What are solar panel inverters? What are they for? Where to find them? Solar Panel inverters are used mostly to change direct current to alternating current via an electrical switching process. You can think of inverters used with solar panels as … [Read more...]
Acciona’s solar plant in Portugal
Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energy announced its new solar plant in Moura Portugal, is operational. The Amareleja plant covers a total area of 250 hectares, located in the parish of Amareleja in the municipality of Moura, in Portugal's … [Read more...]
How to cut your electricity bill with solar power generator
There is a lot of ECO gadgets around these days. One of them is this little solar power generator. This device generates both: solar and wind energy, as it uses a collection of six photovoltaic panels, crafted as a vertical turbine. While the panels … [Read more...]
CD player and loudspeaker which charges with Solar power
The Sunflower - pictured below - is a cd player and loudspeaker system that charges via sunlight. It's a cool-looking way to have a renewably powered party on your patio. Ricardo Baiáo is inventing some very cool concepts for products that utilize … [Read more...]
SunRun Solar Service is a better investment than buying your own solar system.
SunRun Solar Service is a better investment than buying your own solar system. That's what claims this solar company. Let's have a look what is it. It seems that when you buy the solar system through SunRun it produces higher than a 20% annual … [Read more...]
Air conditioner powered by one 170W solar panel
A company called GreenCore Air has released an air conditioner than can be powered by a single 170 watt solar panel. The GreenCore air conditioning unit can heat and cool a 600 square foot room. It runs on DC power, so there is no need to put an AC … [Read more...]
Another solar charger from – Devotec
The Devotec Solar Charger is solar charger which looks quite cool. At first look you are not really supprised with the nice look of this solar charger. It looks like that it's been with all your other stuff (cellphone, wallet, carkeys etc......) … [Read more...]
CIGS which are 17.7 percent effficient
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 … [Read more...]
Inovative technology – Dye solar cells
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, … [Read more...]
Mobile phone charger: Solar ofcourse….
If you think that you need a piece of mind, this gadget is a must for you. A solar battery charger for your cellphone. It comes from Japan. This little cell phone strap from Strap-Ya is actually a small solar cell that can store energy and charge … [Read more...]