From the monthly archives: April 2008

Solar panel – water heating for the masses

By On April 25, 2008 · 5 Comments

An English company, IDC, has announced plans to mass-produce an inflatable solar panel and make it commercially available for less than 100 pounds ($200) , a great leap forward in making green energy available to the masses.

Capable of heating up to 3 full tanks of water, IDC envisions the panels being used [...]

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Electric Car from India

By On April 23, 2008 · 1 Comment

The car has a range only about 80km but is quite cute. You can download a brochure in PDF. Two adults and two chilldren can be trasported. REVA is currently being exported to UK and Malta. 80% charge in 2.5 hrs; 100% charge in 8 hrs.

Reva has been selling [...]

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Urban car from Toyota – not comming to US

By On April 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Why not? Is it that Americans wouldn’t buy such a vehicle, or is it that automakers would simply prefer to sell more profitable gas-guzzlers, rather than less-profitable small cars, to Americans?

iQ represents a break-through in compact urban transportation. For a first, up to three passengers can be comfortably seated in a compact urban [...]

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New turbines designed for more efficiency and easy transport…

By On April 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment

There is a big demand on wind turbines at the moment so the manufacturers can’t build enough turbines to fill orders, and waiting lists are already years long. So something’s going right in Wind. But the CEO of FloDesign Wind, Stanely Kowalski thinks things could be going even better. Using FloDesign’s expertise in aircraft engines, [...]

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Inovative technology – Dye solar cells

By On April 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Artificial photosynthesis is based on the concept of a dye analogous to chlorophyll absorbing light and thus generating electrons which enter the conduction band of a high surface area semiconductor film and further move through an external circuit, thus converting light into “green” power.

They want to be the leading supplier of 3rd Generation Solar [...]

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EDF invest 50 milion $ in Nanosolar

By On April 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

EDF – Electricité de France, the main European provider has made an investment of $50 million into Nanosolar . Nanosolar is well known company which is specialised in copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar cells. CIGS cells cost less and can be integrated into building materials. Nanosolar’s cells can be printed on thin, flexible sheets of [...]

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