SolarPA, a New Tripoli, PA- based company. declared that with an arrangement with Solar Power Industries it has utilized its own technology in coating nano-crystals over the completed solar cells from Solar Power and has bettered the efficiency of solar cells by 11.5%.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 May 2011
GreenWave Reality, an innovator in home energy management and automation systems, today announced that it has partnered with NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) to provide a breakthrough, intelligent lighting control and management solution that can be utilized by manufacturers of energy-efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) and solid state (SSL) lighting.
The New Model 10500 from Abet Technologies is a low cost solar simulator providing an attractive alternative to more fully featured and expensive solar simulators for applications that do not require a large area illuminated field. The optical system of the 10500 produces a collimated 25 mm beam. Focus or defocus it for higher irradiance or larger solar cells.
Scotland is all set for constructing a bioenergy plant that utilizes whisky and it’s by- products as fuel.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
GC China Turbine declared that it has plans to shift its wind turbine manufacturing from its East-Lake Development Zone located assembly facility to a temporary assembly workshop to be furnished by the Wuhan Municipal Government.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Insight Management, a provider of wind and solar energy systems and ecologically- friendly preassembled homes, has declared the introduction of a novel solar panel technology meant for use by commercial businesses, house owners and home builders.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Conergy Canada, an auxiliary of Conergy, Germany has announced the availability of Conergy ON solar modules from early May onwards.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Mannvit, an Iceland- based company that provides a range of engineering and technical research services for renewable energy projects, declared that a geothermal district heating plant located in Southwest Hungary town, Szentlõrinc, has become fully functional.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), declared that a Japanese agency has expressed interest in financing an Rs.4,000 crore project aimed at improving the wind energy evacuation experienced by the state.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Engineers from Nautricity, a Glasgow-based spin-out company of Strathclyde University, claimed to have developed a marine turbine, which is capable of producing domestically cost-effective electricity from tidal energy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
Researchers from the Australian National University and Trina Solar, a solar cell manufacturer, have announced the launch of a joint project to augment the power production efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells at Canberra.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
The Task 41 of Solar Heating and Cooling (IEA-SHC) Programme, initiated by the International Energy Agency, will go into the reasons for not incorporating solar energy harvesting features in building design.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
According to a new research finding by Sara Pryor and Co-author Rebecca Barthelmie, Atmospheric Science professors from the Indiana University, Bloomington, wind energy generation for the next 30 to 50 years in the US will mostly remain unaffected due to the rise in global temperature.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
The Town of Hamden, Conn and Hamden Board of Education have entered into a 10 year Energy Services Agreement (ESA) to erect and operate a fuel cell facility supplied by UTC Power, a company owned by United Technologies at Hamden High School.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2011
It is up in air and leaving Switzerland for the first time. The Solar Impulse airplane, a solar-powered aircaft that flies without any fuel, set course for its first international destination, landing in the capital of Europe: Brussels. The plane will be displayed in a hangar at Brussels International Airport between May 23 and May 29.