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    Sharp makes history with world’s highest solar cell conversion

    Posted on November 8, 2011 by shilpa

    Japan’s Sharp has made a world record with the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency. It will feature a stacked three-layer structure. The cells make use of these photo-absorption layers that are made from compounds which comprise of two or … Continue reading3 →

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    Marine Solar Cells capture solar as well as wave energy

    Posted on November 4, 2011 by shilpa

    Phil Pauley has unveiled a new hybrid solar and wave energy generator called Marine Solar Cells (MSC) aimed at creating a clean, sustainable and economically viable source of energy. The solar-wave plant will help to capture large-scale renewable energy and … Continue reading3 →

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    Solar powered pavilion, the Sun Pavilion integrates flexible solar cells

    Posted on January 21, 2011 by gavril

    We just stumbled across a pavilion, that not only looks like an art sculpture taken straight from a modern art museum, but also generates some renewable energy too! The Sun Pavilion as it’s known, reminded us of Medusa’s hairdo. The … Continue reading3 →

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    The Sunflower is a lunchbox with solar cells to keep your food hot and cold

    Posted on November 23, 2010 by gavril

    We’ve been comparing lunchboxes since our days in school. Well, here’s a lunchbox that’ll sure make your school buddies, colleagues and just about anyone sitting around you for lunch drop their jaws in awe. An innovative way to keep your … Continue reading3 →

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    Printing solar cells using DSSC technology now close to reality

    Posted on October 18, 2010 by gavril

    Printing solar cells, what we would think as a sci-fi technology just a few years ago, is now closer to reality than ever. SolarPrint, an Irish startup firm is all set to give the world its share of solar cell … Continue reading3 →

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    T-Mobile unveils solar powered cell tower

    Posted on September 28, 2010 by gavril

    T-Mobile has decided to go green, starting of with a solar cell tower, the first by the company in the United States. Located at Chalfont, Pennsylvania, this solar-powered cell tower by T-Mobile USA has as many as 12 solar panels. … Continue reading3 →

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    Solarve is world’s first solar-cell-equipped public bus by Sanyo Electric and Ryobi

    Posted on August 27, 2010 by deepa

    Sanyo Electric has teamed up with public transport operator, Ryobi to installed solar cells on the roof of a city bus, dubbed Solarve, in Japan. Sanyo claims that this is the world’s first solar-cell-equipped public bus. Ryobi has developed this … Continue reading3 →

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    Boise might play host to world’s super thin-film cell manufacturing plant

    Posted on June 29, 2010 by gavril

    Here’s a solar cell that could easily fit into the mouth of a bug, the thinnest solar cell the world has ever seen before. This extremely thin-film solar cell, by Transform Solar could seen be produced in Boise, if all … Continue reading3 →

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    The first solar panel made 60 years ago dug out of history

    Posted on April 13, 2010 by gavril

    No-one knew what a solar panel was 60 years ago. The concept of turning the sun’s energy into electricity was never heeded to before. One man came up with the technology though, a British science teacher. This contraption he developed … Continue reading3 →

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    New solar-cell technology by Wake Forest University produces double the electricity than flat cells

    Posted on April 9, 2010 by gavril

    Solar-cell technology will acquire an energy boost with this new development by the Wake Forest University in North Carolina. The university was granted a patent for their brainchild, a solar-cell technology with a double electricity output than the flat solar … Continue reading3 →

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