The world´s largest solar photovoltaic farm in Portugal. The country expects to generate about one third of its power through solar energy. The farm, located at the top of the plain Alantejo near the small town of Mouro, will be twice as big than any other project of this type. The farm includes 2520 giant [...]
In an attempt to clean the air by reducing CO2 emissions, Japan announced that two gigantic solar power generation plants will be installed in the city of Sakai. The title of this project is long – The Marine Plan of Mega Solar Power Generation City Sakai. I guess the title has to fit the size [...]
The program will offer residents $ 3000 – $ 6000 for the purchase of solar energy systems, business organizations can receive up to $ 10,000 for installing a solar photovoltaic system. The city designated $ 3.5 million to fund the program for 10 years. They are also planning a pilot program of $ 1.5 million, [...]
A former professor Dr David Mills of the University of Sydney could not find funds for its large solar energy plants in Australia, but U.S. investors have not had the slightest problem in investing at least $ 40 million in the idea. The first of Dr. Mills factory for mass production of solar parks will [...]
The California wine industry is booming and the significance of its environmental impact is undeniable. Fortunately, sustainability in the production of wine is a movement that grows as fast as industry. Far Niente in Napa Valley is one of the wineries that have developed innovations for sustainability and has literally launched a new form of [...]
Acciona Energy, an alternative energy company based outside of Spain, can boast of having built a reputation for clean technologies, and many of them. They are world leaders in wind energy, totaling 5.300 MW in 192 separate wind parks, and built the first concentrating solar plant in USA, The Nevada Solar One (shown in picture), [...]
Many solar plants are planned in the province of Ontario, Canada. The highest performing include SunEdison of Baltimore and Toronto´s Skypower, who recently started in the solar project, and OptiSolar, a manufacturer of thin solar cell panels California A Toronto newspaper reported that the province has contracts for 407 megawatts, although initially predicted will get [...]
A team of academics based at the University of Washington has announced an exciting breakthrough in technology for dye sensitized solar cell. Researchers who study the configurations of the solar cells discovered that using a design based on popcorn (small areas grouped into larger porous spheres), the economic efficiency of solar cells was more than [...]
The asphalt is a better solar collector than the same solar panels. This quality is what a group of scientists at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have been researching. They believe that the roads could be used as if they were batteries or solar panels to produce energy from the sun. The advantage is that [...]