The energy from sunlight falling on only 9% of California’s Mojave Desert could supply the electricity needs of the United States if the energy is efficiently harvested, according to some estimates. Unfortunately, the current generation of solar cell technology is too expensive and inefficient for business applications on a wide scale. According to Eurekalert, the [...]
SolFocus, which makes systems that concentrate sunlight on solar cells, has been adding a little to its funds during the year. And according to a report from Venture Wire, the company has finished raising its funds, and seeks to add between $ 60 million and $ 80 million in a Series C. That coupled with [...]
With the administration of data centers to absorb enormous amounts of energy and concerns about the amount of gallons of water required to make semiconductors, one would never think that the chips would provide a solution to some of the problems of resources and environment. But the semiconductor industry really wants to use its chips [...]
Ingeniería Conserval has announced the launch of its new product, SolarDuct PV / T, which is a solar photovoltaic system for the roof; solar collectors are mounted on metal panels channeling the excess heat from the solar panel to the building HVAC system. As a result, this system, which is part of photovoltaics and heat [...]
Researchers from Duke University and the Academy of Boston have created what could become the perfect solution for solar energy. They have designed a meta material using small geometric shapes to absorb the electric and magnetic properties of electromagnetic waves over a certain range of frequencies to a level that meets the standards of scientific [...]
A researcher from the University of Massachusetts MIT, has developed a new way to energize battery, which means that people can store energy and produce electricity to run appliances at night and at home. A new catalyst produces oxygen and hydrogen, and then the batteries are used to generate electricity, using much less energy than [...]
The computer chips manufacturing Corporation Intel announced an investment of $ 50 million in solar power through its Intel Capital division, forming a new company. The new trading company, Spectra Watt Inc. will manufacture solar cells for distribution to manufacturers of solar panels. Other investors in the company include Cogentrix Energy (a branch of Goldman [...]
The new style of solar energy is thin and thin is in because it is inexpensive. Solar producers measure their costs in terms of dollars per watt of energy produced, a formula is a combination of the cost of producing a module and its energy efficiency. At this moment the best crystalline silicon modules can [...]
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 energy company BrightSource Energy Inc said it would open a solar “power tower” in Israel this week to test new technology that will be used for the construction of power plants next year in California. California utility PG & E Corp signed contracts with BrightSource in April to buy up to 900 megawatts of [...]