'lazy susan' bearing. will double the output of your solar panels (versus leaving them stationary). only needs to be turned once or twice throughout the day. great way to increase power.
Monday 15 February 2016
Microsoft HoloLens Lexus Hoverboard Project Jacquard by Google ATAP 3Dsimo mini Holus - Holographic technologies Exploride - Turn Your Car into a Smart Car Pepper humanoid robot PIECE - make your smartphone a dual sim smartphone Remix OS - Android based Operating system. Android Laptop + Tablet(Play Store) Project Soli by Google ATAP iPhone 6S is coming with a Force Touch function and iOS 9 The new 2-nd generation LG Nexus 5 is comming with a Touch Id function and Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS Google Project ARA will be released in 2016
Thursday 11 February 2016
This video shows how energy from the sun in the form of photons is absorbed by solar panels and turned into electricity. This video was made as a part of the Quarked! website, a grant funded collaboration between the University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy researchers and the educators at the Natural History Museum http://naturalhistory.ku.edu/. For more information, videos, and games, please visit http://www.quarked.org.
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Tuesday 9 February 2016
South Africa has invested a further $10bn in its renewable energy industry. Plans are underway to fast track initiatives that will help alleviate the pain of power shortages. Rapid population growth and urbanisation has outstripped electricity supply in the country. South Africa has been investing heavily in the sector and could soon become a global leader in renewable energy. Sumitra Nydoo reports.
Monday 8 February 2016
Sunday 7 February 2016
Friday 5 February 2016
The Race Is On For New Solar Power Technology The world demands new solar power technology in order to slow the effects of deadly global warming. Not only are activists, the common people and scientists calling for it, so are investors and technology companies. New solar power technology is coming into our lives all of the time in bits and pieces, which all add up to help put us on the path to renewable energy sources. A Brief Look At The Past The human race grows, matures and changes priorities. When the priorities change, that's where the money, resources and idea makers go. Perhaps first these were fire makers. Then they were boat-builders and sailors, farmers and herders. In the Industrial Revolution, the priorities went to bringing mass manufacturing to the masses. In the last twenty years, the home computer industry has been the primary focus of the world's financial and scientific attention. In fact, with the help of computers, we might never have known about global warming until it was way too late. PC Parallels There are many things about the solar power industry that are paralleling the personal computer industry. The first computers filled entire office buildings and did little more than crunch numbers. But now you can get a tiny cell phone with a screen just a tad bigger than a gnat's behind which can pretty much run every aspect of your entire life. What made computers smaller yet more powerful? Silicon chips. The new solar power technology is also using silicon for solar power panels. The cells in the panels are usually crystalline silicon cells. They are gradually getting smaller and rapidly becoming cheaper. There are also new ways to store these solar power panels. Tiny rows of solar power cells can run a retail store's calculator for an entire work day. Solar power cells can be laid onto a rollable mat and rolled out only when you need it, then rolled up and stored away for when you don't. Both of these devices are not science fiction. They are commonly in use today. New solar power technology is being integrated into our lives and homes to keep us from total future shock. With each use of the new solar power technology, we are that much closer to keeping this planet from going belly up. As more and more consumers demand renewable energy, there should be dizzying advances in the new solar power technology as there has been for personal computers.
Solar Panel Documentary - HISTORY MOVIES Solar panel refers to a panel made to take in the sunlight's rays as a source of power for creating electricity or home heating. A PV component is a packaged, connected assembly of normally 6 × 10 solar batteries. Solar PV panels make up the solar array of a photovoltaic system that produces as well as supplies solar electricity in business and also domestic applications. Each module is ranked by its DC outcome power under typical examination problems, as well as typically varies from 100 to 365 watts. The efficiency of a component identifies the location of a component given the exact same rated result-- an 8 % efficient 230 watt module will have two times the location of a 16 % reliable 230 watt component. There are a few photovoltaic panels offered that are exceeding 19 % performance. A single solar component could generate just a limited amount of power; many installations include several modules. A photovoltaic system normally includes a panel or an array of solar components, a solar inverter, and also sometimes a battery and/or solar tracker as well as interconnection wiring. The rate of solar power, together with batteries for storage, has actually remained to fall so that in several nations it is much cheaper compared to common fossil fuel electrical power from the grid (there is "grid parity"). For instance in 2015, an ordinary home in Europe or the United States can use around 3,000 kilowatt-hour (kWh) in power yearly. Twelve 280 watt solar PV components (each generating 250 kWh each year) would certainly generate at least 3,000 kWh each year, even in a cloudy country like the UK. An example market price would certainly have to do with ₤ 8,000 in the UK, $12,000 in the US, or EUR10,000 in the Eurozone in 2015, which is particular to continually drop, enabling irreversible power independence for each house. A lot of governments have feed-in toll systems that allow property owner to offer surplus energy back right into the grid, and also make a future revenue on their financial investment.
