News tagged with solar power
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Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Solar powered Kiwi bach on display
A solar powered Kiwi bach designed by Victoria University students for an international competition will be on public display on the Wellington waterfront next year.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Yihua Zheng: A new breed of weather forecaster
Solar storms sweeping from the Sun to Earth can damage anything from spacecraft to Earth's electrical utilities. The "Halloween Storm" of October 29, 2003 destroyed the $450 million Midori-2 research satellite. A ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Indian school children to test new, low-cost electronic notepad
Thanks to a partnership between Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Houston's Rice University and an Indian nonprofit, Villages for Development and Learning Foundation (ViDAL), some of the ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Innovative use of solar energy
Working in collaboration with industry partners, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for vehicles and completed a series of testing ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Protecting the North American power grid from widespread blackouts
Every hundred years or so, a solar storm comes along so potent it fills the skies of Earth with blood-red auroras, makes compass needles point in the wrong direction, and sends electric currents coursing through ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2010 |
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US approves world's biggest solar energy project (Update)
The Obama administration has approved a thousand-megawatt solar project on federal land in southern California, the largest solar project ever planned on U.S. public lands.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Hydrogen-generating technology might power boats, store energy from wind, solar sources
Researchers have developed a method that uses aluminum and a liquid alloy to extract hydrogen from seawater to run engines in boats and ships, representing a potential replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Wayward winds - Predicting the output of wind parks
For the first time, scientists are comparing methods for predicting the power output of wind parks in Austria. The project, supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, thus creates a basis for optimised forecasts ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Taiwan Cement plans large solar power plant
Taiwan largest cement maker plans to build a large solar power plant, the company and local media said Monday, confirming a trend for the island's companies to focus increasingly on green technologies.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Kepler mission team completes quarterly contact with the spacecraft
The Kepler Project Team completed another quarterly roll of the spacecraft Sept. 22-23, 2010. The roll will keep Kepler spacecraft power generation nominal for the fall season with proper alignment of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Rain or shine, researchers find new ways to forecast large photovoltaic power plant output
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a new system to monitor how clouds affect large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. By observing cloud shape, size and movement, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Rethinking renewables: A new approach to energy storage for wind and solar
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a new $2 million study to help overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Lasers keep mini helicopter hovering for hours
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seattle research and development company LaserMotive has succeeded in keeping a model helicopter hovering for six hours, powered only by the energy of a laser.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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'Super bus' could cure Beijing traffic woes
China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus". ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 24, 2010 |
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