Hybrid Monocrystalline and Multicrystalline Solar Cells
Suntech Power developed a cheaper high efficiency solar cell design which is part monocrystalline and part multicrystalline silicon.
Month: June 2011
NASA Map Tracks Carbon Stored in Tropical Forests
A new NASA map now quantifies the amount of carbon that is stored in tropical forests.
Financial Analysts Say Natural Gas Fracking Ain’t So Great – Wait, What?
Environmentalists and local residents have been casting the stinkeye on the pollution caused by natural gas fracking for a number of years, but the issue hasn’t gained much traction. The sticking point, of course, is money: there is a huge amount it to be made from exploiting newly discovered natural gas deposits.
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California Ships 100% Solar Powered Rice to Japan
The U.S. agricultural sector is beginning to take on a leadership role in the transition to renewable energy, and the latest example is the California rice industry’s adoption of solar power. In a first of its kind partnership, several California rice companies po0led their stock to put together an entire shipment of rice that was not only grown with solar energy (the sun, right?), but also dried, stored, milled and packaged at solar powered facilities.
True Value of Solar Power
I wrote recently on the costs of wind power and how they compare to the costs of traditional forms of power like coal and nuclear when you take externalities and other subsidies into account. I was going to wait until I wrapped up our “comprehensive wind power page” to write on this topic for solar power, but a new report out from the Institute for Local Self Reliance pushed me into the topic a little early.
Designing $300 Houses for the World’s Poor
Build a house for $300? That is exactly what the 300House Project just proved in a worldwide competition to design housing for the poor.
Solar-Powered Computer from Samsung Coming This Year
Samsung has developed a new computer that is solar-powered! It is the Samsung NC215S netbook and it will be the first computer of its kind. The power will come from a solar panel embedded in the lid (see image above and click to make larger).
Hertz Now Offers Electric Bicycle Rentals! (in London)
You know electric bikes are getting somewhere when rental car agencies like Hertz start offering them instead of cars. Hertz has actually been trying to develop and show a green side lately. It’s made a number of announcements about solar installations on its facilities. But I didn’t expect it to get into the electric bicycle arena….
NYC Solar Map Should Get Boost from NYC Stars
The “New York City Solar Map” was launched last week. The map shows both existing solar PV & solar thermal installations in the Big Apple as well as solar PV rooftop potential across the city. As you can imagine, the potential is HUGE.
