Automower Solar Hybrid: That's One Smart Lawn-Mowing Robot! $2,000 price tag may sound steep, the Automower Solar Hybrid quickly pays for itself.
The solar-powered school on stilts The Forest School features up-cycled, recycled and low-impact architecture and design
Solar fee idea zapped Xcel, for now, has abandoned plan; seeks electric rate hike
Sunburned: Solar's Dirty Little Secrets China is dumping hazardous waste from solar factories in fields.
Green invention earns notoriety for Kingsland man GRADY MAYEAUX, THE inventor of this 7-pound peel and stick solar panel for golf carts, and his son Russell demonstrate placing their Kingsland based company's newest product on a cart with ease....
Europe’s Way of Encouraging Solar Power Arrives in the U.S. Homes with solar panels in Germany, where homeowners are paid to produce green energy.
Israeli firm develops unique solar energy system Researchers develop new technology to generate electricity
A Cheaper Solar Concentrator A new light-guiding optic combines low cost with high efficiency.
Solar-powered fridge invented by British student in a potting shed helps poverty-stricken Africans Emily Cummins holds the portable eco-fridge. It can keep perishable goods, such as milk or meat, cool for days at a temperature of around 6C
Japan launches first solar cargo ship The Toyota Vehicle Distribution Center at the Port of Long Beach. The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power took to the seas on Friday in Japan, aiming to cut fuel costs and carbon...
Cool Earth Is Scaling Up Solar Energy Generation The idea of inflated concentrators arose quickly from Cummings' determination that only a two-dimensional concentrator of thin film plastic would provide enough concentration of solar rays onto the...
Polymer Solar Cells With Higher Efficiency Levels Created UCLA solar polymer films and the corresponding device characteristics made from these films. The films are actually semitransparent. (Credit: Image courtesy of UCLA)
A ray of sunshine for solar energy A new solar-cell system could one day make power from the sun as cheap as electricity from fossil fuels
Solar Roofing Materials Integrating solar cells into building materials could make solar power more attractive to homeowners.
Kennewick Company Working On A New Way To Capture The Sun’s Energy Infinia Corporation’s solar concentrator moves into position to collect energy from the sun. The company is based in Kennewick, Wash.
FRESNEL TYPE REFLECTOR FOR LATTICE TYPE SOLAR POWER CONCENTRATOR The invention is to prevent reflectors’ degradation and guarantee minimal attendants.
Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects Mirrors channel sunlight onto a tube filled with oil at a solar power plant in Boulder City, Nev. The plant produces energy to power about 14,000 homes.
Solar Powered Trash Compactor A solar energy panel on top of a garbage can faces the southern sky Tuesday alongside the playing field at Beaver Pond in Franklin. The machine uses solar power to compact the garbage, so town...
Dyed Solar Cells May Offer Unique Installation Opportunities A glass facade made of this material can be given any sort of decorative or promotional design, such as a colorful company logo or graphic, while delivering electricity to boot.
Solar energy can heat your house Today, solar energy is used to heat water that runs through piping in the flooring
First Ever Moonbeam Collector Curious onlookers migrate to a patch in the Arizona desert to bask in light from the world's first moonbeam collector.
Manned lunar bases may launch new era in space tourism The solar power is the most reliable and effective source of energy that can be found on the Moon.
Swiss Solar Hydrogen Company in Agreement With Spanish Power Generation Company Solar Water Cracker is a system which concentrates sunlight to heat a furnace to the point where it splits water into hydrogen and oxygen.
SANYO develops world's highest energy conversion efficiency solar cells The increase in efficiency is concurrent with advances in lowering the production cost of the photovoltaic system and the reduction in the use of raw materials such as silicon.
Simplified cost analysis for solar/wind technology. This document is a simplified view on cost analysis of economical viability from only simple comparison of cost of equipment for solar/wing energy equipment versus utility cost based on the cheapest...
Solar power cell breakthrough by Australians CHEAPER solar power could be available in a few years due to pioneering work by Australian scientists on an improved solar cell.
The sun for energy in United Arab Emirates Masdar has announced plans to build a $ 350 million 100-MW solar plant
Solar-powered barbecue A barbecue powered by the sun is now on sale in the UK.
PowerBeam uses laser to power solar panel with energy beam It's the same principle that powers your pocket calculator with a solar cell. But in this case, PowerBeam gets a lot more electrical power from a laser as far away as 65 feet.
First EU Commercial Concentrating Solar Power Tower Opens in Spain Europe's first commercial concentrating solar power plant was inaugurated today near the sunny southern Spanish city of Seville.
Solar power breakthrough at Massey New solar cells developed by Massey University don't need direct sunlight to operate and use a patented range of dyes that can be impregnated in roofs, window glass and eventually even clothing to...
About Parabolic Trough Solar Solargenix Neveda One Project to Break Ground
Good Day Sunshine One of the largest solar energy plants in the world went on line in Portugal this winter.
PRISM SOLAR'S TECHNOLOGY solar concentration is achieved using a hologram imaged onto a transparent medium that is sealed between two pieces of glass
Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project The Nevada Solar One power plant is essentially a tea kettle, just one that happens to take up 300 acres and can provide enough power for 15,000 homes.
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History of Solar Energy (Par1) Inventors unlocked the secrets of turning the sun's rays into mechanical power more than a century ago, only to see their dream machines collapse from lack of public support. Modern solar engineers...
The Solar Shuttle Solar-powered 42-passenger boat
Most of Israel homes have solar water systems. Harnessing the sun’s rays, they supply households with hot water for about eight months a year. By law, all houses constructed in Israel must have solar water systems. As a result, Israel is the...
His energy bill is $0.00 Mike Strizki lives in the nation's first solar-hydrogen house. The technology this civil engineer has been able to string together – solar panels, a hydrogen fuel cell, storage tanks, and a piece of...
Heating Panels for Sunlit Wall & Roof Mounting most economical and most practical way to reduce your utility bills by 50-75% is by using free solar thermal energy to warm the air inside of your home or business.
It's also the most practical way...
Solar Charger & Battery Charger- Solar Energy and effective usage ...ability to charge mobile phones, portable video game players, PDA's, GPS's, portable CD players, and other small appliances.
Attic Fans – Solar -Solar Energy and effective usage bill drop as the need for air conditioning is reduced by venting hot air out of your attic.
Italy village gets 'sun mirror' A sun-deprived village in the Italian Alps has come up with a novel solution to fix the problem - by installing a giant mirror