Solar RevolutionMichio Kaku: I believe in solar power, but there are problems that we have to face, and one of them is low efficiency. Michio Kaku: Some people think that the time is right for the solar revolution, that one day solar power will replace oil and we'll all live in a world that is clean and renewable. Well, not so fast. I believe in solar power. However, there are problems that we have to face, and one of them is low efficiency. The other one is lack of a storage facility like a battery. That's' the weak link. We simply don't have the efficiency of solar cells necessary to make it economical and competitive today, and the ability to store the energy for long periods of time when the sun is dark, when there are clouds and your solar panels don't work.So my point of view is this: I think in the coming decade, as oil prices start to rise and as the cost of wind and solar and renewables start to drop, the two currents will probably cross in maybe ten years. So in ten years it will be the marketplace which then begins to drive the whole thing forward because of the dropping cost of solar cells and rising efficiency and the rising price of oil. Now, why do I believe that oil prices will rise? Because of something called Hubbert's Peak. Hubbert was a Shell Oil engineer way back in the 1960s who predicted that we would hit the halfway point for the production of oil in the United States and after that the bell-shaped curve would curve the other way and we would become an importer of oil. Well, people laughed at him because they said that, "Well, wait a minute. We have Alaska. We have Texas. We have lots of oil fields, and so we're not going to hit the 50% point. America will always export oil." Well, wrong. Hubbert hit it right on the nose to within the year at which US oil supplies peaked and then it went to the other side of the bell-shaped curve. That's called Hubbert's Peak, when we hit the 50% point. Now we know that Hubbard was right and the next big question is, are we hitting Hubbert's Peak for world oil production? That is the $64,000 question. Many people that I've talked to, senior oil analysts, energy analysts, say that we are either at Hubbert's Peak or within ten years of hitting Hubbert's Peak. Now some people say, "Well that's stupid. We discover new oil deposits all the time. Look at Canada. We have tar sands of Canada, right?" Wrong. It turns out that we will always have oil. We will never run out of oil, except oil will become more expensive as we go down the other side of Hubbert's Peak. We would have to discover a new Saudi Arabia every five to ten years in order for this curve to simply go on forever. That's not going to happen. I don't care how many tar sands you're talking about in Canada. You're not going to create a new Saudi Arabia, which produces very clean, very cheap oil, oil that is prized by the oil companies because it is relatively less polluting and has tremendous amounts of profits associated with it. So we do know that oil prices will fluctuate because of politics, but on average it will start to rise because we will be hitting Hubbert's Peak. Meanwhile, solar power is going to become cheaper and in 10 years or so the two curves could actually cross, and in 20 years a new game changer arrives and that is fusion power. The Europeans are betting the store on the ITER fusion reactor to be built outside Cadarache, France in Southern France, and if we have the power of the sun on the earth then sea water could drive all our machines. So if this scenario plays out as I predict, it means that global warming could actually be a problem only for the next several decades as we enter the solar era and the fusion era. The problem is we have already lofted so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and we will continue to do so for decades to come, that even before we enter the solar age and the fusion age we will have so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that we will really screw up the weather. But on a long-term basis I think that solar energy and fusion power will be the solution, the ultimate solution, for the greenhouse problem. Directed / Produced byJonathan Fowler & Elizabeth Rodd
Wednesday 3 February 2016
