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Using colored solar cells on buildings 22 Jul 2013 | 11:15 pm
A group of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering along with a team from the Friedrich-Schiller University are working to develop new cost efficient solar...
Apple planning Nevada solar farm for it’s cloud data center 8 Jul 2013 | 07:23 pm
Apple is building a new data center in Reno, Nevada, and they’re planning to powering it with 100% renewable energy. Plans call for a 18 megawatt photovoltaic solar farm to be built in Yerington, w...
Sheerwind claiming 3 to 6 times increased power output with their ducted Involex wind turbine 12 May 2013 | 07:04 pm
Sheerwind, the wind power company based in Minnesota, has just released the results of tests on their INVOLEX bladeless wind turbine, and the results are very encouraging. Their testing shows a 300-...
Reviews of the new 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid 28 Apr 2013 | 08:16 pm
Reviews of the new 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid are starting to hit, and it seems like all reviewers are giving it very positive reviews – while not getting as great gas mileage as the Prius, it sound...
IBM developing an 80 percent efficient solar power collector 25 Apr 2013 | 07:27 am
By combining their experience on cooling supercomputers with a concentrated photovoltaic solar collector, IBM thinks that they can hit 80 percent efficiency with its new High Concentration Photovoltai...
Will thermoelectric Power Felt soon be providing you power? 18 Apr 2013 | 04:31 pm
Based on an idea from his ten year old daughter, nanotechnologist David Carroll of Wake Forest University has developed a flexible thermoelectric fabric he calls Power Felt that generates electricit...
Recap of U.S. utility sized solar projects that came online in 2012 16 Apr 2013 | 05:08 am
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has a nice recap of 5 large scale utility sized solar projects that came online in 2012. Last year was a really good year for U.S. solar installations – it was u...
World’s largest offshore wind farm now online and producing power 14 Apr 2013 | 06:51 am
The London Array became the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm last week when the 175th and final turbine was connected to the grid and turned on. Construction on the London Array was co...
New recyclable solar cells made from trees 3 Apr 2013 | 03:51 am
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have come up with a new type of organic solar cell made out of wood. Their new thin film cells are made out of cellulose nanocr...
Multi-Use Titanium Dioxide nanofibers can generate hydrogen, produce clean water, and more 28 Mar 2013 | 06:32 am
Professor Darren Sun at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University has developed what he calls Multi-Use Titanium Dioxide, by turning titanium dioxide crystals into nanofibers. These nanofibers can...
