News tagged with sun power
IAA says 'Yes We Can' to power plants in orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from around the world have completed a study that says harvesting the sun's energy in space can turn out to be a cost effective way of delivering the world’s needs for power ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Solar-powered nano sensor targets gases more polluting than carbon
(PhysOrg.com) -- A solar-powered sensor station to monitor in real time the concentration of gases that are key culprits in climate change and air pollution has been installed on a QUT Gardens Point roof as ...
May 30, 2011 |
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Solar power, with a side of hot running water
MIT researchers and their collaborators have come up with an unusual, highly efficient and possibly less expensive way of turning the sun’s heat into electricity.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 03, 2011 |
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The sun is a star when it comes to sustainable energy
At a national scientific meeting last week where biofuels - principally ethanol - were uniformly trashed as an environmental train wreck, one bright, carbon-free light gleamed in our energy future: the sun.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Low-carbon technologies 'no quick-fix', say researchers
Could replacing coal-fired electricity plants with generators fueled by natural gas bring global warming to a halt in this century? What about rapid construction of massive numbers of solar or wind farms, ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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New kind of solar cell could capture significantly more energy than current cells
New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'?
Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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'Greeley Haven' is winter workplace for Mars rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Gemasolar solar thermal power plant supplies power for 24 hours straight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, the Gemasolar power plant near Seville, Spain, became the first commercial solar thermal power plant to supply uninterrupted power for a full 24 hours, according to builders Torresol ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 11, 2011 |
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How the sun gets its spots
Sunspots are huge, dark, irregularly shaped--and yet, temporary--areas of intense magnetism on the sun that expand and contract as they move.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Solar-car inventor pursues distance record alone, with empty pockets
From stem to stern across the continent, skirting blacktop and blue highway in his oddball little electric car, Marcelo da Luz has devoted the last eight months of his life to following the sun.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A strong backhand slap from end of solar storm (Update)
The solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger early Friday before fading again.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Solar storm not nearly as bad as could have been (Update 2)
Our high-tech world seems to have weathered a solar storm that was still showing signs of life late Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2012 |
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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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Russian sun probe lost: official
Russian scientists acknowledged Monday that solar research satellite Koronas-Foton has been lost due to technical problems, barely a year after its launch.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2010 |
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