.I show how to hook up solar panels (with a battery bank). simple instructions. home solar power station. very easy to put together. all you need is 1 or more batteries, an inverter, charge controller and a solar panel or panels. the following is for a 12 volt system. use one 'deep cycle' battery for every 2 to 6 amps your panels generate. (batteries like to be charged at this rate). a 12 volt 1 amp panel generates about 15 watts. you can use any solar panels. if you can't get the smaller panels then buy one larger one. (Kyocera sells an inexpensive 7-8 amp solar panel 135 watts. that would go perfect with 2 deep cycle batteries. the solar panel in the video are from my store. The batteries are 'deep cycle' batteries. the charge controller has PWM. Pulse Width Modulation, it pulses your batteries. The inverter is Aims. This system will provide all the 'free' power you will need to run tons of things around your house. You can run all sorts of things on this system (computers, TV's , stereos , lights, power tools , appliances, and more . all can be found on my website. great little system to start with. Try 'powering up' one room in your house. you now have a solar assisted house. as one example; this could easily run a light, laptop computer, fan and small TV for several hours every day. also great in an emergency, power outage, remote and rural off-grid living.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
In this video, I will show you in layman's terms how a solar panel system works and how to set one up in 2 different types of systems. This video is intended for beginners so obviously there is a lot more involved than I am explaining but this covers the basics to get started. I bought that 10 watt solar panel from Solar Blvd (http://www.solarblvd.com/Solar-Panels...). I got the charge controller cheap from Amazon (there are numerous brands and knock-offs). I also got the battery from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/ExpertPower%C2%...). Everything in that video could cost between $70 and $150 depending on the products you buy and how good they are. I prefer cheap stuff for experiments so if I damage them I am not going to be too upset.
This documentary is about the work of Energy For Opportunity (EFO) (www.energyforopportunity.org) in Sierra Leone, where it implements small-scale solar projects in rural communities. The specific project in the documentary, was funded by AusAID through the Australian High Commission in Ghana, and involved the installation of solar electricity at four sites: a school, a health clinic, a community centre and a hospital in the villages of Kamakwie and Kamalo. Students from the local Government Technical Institute (GTI) and National Power Authority (NPA) were involved in this project as a part of the courses they take at their respect institutes, which EFO helps to facilitate. This documentary is a Padi Mix Production.
This documentary is about the work of Energy For Opportunity (EFO) (www.energyforopportunity.org) in Sierra Leone, where it implements small-scale solar projects in rural communities. The specific project in the documentary, was funded by AusAID through the Australian High Commission in Ghana, and involved the installation of solar electricity at four sites: a school, a health clinic, a community centre and a hospital in the villages of Kamakwie and Kamalo. Students from the local Government Technical Institute (GTI) and National Power Authority (NPA) were involved in this project as a part of the courses they take at their respect institutes, which EFO helps to facilitate. This documentary is a Padi Mix Production.
A team of graduate students from Stellenbosch Universitys Sustainability Institute set out to turn a temporary shack into a model of sustainability using solar power, economical insulation and thermal controls. Join project pioneer Andreas Keller and AllAfrica on an exclusive tour of the iShack experiment in South Africas Enkanini settlement.
Senegalese rapper Akon to supply 600 Million with electricity through Solar Panels. Located in Bamako, Mali, the Solar Academy will help African engineers and entrepreneurs develop skills that will enable to them to produce solar power. Experts will be on hand to help the participants with training and equipment, according to a Reuters report. According to Akon Lighting Africa, the goal of the academy is to teach people how to maintain solar-powered electricity systems and microgrids. Both systems have been growing quickly in rural parts of Africa. In a continent that has 320 days of sun a year, roping in its natural resources will be valuable to the solar-energy efforts.
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The solar energy of the Solar panels promise to lower your electricity bill by supplementing the energy you buy from the local power companies.That is good, but choosing and installing solar panels can be an overwhelming task. Solar cells, which are linked together in a panel, convert sunlight into electricity via photovoltaic materials, such as silicon. When sunlight hits these materials, the light's energy is absorbed, and that energy causes electrons within the material to escape from their position in the atom of silicon or other photovoltaic material. These released electrons are captured to produce an electric current.
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