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European Scientists Look To Globalize Solar Energy Grid

Dean Dowd on December 1, 2008

A global solar energy grid? That seems a bit farfetched, or is it? Based on current nanotechnology and expected improvements and innovations, European scientists are seriously considering that very possibility. This confidence and forward-thinking, which found expression at the recent European Science Foundation conference, stems from the promise of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) and biomimetics. DSCs commonly use a natural or synthetic dye and titanium dioxide to capture and convert solar energy into usable electricity. These third-generation solar cells are biomimetic because they essentially mimic the natural process of photosynthesis ...

Wind Turbines for the City

Kristen Lee on December 5, 2008
For wind power, there has long been a challenge to place turbines closer to the areas that use their energy. A company called Quietrevolution seems ...

CFLs and power quality

Warren Miller on October 28, 2008
The issue of the effect of the change to CFLs on power quality was noted earlier in the year. As an update, the Australian Government ...

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Does LEED Have Solar Standards? 

Dean Dowd on December 16, 2008
LEED standards, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council , have become the flagship for green building design and construction. Any architect or designer wishing ...

The Great Solar Land Rush of 2008

Dean Dowd on December 8, 2008
In 1849 there was the Gold Rush. Now, in 2008, it is the  Solar Rush. The stage for the future of solar power has been ...

The US energy savings potential and who pays for it!

Sergio Ferreira on December 2, 2008
Leonardo ENERGY is hosting this webinar on the 5th Dec at 15:00 (GMT +1). Registrations here . By Inês Lima de Azevedo, from the ...

Swiss solar island project under construction in the UAE desert

Philippa Martin-King on November 24, 2008
The Swiss centre of electronic and micro technology, CSEM (Centre suisse d'électronique et de microtechnique), a Neuchâtel-based research centre, is busy installing the ...

Green Data Centers:Game Changer for Energy & Utility Organizations

Saurabh Surana on November 11, 2008
Why Green Datacenters and what are they, anyway? With rising energy prices, energy use among businesses in the Energy and Utilities industry is in the ...

New DOE Funding Aims to Lower Costs of Solar Energy Storage

Dean Dowd on October 27, 2008
With all of the recent attention on soaring energy costs, many Americans have felt and expressed frustration with our government's failure to find better ...

Is Recycling Solar Cells Dangerous?

Dean Dowd on October 23, 2008
The solar industry is no spring chicken, but the recent boom and ongoing rapid growth begs an important question: How do I recycle used or ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger at Solar Power International

Jonathan Buck on October 22, 2008
Just back from an amazing Solar Power conference and exhibition in San Diego, California. Over 20 000 professional delegates and a surprise address from Arnie ...

eBook on Energy Efficiency Policy and Measures

Hans De Keulenaer on October 12, 2008
At Leonardo ENERGY, we've just completed version 1.0 of a new eBook on energy efficiency policy & measures . We tried to avoid building yet ...

Could running your own hybrid vehicle actually contribute energy?

Philippa Martin-King on October 6, 2008
A recent article which appeared on engadget, talks of the new type of electric V2G vehicle, the Vehicle-to-grid. The University of Delaware research centre explains ...

When a LED is only mechanical and time simply relative!

Pippa Rojo on October 1, 2008
The University of Cambridge college Corpus Christi has just unveiled a very different type of clock. It appears to use the latest in electronics but ...

Concentrating photovoltaics - Industry views

Hans De Keulenaer on September 24, 2008
Concentration photovoltaics (CPV) offers one of the most promising utility-scale, renewable energy technology options. Many companies are testing their CPV products and some have already ...

How Sustainable is a kWh?

Sergio Ferreira on September 23, 2008
    Leonardo ENERGY, on its education role has produced an Eco-Sheet mapping the main environmental impacts of generating a kWh from different energy sources. The results ...

MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

Jayanti Thakkar on September 21, 2008
i AM LOOKING FOR MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGY FOR DOMESTIC USE SHOULD BE COST EFFECTIVE.   JAYANTI THAKKAR mithioverseas@yahoo.com

Twelve Year-Old Boy Invents More Efficient Solar Cell

Kristen Lee on September 20, 2008
William Yuan, at 12 years of age, has invented a solar cell that makes use of not only visible light, but also ultraviolet light.  Apparently ...

The Fuel of Coal-Combined Biomass

Shinichi Nishidate on September 4, 2008
Iwakura co. which is a member of Japan Wood pellet Association has addressed to develop Fuel of Coal-Combined Biomass, and they obtained cooperation from Hokkaido ...

Does the Cloud have a Chrome-plated Lining?

Bill Thompson on September 3, 2008
The release of the ‘Chrome’ browser by Google has dominated the technology coverage in the way that the US party conventions have dominated political coverage ...

Australian Government incentives on solar power in homes

Jonathan Buck on September 3, 2008
First admission: I work for the IEC, the organization that supports wattwatt. Second admission: I work in communications.  But I couldn't help sharing this ...

Ocean energy for Ireland = horse with a furlong start

Philippa Martin-King on August 15, 2008
Thomas C. Foley, who's US Ambassador to Ireland recently said this: "If I came up to you and said I knew how to get ...

Honda Looking to "Super" Lithium-Ion Battery for Future Hybrids

Kristen Lee on August 13, 2008
One common complaint about batteries currently used in hybrid electric vehicles is that they're only powerful enough for small, light vehicles.  As early as ...

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