News tagged with solar panels
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Czech solar power boom to slow: expert
The Czech Republic's solar power boom is set to slow this year after scoring Europe's third-fastest increase in installed output in 2010, an expert said Monday, blaming new taxes and rules.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Making solar panels with cleaner, greener technology
Mention solar energy, and most people think "squeaky clean, pollution-free." The reality of making solar panels with existing technology, however, is much different, involving use of potentially toxic substances and lots ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Solar goes Hyper in the U.S.
As the U.S. government continues to heap billions in subsidies to the world's wealthiest coal and oil companies, the solar industry has been struggling to make it in the United States. This is sad for many reasons, not the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2011 |
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The Lunar Cubit could merge art and solar power
(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancient form may be coming to the modern world. A new project, called the Lunar Cubit, features a set of nine black pyramid-shaped solar powered structured. The structures will power thousands ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Calculating lifetime solar energy cost with new, balanced approach
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in partnership with an analyst at Gartner, Inc. have developed a new and more instructive approach to calculate the lifetime cost ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Germany sells vision for 'green toys' to world
(AP) -- The hottest "green" toy in Germany isn't made of organic or recycled materials. That's so 2010. This one has a solar panel and only runs if kids remember to insert bright red "energy stones" that ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 06, 2011 |
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New research stems from the sun
Sometimes, you have to go back to go forward. Sounds strange, but it's what one National High Magnetic Field Laboratory physicist did when he harnessed the primal power of the sun to solve a perplexing, high-tech problem. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Personal solar panel could make electricity more accessible in the developing world (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a child in Mali, Abdrahamane Traore often did his homework by the sooty, dim light of a kerosene lamp.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 26, 2011 |
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US solar firm to build $300 mln Vietnam plant
A US solar panel maker Wednesday said it will build a $300 million factory in Vietnam, boosting the country's efforts to reinvent itself as a hub for high-tech manufacturing.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Fool's gold catches eye of solar energy researchers
Iron pyrite - also known as fool's gold - may be worthless to treasure hunters, but it could become a bonanza to the solar industry. The mineral, among the most abundant in the earth's crust, is usually discarded by coal ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Germany to cut solar subsidies to households
Germany plans to slash subsidies paid to households generating electricity with their own solar panels by up to 15 percent, and six months earlier than planned, the government said Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Engineers give solar power a boost
The growing popularity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems across the United States has made it more important to maximize their power input. That's why UC San Diego environmental engineering professor Jan Kleissl is working ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Researchers 'recalculate' efficiency paradigm for thin film solar panels
In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology -- and promoting efficiency metrics to make the technology marketable. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2011 |
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No word from stuck NASA Mars rover Spirit
The odometer on the Mars rover Spirit has been stuck at 4.8 miles for more than 1 1/2 years and has been incommunicado since March.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2011 |
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Kepler experienced 'safe mode' event
On Dec. 22, 2010, Kepler experienced a safe mode event. A safe mode is a self-protective measure that the spacecraft takes when something unexpected occurs. During safe mode, the spacecraft points the solar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2010 |
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