Tag Archives: Solar_panel
← Older postsOneRoof Solar offers solar panel-integrated roofs for lease
September 28, 2011It’s time to chuck those old roofing tiles that protected your abode from the elements all along. Instead, tile your roof with OneRoof Solar’s fantastic roofing solution. Basically, these tiles integrate solar panels and are building-integrated photovoltaics that soak in … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged Roof, Solar_panel, Solar_Powered | Leave a commentSolar thermoelectric system 8 times more efficient than predecessors
May 3, 2011We’ve seen a host of solar-panel developments recently. Not too many of them match up to this new development by researchers from Boston College and MIT. The hybrid flat panel collects solar energy and heats water to generate thermal energy … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Solar_panel, Solar_Thermoelectric_System | Leave a commentGE to construct largest solar plant in US
April 8, 2011The United States will play home to a factory dedicated to manufacturing thin-film solar cells by General Electric not too far off into the future. With a conversion efficiency of 12.8%, these cells were developed by Prime Star in a … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged GE, Solar_panel, Solar_plant, US | Leave a commentPiggy Power Bank keychain is a portable mobile charger with an integrated solar panel
March 29, 2011Now a portable power source isn’t necessarily small. At times, these can turn into heavy and bulky space hogging monsters that just refuse to slip into your pocket. Times are changing and so is technology. Powering up your gadget on … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Keychain, Mobile_charger, Portable, Solar_panel | Leave a commentThe GSR-110B is a portable retractable solar panel by OS
March 15, 2011Solar panels have always been known to occupy a load of space. This makes solar energy use somewhat painful, especially when faced with space crunches. Well, technology sure has overcome that too recently, and solar panels have gone compact and … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Portable, Retractable, Solar_panel | Leave a commentMagnetic levitating train, the EOL maglev uses solar panels
February 22, 2011It’s trains all over again. The last time we came across a train out to do some green was Japan’s new high speed rail corridor. Now, designer Vanja Valencak has come up with a train that’s equally fast, and is … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Magnetic_Levitating_Train, Solar_panel, train | Leave a commentPrinceton University to have 16,500 PV panels soaking in the sun
February 10, 2011Guess who’s planning for a sunbath soon? Princeton University! The institution is busy drawing out plans for a colossal solar energy collector field. This will be the single largest solar installation in a United States University. The Princeton University will … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Solar_panel, USA | Leave a commentVatican, the greenest state in the world, leading the way in renewable energy
December 8, 2010Now besides those beautifully sculpted statues of saints on the roofs of Vatican structures lay arrays of solar panels, turning the tiny city of Vatican into the world’s most environment friendly state. With a little record of its own in … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Renewable_energy, Solar_panel | Leave a commentSydney Theater Company embraces renewable energy with solar panels
November 30, 2010The Sydney Theater Company will now do a lot more than entertain you. It’ll now be a green energy producer, juicing up using rays from the sun. Cate Blanchett and husband Andrew Upton are hell bound on turning the theater … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Renewable_energy, Solar_panel, Sydney | Leave a commentSteel solar photovoltaic panels will turn UK buildings into power stations
October 15, 2010Imagine living in a power station. It won’t be such a repulsive thought if the power station is as cozy as your apartment right? Keeping that in mind UK is all set to convert its buildings into power stations that … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Photovoltaic_Panels, Solar_panel, Steel, Tata, UK | Leave a comment ← Older posts