Solar panels give you clean energy, yes, but it turns out that's not all. Just by putting them on the roof, you'll start saving cash on your cooling and heating bills.READ»
Solar panels suffer from being an imperfect tech, and differences between the quality of each individual cell can even affect how efficiently the whole thing works. Enter National Semiconductor, with smart solar optimizer chips.The ...READ»
Photovoltaic solar power may be the bees knees in green power cleverness, but you still have to work out how to mount the panels on your building. That's going to be much easier now a Dutch company has combined them with ...READ»
Good news for Vitamin D-deprived cube jockeys! Your dreams of sustainably generating your own power without setting foot outside might come true with the CubeTube, an indoor photovoltaic electricity generator that grabs the energy ...READ»
Forget the Iron Curtain--we'll all be living behind solar curtains if Konarka Technologies has its way. The organic solar cell company has teamed up with Arch Aluminum and Glass to test out so-called "solar curtains," or walls of ...READ»
Another reason to move to Italy: Solar power is expected to be cost-competitive there by next year, according to a report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and A.T. Kearney. The European solar industry does ...READ»
Massachusetts-based startup SunDrum is working on a liquid-filled heat sink that boosts the power output of photovoltaic panels (PV) and heats water--all with the help of a solar collector that's similar to something you would see ...READ»
Nevada is a veritable gold mine of solar energy, so it's not surprising to hear that photovoltaic company First Solar is teaming up with Sempra Generation to build the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the U.S. in Boulder City, ...READ»
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