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    Wind turbines integrating photovoltaic cells to generate energy when the winds are down

    Posted on April 4, 2011 by gavril

    A wind turbine without wind is like a show-fish out of the fish tank, absolutely useless. To make a wind turbine more productive when the winds refuse to blow, researchers at the University of Liverpool integrated photovoltaic cells on the … Continue reading3 →

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    NTT integrates photovoltaic cells and a solar water heater into one module to boost efficiency

    Posted on February 28, 2011 by gavril

    Solar powered water heaters are known to have owners cribbing about efficiency at times. So, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) came up with a clever way to increase heating efficiency by simply integrating photovoltaic (PV) cells and a … Continue reading3 →

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    Clothing inspired by SolarWorld’s photovoltaic cells to feature at Portland Fashion Week

    Posted on September 13, 2010 by gavril

    Now renewable energy has never really turned into a fashion inspiration before. Though, a company like SolarWorld sponsoring an event like the Portland Fashion Week is sure to have designers think weird and extra-ordinary while drawing the sketches for their … Continue reading3 →

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    Photovoltaic cells in roads to generate all the power you could imagine!

    Posted on August 30, 2010 by gavril

    All right, here’s something we seriously never thought of before and think it to be just great and innovative indeed. We’ve seen solar panels adorn the roofs of buildings around urban areas before, basking in the sun and powering up … Continue reading3 →

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    Singapore’s largest photovoltaic cell system built in Universal Studio by Sanyo

    Posted on January 21, 2010 by gavril

    The Universal Studio theme park in Singapore goes green with the completion of its photovoltaic system. Built and put to use by Sanyo Asia Ltd, the system was built using 2,397 pieces of HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer) solar … Continue reading3 →

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    Photovoltaic chip to prove partial vision to the blind

    Posted on December 28, 2009 by shvveta

    Stanford University has come up with a unique photovoltaic chip to provide partial vision to the blind. The existing artificial implants have faced a roadblock when passing of the data to a processing retinal chip and onward to the brain … Continue reading3 →

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    Microsized photovoltaic cells being developed that beat the use of existing cells

    Posted on December 24, 2009 by gavril

    Solar photovoltaic cells that are thinner than human hair sounds incredible, doesn’t it? That’s exactly what Sandia National Laboratories scientists have been developing recently. Made out of crystalline silicon and fabricated using microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques, these photovoltaic … Continue reading3 →

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