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By using solar shingles on your roof instead of classic shingles, you make your roof make money for you. You actualy save money on having your roof from solar shingles. Instead of having a normal roof with nothing there, why not going this way? … [Read more...]
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better. The same technique is … [Read more...]
This ultra compact solar charger comes from Powerfilmsolar. You can charge in Four hours in full sun... -:) Ultra compact, ultra lightweight and yet very durable, the PowerFilm® USB + AA Solar Charger is ideal for everyday use. The USB … [Read more...]
Multi-cell combination that is able to convert 43 percent of sunlight into electricity: The world-record holding cell was fabricated by former Centre researchers, Dr Jianhua Zhao and Dr Aihua Wang. The cell is converting 43% percentage of light. … [Read more...]
Industrial designer Fandi Meng has designed the “Sunny Flower,” which promises to offer your gadgets a green charge every time. 'Sunny flower' is a bunch of small solar panels which deploys themselfs very easily. The solar charger works by … [Read more...]
Need a coffee when you are off the grid? FYI there is a really a cool device that uses zero electricity to make coffee. However, it does take time and it's not as hot as you migh think. It could helps you to have a cup anyway, everywhere... It's … [Read more...]
The solar-panel system from PyronSolar is based on the use of acrylic lenses that focus the light of the sun on solar panels. Since this technique makes the cells so hot that they can burn asphalt in seconds, the cells are made to float on water … [Read more...]
Solar panels without inverters? Yes we thought of this. And someone is even developing a solar panel like that ! Who is this guy? It's GreenRay. A solar electric or photovoltaic (PV) module that produces AC power. Directly without goint to inverters … [Read more...]
Solar chargers are more and more popular these days. But not all of them are efficient enough. One of them came from Techtium. It's a mixed-signal semiconductor company specialized in battery & power management ICs. They showed up a new solar … [Read more...]
I was searching for some videos from Nanosolar today, because I think that paying one-third for a photovoltaic panel which is even more efficient than traditional silicon PV, is the future. We need to bring the price of that photovoltaics down, so … [Read more...]
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