Solar energy helps the US economic boom

Solar energy helps t...

A report by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) indicates that the photovoltaic installations in 2009 rose 40% in the U.S. and this year is expected to reach even double. At present...

Valencia will become the capital of world PV

Valencia will become...

On Monday September 6  in Valencia starts the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition and 5th (25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5). An event which will take place throughout...

Cuba advancing a project to convert ocean thermal energy

Cuba advancing a pro...

The Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a system based on taking advantage of temperature differences between sea surface and deep waters. In Matanzas Bay, north of the Caribbean...

Solar energy helps the US economic takeoff

Solar energy helps t...

According to a report by the American Solar Energy Society, photovoltaic installations grew 40% in 2009 and this year is expected to reach even double. It is considered the country...

The new Vestas Wind turbines arrive in Australia

The new Vestas Wind ...

Vestas, Danish manufacturer of wind turbines, received an order for the largest wind project in Australia – with the new V112 wind turbines now marketed in onshore and offshore...

California: a mega project of solar thermal

California: a mega p...

The Energy Commission of California has approved the project to construct and operate the Solar Millennium, a subsidiary of Solar Trust of America, the mega power project of 968 MW...

EV: THINK is entering the French market

EV: THINK is enterin...

THINK, the Scandinavian manufacturer of the electric car of the same name, said Thursday it entered the French market through a partnership created between its division and O2City Mobivia...

Around the world in 80 days with Zerotracer

Around the world in ...

Oerlikon Solar, the producer of production plants for the manufacture of thin film silicon solar modules, becomes the main sponsor of the Swiss team “Oerlikon Solar Racing Team”...



Posts Tagged «new ideas»

Nanotechnology can improve the solar water heating up to five times

Nanotechnology can improve the solar water heating up to five times
Research conducted by scientists at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), has enabled the development of nanotechnology from a new solar heating system allows rise the water temperature up to five times. Reportedly, the project has emerged...Read More

Danish engineers want to store the wind … in bags

Danish engineers want to store the wind … in bags
The experiment has been carried out by engineers at the Technical University of Denmark who, roughly, would inject compressed air in large bags buried under the dunes of Jutland. The bags were inflated by a compressor operated by wind power. With...Read More

“Sanctuary of Light”: solar ribbon project in Dubai

“Sanctuary of Light”: solar ribbon project in Dubai
Designed by Peter Yeadon and Martina Decker, the project “Sanctuary of Light” is supposedly a surge of ribbons intertwined in the vast desert, located on the site of Ras Al Khor, Dubai. But this is not just any ribbons, they are...Read More

Researchers find another way to harvest solar energy

Researchers find another way to harvest solar energy
Engineers at Stanford University have discovered a new way to harvest light and thermal energy produced by the Sun. An article published in the Nature Materials journal shows that the cesium coating of solar cell semiconductor material allows...Read More