Source: dailymail.co.uk Published: March 19, 2013 By Damien Gayle 100-megawatt plant will power thousands United Arab Emirates homes It is hoped that it will also displace 175,000 tons of CO2 each year Plant covers 2.5 sq/km of desert, equivalent to 285 football...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 9, 2013 Images via University of Georgia and Wikicommons user Pinpin. by Inhabitat Staff When it comes to capturing solar energy, plants are first in their class. Able to function at nearly 100 percent quantum efficiency, they can...
Source: mnn.com Published: May 3, 2013 Sure, there are a few kinks to be worked out, but the designers behind the clever and unfussy Window Socket are onto something: A solar converter-charger that serves as an outlet on windows, not walls. Photos: Kyuho Song and Boa...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 29, 2013 © sclausson at Instructables Derek Markham A lot of the solar technology that hits the news tends to be a bit on the high-tech side, such as photovoltaic and concentrating solar power devices, but taking advantage of...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 23, 2013 © IBM Michael Graham Richard Michael_GR Cleverly combining solar PV with solar thermal to reach 80% conversion efficiency Concentrating the sun’s ray onto solar photovoltaic (PV) modules requires walking the fine line...
Source: treehugger.com Published: April 15, 2013 © Dominick Reuter / MIT News Megan Treacy mtreacy Back in 2011, researchers at MIT developed an artificial leaf technology that could produce energy from water and sunlight. The artificial leaf is essentially a silicon...
Source: fastcoexist.com Published: April 12, 2013 A team of masters students from the U.K. have built what they call the world’s first solar copter. All right, it’s just a remote-controlled helicopter. But the SolarCopter is still driving new technology that could add...
Source: nationalgeographic.com Published: March 21, 2013 Solar panels also power the water pump to supply water for domestic use. This reservoir is connected to six water taps. (image via Chad Lipton/National Geographic Society) Less than 25 percent of the population...
Source: sciencedaily.com Published: March 26, 2013 Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It’s fitting that they can now be made partially from trees. Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have...
Source: earthtechling.com Published: February 7, 2013 By Pete Danko Manmade islands for the production of renewable energy – they’re all the rage, suddenly. A few weeks ago we told you about Belgium’s plan to build an island in the North Sea with a below-sea-level...
