On this page, we have collected the latest solar energy news from around the web regarding solar power.
PETE Process Promises Successful Technology Fusion - Tue, 24 Aug 2010
A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power
Audi Testing Water in Electric Car Production - Mon, 23 Aug 2010
The entrepreneurial Audi is planning to take advantage of changes portended in the automobile market with an eye towards emission-free vehicles. Until now Audi has not shown any interest in electric car production but now that there is a growing demand for small and electronically-driven cars, Audi is keen to join the race. [...]
Posted in: Electric Cars, Industry, Transportation
Wind Energy Instruments getting Bigger & Better - Tue, 17 Aug 2010
Renewable energy production and demand growth is gaining momentum in many ways across the world. There is a booming demand of wind power today and all wind energy equipment manufacturers are gearing up to meet the demand and take advantage of it. Wind power capacity growth will be reaching 447GW in the next five [...]
Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines
Graphene: Solar Cells of the Future? - Tue, 10 Aug 2010
A southern California University team has come up with what could be the alternative new breed of economical and flexible solar cells. For some decades now, organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) have been acclaimed as the new solar cell prototypes and extolled for their light weight, flexible substrates, low cost and easy manufacturability. Research [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power
USPS Goes Green - Mon, 09 Aug 2010
In strict adherence to guidelines released by the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service gets on a fast track to reach the goal for energy reduction. Green roofs, green buildings and an optimally efficient management system of energy consumption form part of the energy-reduction strategy.
Power Guzzlers:
Use of air conditioning is one [...]
Posted in: Environment, Industry, Transportation


