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‘Paint-On’ Solar Panels

Casey — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:05:48 +0000

Qiaoqiang Gan, University at Buffalo assistant professor of electrical engineering, is developing a new generation of photovoltaic cells that produce more power and cost less to manufacture than what’s available today. One of his more promising efforts involves the use of plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic materials. These devices [...]

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Shining In Energy Efficiency

Casey — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:05:28 +0000

McCormick Motors goes extra mile to reduce waste. by KEVIN ALLEN NAPPANEE — There’s plenty of horsepower at McCormick Motors. Horse-drawn buggies are a regular sight along U.S. 6 in front of the business, and trucks for sale fill the spaces in the parking lot — nothing [...]

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Solar Achieves Grid Parity

Casey — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:52:22 +0000

Deutsche Bank has released a report concluding that the cost of unsubsidized solar power is about the same as the cost of electricity from the grid in India and Italy, and that by 2014 even more countries will achieve solar “grid parity.” During 2013, China is expected [...]

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8 Solar-Powered Mobile Chargers

Casey — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:08:35 +0000

Head on over to Mashable to view 8 awesome solar-chargers for your smart phone!

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New Solar Structure Cools Buildings – Replacing Air Conditioners

Casey — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:27:20 +0000

Homes and buildings chilled without air conditioners? Car interiors that don’t heat up in the summer sun? Tapping the frigid expanses of outer space to cool the planet? Yes. Stanford University researchers have designed an entirely new form of cooling structure that cools even when the sun [...]

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Solar Cells That Can Be Recycled

Casey — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:38:30 +0000

Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. By fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the solar cells can be quickly recycled in water at the end of their lifecycle. The technology [...]

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Nanowire Solar Cells Raise Efficiency Limit

Casey — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:51:46 +0000

A single nanowire can concentrate sunlight up to 15 times the normal intensity, scientists from the Nano-Science Center at the Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have shown. The nanowires concentrate the Sun’s rays into a very small area by up to [...]

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MyEnergyWarehouse.com Goes Live!

Casey — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:48:41 +0000

Home Energy would like to take this opportunity to say welcome to our new online store for all your energy and back-up power needs. We provide the best there is for inverters and power systems, such as OutBack power. Visit MyEnergyWarehouse.com Mate 3 Advanced Inverter System Controller [...]

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White House Petition Proposes Space Solar Power As National Energy & Space Goal

Casey — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:39:14 +0000

Would task the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy A petition to the White House to task the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to examine space solar power (SSP) as a new energy and space goal for the U.S. has been posted [...]

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Plasmonic Nanoparticles Increase Solar-Cell Output For Near-Infrared Region

Casey — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:31:39 +0000

A new technique developed by University of Toronto Engineering Professor Ted Sargent and his research group could lead to significantly more efficient solar cells by improving efficiency in colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics, a technology which already promises inexpensive, more efficient solar cell technology. Quantum-dot photovoltaics offers the [...]

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