Printable solar cells within reach in Australia
Victorian researchers have welcomed a $5 million grant from the State Government to help commercialize their revolutionary technology that uses printable light-sensitive ink to...
First fully operational solar thermal power plant in Thailand
The solar thermal power plant fed its full output of five megawatts into the grid for the first time on 25 January 2012.
This power...
Outback Cooler to use solar energy
The concept of eco gadget means the usage of green technology and involvement of renewable energy sources for their usage.
Is not very important the...
Thermoelectric materials for heating and cooling applications
For some years now, NASA has been using what are called thermoelectric materials to power its space probes. The probes travel such great distances...
World Record for Solar Module Efficiency 33.9 percent
The solar company Semprius achieved a world record for photovoltaic module efficiency of 33.9 percent.
This result was externally certified after measurement under standard test...
Low cost solar technology
An innovative Oxford company has developed new solar cell technology that is manufactured from cheap, abundant, non-toxic and non-corrosive materials and can be scaled...
Chevrolet Era the 2020 Eco Friendly Car Concept
General Motors sponsored a project to design its future eco friendly car concept.
Conceptualized by Yana Brigss, a graduate of Art Centre College of Design having a...
New kind of optical fiber developed
A team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State , has developed the very first optical fiber...
New Solar Power Plant on the Tibetan Plateau
One of the world’s largest producers of solar power panels, Suntech Power Holdings Co.,Ltd. has finally unveiled its ambitious proposal to construct a 10MW...
Hybrid solar cells to boost the electrical current
Scientists have developed a new kind of solar cell which could capture significantly more of the energy from the sun than current cells.
New solar...