G.P. Thomas

Gary graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class honours degree in Geochemistry and a Masters in Earth Sciences. After working in the Australian mining industry, Gary decided to hang up his geology boots and turn his hand to writing.

When he isn't developing topical and informative content, Gary can usually be found playing his beloved guitar, or watching Aston Villa FC snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Articles from G.P.

Energy Efficient Glass for Building Energy Effieiciency

In this interview, AZoCleanTech talks to Victor Rosenberg, CEO of Tropiglas Technologies, regarding new innovations in building energy efficiency with energy efficient glass.

25 Sep 2012

Verengo to Host Job Fair at its Newly Opened Office in Concord, California

Verengo Solar, a residential solar installer, will host a job fair on October 6, Saturday, at its newly opened office in Concord, California.

25 Sep 2012

Hanwha Solar Delivers PV Modules to France's Largest Solar Rooftop Installation

Hanwha Solar, the flagship entity of the leading Korean enterprise, the Hanwha Group, has supplied photovoltaic (PV) modules of total capacity 7.7 MW to the largest rooftop solar installation in France.

25 Sep 2012

LDK Solar’s Multicrystalline PV Modules Earn “Class A” Rating in PID Tests

LDK Solar announced that LDK photovoltaic (PV) modules have earned a “Class A” rating based on the potential-induced degradation (PID) tests conducted by the laboratories of PV Lab and TUV Rheinland. Since the company’s PV modules exhibited less than 1% reduction in overall performance under the standard test conditions, they were granted the “Class A” rating.

25 Sep 2012

New Atomic Layer Deposition Passivation Technology for i-PERC Silicon Solar Cells

Imec, RENA and SoLayTec are presenting a novel atomic layer deposition (ALD) passivation technology for highly efficient i-PERC silicon solar cells at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC).

25 Sep 2012

Construction Underway on Northwest’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic Plant

Smart Energy Capital, Obsidian Finance and BELECTRIC have reported that 50% of construction has been completed at the 5.7 MW ‘Outback Solar’ photovoltaic project, which is marked as the largest solar power facility in the Northwest

24 Sep 2012

Organic Photovoltaic Modules Achieve Record 5.5% Efficiency

Imec and Solvay have developed an organic photovoltaic module touted to have a world-record efficiency of 5.5%. The companies have collaborated to develop an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture, which they used along with Polyera’s ActivInk semiconductor to achieve the record certified efficiency.

24 Sep 2012

Study Reveals Prevalence of Recycling by Humans 13,000 Years Ago

A study carried by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in conjunction with the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) indicates that recycling was practiced by humans as early as 13,000 years ago.

21 Sep 2012

Plastic Nanoparticles Detrimental to Sea Life

Plastic nanoparticles in oceans seem to have a damaging effect on sea life. Called as ‘plastic soup,’ this occurs when plastic debris entering the sea decomposes. Plastic nanoparticles also enter from washed clothes and from cosmetics.

21 Sep 2012

Recovery of Rare Earth Metals by Recycling Batteries and Magnets

Rare earth metals (REM) used in energy-conservation efforts is expected to become scarce by 2015. Dysprosium and neodymium, which are REMs, are considered as “key enablers” of green technologies. Scientists in Norway are attempting to extract REMs from scrap.

20 Sep 2012