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Sharp to sell solar power systems applicable to various roofs

Technology / Energy

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 5

Sharp Corp. said Tuesday it will release a home-use solar power generation system in April that can be installed on a wide range of roof shapes with various roof surface areas.





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Solar cell shipments in Japan hit record high in April-June

Technology / Energy

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Demand for solar cells has been growing rapidly in Japan with a record generating capacity of 83,260 kilowatts shipped to the domestic market between April and June, up 82.5 percent from the same quarter last year, a private-sector ...


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Toyota Plants Giant Solar-Powered Flowers Across US Cities

Technology / Energy

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of Toyota's national marketing campaign for the third generation Prius launch in 2010, the company is "planting" giant solar-powered flowers in urban areas. The flowers generate electricity ...


Getting into hot water: Solar water heating pays for itself five times over

Technology / Energy

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 4

An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India. They report, in the International Journal of Global En ...


Sharp Launches Mass Production of 2nd-Generation Thin-Film Solar Cells

Sharp Launches Mass Production of 2nd-Generation Thin-Film Solar Cells

Technology / Energy

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Sharp Corporation has completed installation of a new 2nd-generation thin-film solar cell production line at its Katsuragi Plant (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture) using large-size glass substrates measuring ...


Solar power generation around the clock

Solar power generation around the clock

Technology / Energy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing ...


Tiny solar cells built to power microscopic machines

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE) ...


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City of Newark first in nation using cars to power grid

Technology / Energy

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5

This month, the City of Newark, Delaware became the first electric utility in the US to use a car to store and provide power for the local electric grid.


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Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells

Technology / Energy

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (52) | comments 68

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of ...


Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 9

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells.


A 'quantum of sol' -- how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future

A 'quantum of sol' -- how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of 'nano-structured' millimetre-sized solar cells that could convert the sun's energy to electricity more than twice as efficiently as current technology, is the subject of ...



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