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Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles: New approach to help solar cells harvest light more efficiently

Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors describe in the article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Boosting the Power of Solar Cells

New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT. Using computer modeling and a variety of advanced chip-manufacturing techniques, they have boosted the cells' output by as much as 50 percent. Full Story

Power Air Power Packs for Mobile Electronic Devices Ready for Commercialization, Article Posted on BeaconEquity.com

(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 13, 2008 ) DALLAS, Texas - BeaconEquity.com announces the publication of “Power Air Power Packs for Mobile Electronic Devices Ready for Commercialization.” Investors can view all of the investment articles for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/m - Click on News and Commentary In the article the author writes: "Power Air Corp. (OTCBB: PWAC), a company engaged in commercializing proprietary, high performance Zinc Air Fuel Cell (ZAFC)-based products, recently announced its first available product of its line of Power Air-branded auxiliary power pack is ready for commercialization. The first of the Power Air-branded pack, ZPowerpacs, recharges mobile electronic devices; the device, itself, is rechargeable, and is recyclable and disposable.

Go Green with the Solar iPhone Case from Solar Arcadia

One more gadget has entered the neat world of the “go green:� it's the solar-powered iPhone leather case from Solar Arcadia. Now, there are so many reasons for you to choose this special product over any common one (or any case at all), and the “green factor� is only one of them. From the start, we have to say that having some solar cells at the back of your phone case does not mean that you can talk forever, as some believe. Instead, if you're running low on the power in your iPhone when you actually need to make the most of it, the energy surplus provided by the solar case might really save the day.

New nanotechnology approach to help solar cells harvest light more efficiently

(Nanowerk News) Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles ("Plasmonic Solar Cells"). As the authors describe in the article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

S. Calif. Edison Completes First Commercial Rooftop Solar Installation

PR - Southern California Edison (SCE) today announced completion of the first of its proposed 150 solar photovoltaic installations on Southern California commercial rooftops. The project could eventually cover two square miles of existing commercial roofs with 250 million watts of peak generating capacity – equivalent to building several utility-scale solar power plants. During recent months, the 600,000-square-foot Fontana, Calif., distribution warehouse roof selected as the first installation site has been fitted with 33,700 advanced thin-film solar panels making it the largest single rooftop solar photovoltaic array in California. The facility now generates enough power during peak output conditions to meet the needs of approximately 1,300 Inland Empire homes.

Enhancing Solar Cells With Nanoparticles

Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. Scientists are developing a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors describe in a new article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles

Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. This approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles

Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors describe in the article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal, describes a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors describe in the article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Nanoparticles scatter light in solar cells

Metal nanoparticles can significantly improve the performance of certain types of solar cell, according to new work by engineers at the University of California at San Diego. Ed Yu and colleagues say the power conversion efficiency of InP/GaAsP quantum-well solar cells increases by up to 17% when gold nanoparticles are deposited on them. The approach overcomes the problem of combining high photon absorption and efficient collection of photogenerated charge carriers in such devices.

Obama Transition Team Examining Space Solar Power

DynaSoar writes "President-elect Obama's transition team has published for public comment a white paper entitled Space Solar Power (SSP) — A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change. The paper was prepared and submitted by the Space Frontier Foundation and other citizen space advocates, and calls for the new Administration to make development of Space Solar Power a national priority. The SSP white paper was among the first ten released by the Obama transition team. It is the first and only space-related white paper released by the team to date. With 145 comments thus far, it is already among the top five most-discussed of the 20-some white papers on Change.gov."

Wireless Power Consortium Pushes For Standard

Slatterz writes "We've already heard about wireless power before, but now we're a step closer to throwing away our power cables and chargers. A consortium of eight companies has launched an initiative to develop a wireless power standard. The drive was announced at the first Wireless Power Consortium conference at the Hong Kong Science Park yesterday. Most consumer electronic devices require a different charger, and the resulting tangle of wires and bulky devices is 'ugly, frustrating and inconvenient to use,' the group said. 'Wireless power charging takes away the need for wires and connectors. You simply drop your mobile phone, game device, electric shaver on the charging station and the battery is recharged,' explained Satoru Nishimura, senior manager at Sanyo.

NTPC, NHPC, PFC, TCS forms JVC for power exchange

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) announced that a joint venture company (JVC) has been incorporated on Dec. 11, 2008 amongst the company, NHPC (formerly known as National Hydroelectric Power Corporation), Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) under the name `National Power Exchange` to operate a power exchange at National level.

NEWS: Shiro launches self-powered solar MP3 player

Following rumours this year of a solar-powered iPod, Singapore-based Shiro has launched a solar media player. The Shiro SQ-S looks like a standard MP3 and video player, but with one key difference - solar photovoltaic cells on the back that, its makers claim, will fully recharge the gadget in four hours of sun. Judging from Pocket-lint's experience of pocket-sized solar chargers, that figure will be a lot longer in the UK.

Profiling the Power Usage of a Desktop PC

"The test setup consisted of an opened-up desktop PC, a P3 International Kill-a-watt meter and a collection of peripheral cards and disk drives. The Kill-a-watt has a 1W resolution, if a reading alternated between 2 values such as 8 and 9 Watts, the estimated value was called 8.5 Watts. Some of the measurements made were small enough that they were "in the noise". Other variables included devices with inconsistent power usage and inconsistent line voltage. The resulting measurements were actual power used by the power supply, this may vary from the DC power used by the tested components. Lastly, the Kill-a-watt meter also shows power factor; a fairly consistent value of 0.67 was read.

Starwood, Lockheed JV Looks To Banks

Power Finance & Risk The Exclusive Source For Power Financing and Trading News. As the power markets transform and evolve, it's becoming more important than ever to stay informed about the latest developments in generation sales, power trading, and capital market activity. Power Finance & Risk is the only weekly publication that breaks the news on upcoming mergers, financing deals, and risk management strategies in the power industry.

Ex-UBS Staffers Plot Maiden Hydro Projects

Power Finance & Risk The Exclusive Source For Power Financing and Trading News. As the power markets transform and evolve, it's becoming more important than ever to stay informed about the latest developments in generation sales, power trading, and capital market activity. Power Finance & Risk is the only weekly publication that breaks the news on upcoming mergers, financing deals, and risk management strategies in the power industry.

Global Solar Leaders and UNEP Outline Central Role for Solar in Climate Solution at UN Climate Change Conference in Poland

Poznan, Poland, 8 December, 2008 - Heads of three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today issued a joint statement at the UN Climate Change Conference to propose the rapid implementation and expansion of policies designed to support the growth of the solar industry and the global adoption of solar technology as a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction in support of global climate goals.

Scientists Prove Endothelial Cells Give Rise to Blood Stem Cells During Embryonic Development

Stem cell researchers at UCLA have proven definitively that blood stem cells are made during mid-gestational embryonic development by endothelial cells, the cells that line the inside of blood vessels.

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