Solar energy
IKEA Solvinden Line Offers Solar and Wind Powered Home Lighting Solutions [Video]
IKEA’s Solvinden (sol=sun and vinden=wind) line of products has added a few lamps and now the product line is starting to amass popularity from all over the world. IKEA’s new Solvinden lamps run on batteries that are charged from the sun or wind. The lamp shades are mini-wind turbines that, when spinning, power a mini-generator for battery charging. The tops of ...
Solar-Powered Vehicle Concept Suited for Deserts and Open Lands
Designer Omer Sagiv’s futuristic Solar Powered Vehicle (SPV) is absolutely a mind blowing concept that can give its users an ideal ride across deserts and open lands. The SPV almost resembles Nuon solar car, developed sometime ago by Delft University. The shaft in the centre of the SPV functions as an inbuilt cooling system, integrated in its form. The aerodynamic form ...
Scientists Develop Solar Panels from Green [Video]
Dr. Mershin from MIT has found a process which extracts photosynthesizing molecules, called photosystem I, from plant matter. Photosystem I contains chlorophyll, the protein that actually converts photons into a flow of electrons. In short, this has made him capable of making solar panel from grass clippings and other agricultural wastes. These molecules are then stabilized and spread on a glass ...
OLED Solar Sun Roof Turning Real
Philips and BASF have teamed up to create an OLED concept for your car that would also function as a high-tech roof. The idea is that the sunroof will let in light during the days and also charges the solar cells at the same time, and at night, the panels turn into a light powered by the electricity stored earlier. Philips, ...
With Stabilized Revolving Fund, Solar Energy Can Ditch Kerosene
Two organizations, Eight19 and charity SolarAid, have jointly established the new KickStart Sustainable Energy Fund with a combined $200,000 to provide working capital to drive the rollout of the IndiGo system in rural, off-grid communities. Both firms are looking for donations to help extend the company's "pay as you go" solar system to communities acrossAfrica. Launched on January 16th, the KickStart ...
Black Silicon to Make Solar Tech More Efficient and Profitable
Generating electricity using solar panels is an area where research has been going on for the past two decades. There hasn’t been any modification that was enough to change the way we looked at this in terms of profit or enhanced efficiency. But the discovery of black silicon and the news of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) licensing its ...
On the Verge of a Clean Energy Transformation: Morocco
So much of the conversation about clean energy debate focuses around the big boys - the U.S., China, the G8 - but it would behoove us to remember there are interesting efforts afoot in many parts of the globe. I was reminded of that after coming across an article about the solar transformation underway in Morocco. While many countries took their time ...
Top 10 Countries Using Solar Power
Despite the state of the economy, the use of solar power is on the rise worldwide. Due in part to the green movement, in part to worries over the future of oil, in part due to (never-ending) unrest in the Middle East, solar is the darling of alternative power. That's also due in part to the fact that the sun is ...
Solar Projectors to Aid Education in Developing Countries
A group of scientists, from the University of Southampton, have recently developed a solar powered projector, to give students in developing countries, access to modern teaching facilities. Students in many parts of the world are denied quality education in science and technology for the lack of proper learning accessories, which require electricity to function. In rural areas, where electricity is difficult ...
Solar Cucumber for On-the-Spot Desalination of Sea Water
Innovation never isolates environment friendly technology. This time around, let us introduce the innovation in solar powered desalination process to our readers. This one, called the Solar Cucumber, carries out the desalination of sea water and produces drinkable freshwater. The Solar Cucumber turns sea water to freshwater at source, making it much useful to the water starved communities in costal environment. ...
