Solar Power – The Internet Of Distributed Electricity Generation
The world still has a habit of putting too many of its electricity generation eggs in too few baskets; such as major coal fired power stations and nuclear reactors – sometimes with disastrous results.
Skyscraper To Become Massive Vertical Solar Power Station
Ground mounted solar farms tend to occupy a lot of space; area that often isn’t available in urban areas. Cities and the suburbs offer a sea of rooftops for solar power harvesting – but then there’s the sides of buildings that can be utilised as medium scale solar farms as well.
Rising Silicon Prices To Impact Solar Panel Producers
In what can only be described as bad news for makers of solar panels, new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show the cost of solar-grade polysilicon and wafers has risen to a two-year high, while prices of finished solar energy systems face increased downward pressure.
Nuclear Power Investment To Shift To Renewables .. And Coal
The fallout from the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Japan is more than just radioactive – it’s effects are extending into politics and future nuclear investment.
Quantum Dots Could Increase Solar Panel Electricity Output
New research undertaken in the USA into quantum dots may have uncovered ways to multiply the energy output of individual electrons, increasing the efficiency of the solar panels and resulting in more electricity from the same amount of absorbed light.
New York’s First Solar Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station
New York City’s first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station was unveiled earlier this month in Brooklyn Bridge Park; a 34 hectare sustainable waterfront park stretching 2 kilometres along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline.
Solar Powered Western Australian Mine Receives Award
Galaxy Resources has received the Energy Generation and Distribution Award from the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia for its use of solar power in a mine in Western Australia.
New Battery Structure Improves Charging and Energy Storage Capacity
Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a 3d nanostructure for battery cathodes that permits far faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity.
SMA Sunny Boy HF Series Solar Inverters Available In Australia
National solar power solutions provider Energy Matters has announced the availability of SMA Sunny Boy HF series solar inverters in Australia.
Bacteria’s Potential For Solar Cell Materials
Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Laboratory and Washington University are studying the light-harvesting abilities of some of nature’s most photosynthetic life-forms, breaking ground into a new generation of solar cell design.
