Physical Fundamentals And Characteristics Of Solar Cells
on Nov 21, 2009 in Solar Energy science solar cells Materials Certain materials for solar cells, called semiconductors have their valence electrons bound to atoms with energies very similar to those of the photons that make up sunlight. When it impinges on the semiconductor its photons break the bond...

A Photovoltaic Solar Energy Globe
on Nov 21, 2009 in Solar Energy photovoltaic solar energy solar globe In other occasion already we presented solar paddles that float in the sky and although this can sound similar, in fact is very different. The investigators from Coolearth uses a globe of photovoltaic solar energy not only to elevate it into the...

Tarmac As Solar Collector
on Nov 20, 2009 in Solar Energy Solar technology asphalt solar collector As previously mentioned, the asphalt is a better solar energy collector than solar panels. This quality is what has been investigating a group of scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). They believe that the roads could be used like batt...

IBM And Harvard Join For Solar Energy
on Nov 20, 2009 in Products and Companies Solar Energy solar companies solar costs Researchers from IBM and Harvard University have teamed up to create the project World Community Grid (WCG) composed of over 400 thousand members in 200 different countries, each of whom will donate free computer cycles on a computer based on the clo...

Solar Energy in Leon, Guanajuato
on Nov 20, 2009 in Products and Companies Solar Energy companies investment DESMEX Group President, John von Frantzius, presented the solar photovoltaic technology in Leon, Guanajuato, where he highlighted the significant savings of light that can represent and their appearance for the environment, as each year can be reduce...

Electric Motorcycles and Solar Power
on Nov 20, 2009 in Transportation Best Buy Brammo Enertia electric bike electric motorcycle The Enertia: The best motorcycle ever made (except for the as-yet-not-invented electric Harley Davidson) is here. They are clean, they are quiet, and they are completely non-polluting. If it wasn’t for NBC News, I would not know about the Brammo En...

Solar Energy, Where Does It Come From And How Does It Work
on Nov 19, 2009 in Solar Energy spain A guaranteed energy for the next 6,000 million years. Energy from the sun is clean, renewable and abundant than the amount received by the Earth in 30 minutes is equivalent to all the energy consumed by humanity in a year. In Spain, it could produce...

EU Energy Ministers To Diversify Energy Sources
on Nov 19, 2009 in Renewable Energy energy sources europe government Improving interconnections to reduce dependence on foreign energy and ensure the power supply and diversify energy sources was what favored the energy ministers of the European Union. At the Council of Ministers, all EU countries, were in favor of t...

U.S. has lost its lead in solar, says Al Gore
on Nov 19, 2009 in Renewable Energy Al Gore solar energy technology wind turbines Al Gore has deployed his personal computer and Keynote presentation for 20 years to detail global warming. But the former vice president and Nobel laureate used his latest Seattle visit to deliver a message that boils down to two words: Delay kills.

The Solartaxi Goes Around The World
on Nov 19, 2009 in Transportation solar car solartxi trasnportation The first solar-powered car, the SolarTaxi, which went around the world, concluded his trip on Thursday to reach the place where delegates from 190 countries are trying to find a solution to the problem of global warming. The small two-seat vehicle,...