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Installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the US fell in 2008

Technology / Energy

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost ...


Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module  with High Reliability

Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...


Solar Home Built by Students

Solar Home Built by Students

Technology / Energy

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students from the Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Tufts University have submitted a completely solar-powered home, the Curio House, as New England's entry into the Solar Decathlon competition. ...


Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power

Scientists Study How to Stack the Deck for Organic Solar Power

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new class of economically viable solar power cells--cheap, flexible and easy to make--has come a step closer to reality as a result of recent work at the National Institute of Standards ...


unzipping nanotubes

Unzipping Carbon Nanotubes Can Make Graphene Ribbons

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- By "unzipping" carbon nanotubes, researchers have shown how to make flat graphene ribbons. Graphene, which is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon that looks like chicken wire, has unique electrical ...


Cheaper materials could be key to low-cost solar cells

Cheaper materials could be key to low-cost solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unconventional solar cell materials that are as abundant but much less costly than silicon and other semiconductors in use today could substantially reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics, ...