solar energy – The InfoGreenGlobal https://infogreenglobal.com The InfoGreenGlobal Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:07:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Lightyear One widest range solar energy car runs for free https://infogreenglobal.com/lightyear-one-solar-electric-car-widest-range/ https://infogreenglobal.com/lightyear-one-solar-electric-car-widest-range/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 16:02:34 +0000 https://infogreenglobal.com/?p=6522 Lightyear One and its performance An interesting piece of information caught my attention, a new electric car called Lightyear One that runs only on solar energy and has a very long range, perhaps the largest at the moment for an electric one. To get the information from the source I went to their official site: […]

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Spherical solar energy collector designed by Rawlemon works https://infogreenglobal.com/spherical-solar-energy-collector-by-rawlemon/ https://infogreenglobal.com/spherical-solar-energy-collector-by-rawlemon/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 09:04:10 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5599 Rawlemon and Broessel had a spherical solar dream According to its vision, the German architect Andre Broessel said that the future will be not only green, but transparent, and he brought a solution through it can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”. More than that, he had the idea to collect further the solar […]

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MIT energy initiative for an efficient solar cell in the future https://infogreenglobal.com/mit-energy-initiative-for-an-efficient-solar-cell-in-the-future/ https://infogreenglobal.com/mit-energy-initiative-for-an-efficient-solar-cell-in-the-future/#respond Wed, 20 May 2015 22:22:36 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5585 Solar energy can fulfil us, as humanity, our long term energy needs. This could offer the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions by developing lower cost technologies and more effective deployment policy as is written in an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) study called The Future of Solar Energy. As Mr. Robert Armstrong –The Director of MITEI […]

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Solar powered airplane will fly across US this year https://infogreenglobal.com/solar-powered-airplane-will-fly-across-us-this-year/ https://infogreenglobal.com/solar-powered-airplane-will-fly-across-us-this-year/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:29:28 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5533 During the time we wrote about solar powered planes as electric vehicles. We did it especially talking about the Elektra One the German project which has developed a full electric powered airplane with an amazing range of 300 miles which is using solar energy. The Switzerland Solar Impulse team which already completed an intercontinental flight […]

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Underwater solar cells to harvest renewable energy https://infogreenglobal.com/underwater-solar-cells-to-harvest-renewable-energy/ https://infogreenglobal.com/underwater-solar-cells-to-harvest-renewable-energy/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:08:58 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5384 A team from US Naval Research Laboratory leaded by Philip Jenkins recently demonstrated a method for harvesting solar power underwater at depths of 30 feet. Due to this source of renewable energy underwater, long term installations of autonomous systems will have enough power to work properly. As Jenkins says, this technology is meant to be […]

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Bright future for solar power in space https://infogreenglobal.com/bright-future-for-solar-power-in-space/ https://infogreenglobal.com/bright-future-for-solar-power-in-space/#respond Thu, 17 May 2012 20:05:50 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5201 Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Researchers at the University have already tested equipment in space that would provide a platform for solar panels to collect the energy and allow […]

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The Rooftop Solar Challenge – How can we make it easier and more affordable to use solar power in our homes https://infogreenglobal.com/the-rooftop-solar-challenge-how-can-we-make-it-easier-and-more-affordable-to-use-solar-power-in-our-homes/ https://infogreenglobal.com/the-rooftop-solar-challenge-how-can-we-make-it-easier-and-more-affordable-to-use-solar-power-in-our-homes/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:53:51 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=5008 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a national effort to find out. UT ’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public is participating in the US Department of Energy’s Rooftop Solar Challenge, an effort to encourage wider use of solar energy by streamlining the permitting processes, cutting red tape, and lowering the costs […]

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Environmentally-friendly houses use 80 per cent less energy https://infogreenglobal.com/environmentally-friendly-houses-use-80-per-cent-less-energy/ https://infogreenglobal.com/environmentally-friendly-houses-use-80-per-cent-less-energy/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:32:10 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=4949 Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher. QUT science and engineering researcher Wendy Miller, from the Science and Engineering Faculty, has completed a PhD on sustainable housing, tracking the development of homes at The Ecovillage in Currumbin, […]

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Solar cells made by Kyosemi Spheral can harness solar energy all day long https://infogreenglobal.com/solar-cells-made-by-kyosemi-spheral-can-harness-solar-energy-all-day-long/ https://infogreenglobal.com/solar-cells-made-by-kyosemi-spheral-can-harness-solar-energy-all-day-long/#respond Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:23:11 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=4831 As in a Threehugger’s article the Kyosemi Spheral modules can harness solar energy all day long with its solar cells 360 degrees. Te latest innovation in solar technology comes as a micro spheres that generate electricity even the solar cells aren’t in the direct line of sun.  Kyosemi Spheral consists of many tiny solar cells […]

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IKEA to fulfil its goal of maximum renewable energy and most important from solar energy https://infogreenglobal.com/ikea-to-fulfil-its-goal-of-maximum-renewable-energy-and-most-important-from-solar-energy/ https://infogreenglobal.com/ikea-to-fulfil-its-goal-of-maximum-renewable-energy-and-most-important-from-solar-energy/#respond Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:55:48 +0000 http://infogreenglobal.com/?p=4691 In the annual 2011 Sustainability Report, Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA reveals the commitment to its goal of eventually using 100% renewable energy to power its stores and offices. From September 2010 to August 2011 IKEA set aside approximately $670 million to invest in renewable energy which includes installations that have both been brought into operation […]

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