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Inflatable Solar Collectors
Published on 26 Jul, 2008 at 14:26 in solar energy | Viewed 177 views times | No Comments
The inflatable solar collectors contain inflated mirror concentrators which gather sunlight and focus it onto photovoltaic cells. They can withstand 100mph wind and rain, insects, dirt and more. Technorati : Inflatable solar colectors Del.icio.us : Inflatable solar colectors Flickr : Inflatable solar colectors
CIGS which are 17.7 percent effficient
Published on 25 Jul, 2008 at 13:34 in Solar-thin-film | Viewed 617 views times | 3 Comments
The average efficiency of regular solar panels is 15 percent; thin-film solar cells register a lower efficiency percentage than that. Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), however, claims 17.7 percent efficiency for its flexible thin-film CIGS solar cell. To be able to achieve that impressive percentage, AIST devised CIGS technology called
Peel-and-stick solar panels are part of the building
Published on 24 Jul, 2008 at 6:27 in Solar-thin-film | Viewed 244 views times | No Comments
Solar panels developped by construction company that use peel-and-stick technology to attach to roofs. The company is called Lumeta, a subsidiary of DRI. Just watch the video. The roof is done in minuts…. Incredible…… “Solar needs to become part of the building envelope and this is a step towards that,” said Stephen Torres, COO of
ICP solar will equip the new Nissans with solar chargers
Published on 23 Jul, 2008 at 3:36 in Renewable | Viewed 314 views times | No Comments
Today I’d like to present you a company which is going to colaborate with Nissan. The company’s name is ICP Solar. The new cars from Nisan will feature new solar chargers from ICP Solar. The chargers will serve to keep the 12-volt batteries of new Nissans charged while they are parked on sales lots. “With
Wind Power is to be increased in Germany to 30% by 2020
Published on 22 Jul, 2008 at 2:36 in wind power | Viewed 328 views times | 1 Comment
The German minister for the environment Sigmar Gabriel now no longer plans to increase the share of bio energy in the fuel market to 17% by 2020 as originally planned but only to 12%. In return, the share of wind energy in the electricity supply is to be increased from the up to present planned
Solar Prius – a new way to gain efficiency for the japanese hybrid car
Published on 20 Jul, 2008 at 9:34 in hybrid cars | Viewed 476 views times | 2 Comments
A Japanese newspaper reported recently that Toyota is going to be adding a solar powered Prius to the world’s most popular hybrid. Now don’t go getting too excited just yet – solar panels aren’t yet at a place where they can provide all the power your vehicle needs. Rather, they’ll be providing power for the
Next generation of cheap solar cells
Published on 19 Jul, 2008 at 11:21 in Renewable | Viewed 128 views times | No Comments
I found this video on YouTube today. I want it to share with you… Feel free to post some comments.
Price of Tesla Roadster in Europe could be 150 000 $
Published on 17 Jul, 2008 at 10:44 in Featured Articles | Viewed 391 views times | 2 Comments
Tesla Roadster is making us dreaming. There was others cars before, and there will be others after, but this one is the most spectacular. Well finished, the best one I ever saw. We all love it. But. Since the price in US is about 100 000 $, so with the simple calculation we could convert
BMW’s MINI going to be hybrid…
Published on 16 Jul, 2008 at 4:42 in Featured Articles, hybrid cars | Viewed 354 views times | 2 Comments
BMW is now committing to testing completely electric vehicles, but not quite ready to take the plunge to actually market them. As for hybrid cars that use a traditional gasoline engine combined with an electric motor, they should arrive “at the end of next year,” a company spokesperson for BWM was quoted as saying. “This
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