Solar Power With A Twist: related news

Portable Solar Power For Portable Hardware?

Tjeerd writes "Because the 'green revolution' is accelerating, I felt it was time to get involved. Last week I started with buying a portable solar energy charger for my mobile phone. But soon I was thinking of also recharging my Asus Eee netbook with a portable solar energy recharger. I found things like the Portable Power Pack, Foldable Solar Chargers, and the Solar Gorilla. The Solar Gorilla looks quite interesting and might be able to recharge my netbook and fits nicely in a rucksack. But I would like some real-life feedback. If you have experience with these or other portable solar devices, what has worked for you?"

Solar Power With A Twist

Solar power is now available with a twist, thanks to U.S. researchers who found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.

335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013, According to ABI Research

As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply. The OEMs’ drive toward reducing base station power consumption, along with improvements in photovoltaic cells, have meant that solar energy is now a very viable solution for powering cellular base stations.

SonnenEnergy Announces $2.2 Million Solar Park Financing Agreement with HypoVereinsbank

TORONTO, Oct. 24 /CNW/ - SonnenEnergy Corp. ("SonnenEnergy" or "the Company") (TSX-V: PWR - News), a leading photovoltaic solar power systems integrator and solar power producer, today announced that it has completed a $2.2 million refinancing agreement for the first phase Solar Park Hausen with the German bank HypoVereinsbank. Under the terms of the agreement, SonnenEnergy has provided its interest in the first phase of Solar Park Hausen as security for the loan. HypoVereinsbank has also agreed to provide an additional $5.4 million in financing to fund construction of the second phase of Solar Park Hausen, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

7th-Grader Designs Three Dimensional Solar Cell

Hugh Pickens writes "12-year-old William Yuan's invention of a highly-efficient, three-dimensional nanotube solar cell for visible and ultraviolet light has won him an award and a $25,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. 'Current solar cells are flat and can only absorb visible light'" Yuan said. 'I came up with an innovative solar cell that absorbs both visible and UV light. My project focused on finding the optimum solar cell to further increase the light absorption and efficiency and design a nanotube for light-electricity conversion efficiency.' Solar panels with his 3D cells would provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells.

Solar power systems installed in star hotel in N China

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2008 shows a solar glass curtain wall in Diangujinjiang International Hotel of Baoding in north China's Hebei Province. The five-star hotel with solar power generators, the first of its kind in China, was put into operation on Saturday, which has a total installed solar power capacity of 0.3 megawatts. (Xinhua Photo)

Solar Power Game-Changer: "Near Perfect" Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.

LDK Solar Signs Three-Year Wafer Supply Agreement With BP Solar

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a three-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to BP Solar International, Inc.

Coating Boosts Solar Power

TROY, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2008 -- A new antireflective coating boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. The discovery moves academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.

Organic dyes bring increased solar power

Particle physicists have long been familiar with the idea of shifting the wavelength of light to make detection easier – now the same idea could prove a boon for solar power. Michael Currie and colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that planar waveguides with a thin film of organic coating on one side and solar cells on the edges can produce significantly more power than the solar cells on their own.

A technical and sentiment look at Evergreen Solar's (ESLR) price action and investor sentiment

As you might deduce from the company's name, Evergreen Solar (ESLR: View sentiment for ESLRsentiment, chart, options) develops, manufactures, and markets solar power products including solar cells and the ever-popular solar panels. Shares of the alternative energy specialist seem quite inexpensive, closing yesterday's session below $3 per share. Many investors are taking advantage of this perceived discount by betting on a return to warmer climates for the equity. But the recent decline in crude oil and energy prices has brought with it a heavy degree of scrutiny for the once blazing hot solar sector, and there are a few indicators that might temper your enthusiasm for this discount-bin stock.

VIEW-HSBC favours solar, wind over integrated power

HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC Global Asset Management has increased its exposure to solar power-related stocks at the expense of integrated power plays, and believes technology companies in the solar and wind sectors offer solid long-term opportunity for investors.

West Basin's Solar Powered System Produces More Power, Performs Beyond Expectation in First Year

West Basin Municipal Water District's 60,000 square feet of fixed-tilt photovoltaic panels at the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility is performing beyond expectations. In the first year of operation, the system produced 11% more electricity than expected. Based on capacity output and solar power area in place, the system was estimated to produce 814,199 kW of electricity and actually provided 903,800 kW for its first year of operation (January to December 2007). This power generation represented an annual power cost savings of $90,000.00.

The New Fusion Canvas/Leather Solar Messenger Bag by Eclipse Solar Gear Charges Cell Phones, MP3 Players, Rechargeable Batteries

Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keeping your batteries charged and ready to go is an obsession for many consumers of personal electronics. The original patented Eclipse Solar Gear product line is designed to trickle charge the batteries of many types and brands of electronics including cell phones, smart phones, hand-held GPS units, and MP3 players with a convenient solar charging solution. Basically anything you can plug into your car using a 12V auto adapter can be trickle charged using solar bags by Eclipse Solar Gear.

Power Architecture Plays Key Role in Space Missions

Power.org, the organization that promotes and develops standards for Power Architecture® technology, announced that Power Architecture technology has played an integral role in more than a dozen United States' space missions, most recently the Mars Phoenix Polar Lander. The use of Power Architecture embedded processors in the aerospace market exemplifies its diversity and underscores its continued, widespread market share leadership, as noted in a recent IDC webcast delivered to Power.org members.

Power Architecture Plays Integral Role in US Space Missions

PISCATAWAY, NJ--(Marketwire - October 21, 2008) - Power.org, the organization that promotes and develops standards for Power Architecture® technology, announced today that Power Architecture technology has played an integral role in more than a dozen United States' space missions, most recently the Mars Phoenix Polar Lander. The use of Power Architecture embedded processors in the aerospace market exemplifies its diversity and underscores its continued, widespread market share leadership, as noted in a recent IDC webcast delivered to Power.org members.

New Eye on the Outer Solar System Launches Successfully

There's a new spacecraft in Earth orbit, with a really "far out" mission: to map the outer solar system. NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX launched successfully from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday, from an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle. IBEX will be the first spacecraft to image and map dynamic interactions taking place in the outer solar system. The two Voyager probes sent back a limited amount of information about the region of space where our solar system ends and interstellar space begins. But beyond that, not much is known about this area. The region is about three times further from the sun than the orbit of planet Pluto. "No one has seen an image of the interaction at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind collides with interstellar space," said IBEX Pr

Solar Thermal Power May Make Sun-Powered Grid a Reality

It's solar's new dawn. For five decades solar technologies have delivered more promises than power. Now, new Breakthrough Award–winning innovations are exiting the lab and plugging into the grid—turning sunlight into serious energy.

Solar Power Game-Changer: "Near Perfect" Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles

A new antireflective coating developed by researchers at Rensselaer could help to overcome two major hurdles blocking the progress and wider use of solar power. The nanoengineered coating, pictured here, boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire spectrum of sunlight from any angle, regardless of the sun’s position in the sky. Credit: Rensselaer/Shawn Lin

The New Power Suit: Power Less? The New Power Tie, the Power PDA?

Since I am obsessed with all things sartorial, I couldn’t help but be riveted by a recent Wall Street Journal story about fabulously powerful people who self-ban the wearing of suits.

Mitsubishi Electric Will Power Large Solar Winery Project

Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA's Photovoltaic Division will provide high-efficiency solar panels for one of the world's largest solar projects at a winery. The 1.2 megawatt solar system installation at Constellation Wines US' Gonzales Winery in Monterey County, Calif., will cover approximately 170,000 square feet of the main winery warehouse roof, and will provide about 50 percent of the winery's total energy requirements.

Mitsubishi Electric Will Power Large Solar Winery Project

CYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA's Photovoltaic Division will provide high-efficiency solar panels for one of the world's largest solar projects at a winery. The 1.2 megawatt solar system installation at Constellation Wines US' Gonzales Winery in Monterey County, Calif., will cover approximately 170,000 square feet of the main winery warehouse roof, and will provide about 60 percent of the winery's total energy requirements.

New Optics For Improved Solar Power Generators

A few years ago, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched its Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) program. DARPA challenged the industry and the research community to make solar cells more efficient -- as measured by how well a solar cell converts the light it absorbs into electrical energy.

Aussie miners turn to solar tower power

Singapore - Australian mining firms, hit by high fuel costs and falling commodity prices, could soon swap their diesel generators for 24-hour, solar-power systems, the head of a private renewable power firm said on Thursday.

Sanyo to Produce More Solar Modules, Strengthen Solar Business in N America

Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has announced its plans to increase the production capacity of solar modules at its Mexico Monterrey Factory by nearly 2.5 times the current amount. The increase in production will serve the rapidly rising demand for solar power in the North American market.

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