Quantum dots to increase the efficiency of solar cells up to 45 percent
By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar...
Aahana an Eco friendly Solar Lantern Bracelet
Many areas in India still don’t have any energy supply and people who are living there face troubles when dusk sets in.
Replacing the use...
$2 million award to provide clean energy to clean vehicles efficiently
The two-year project, supported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and involving a number of public and private partners, will build solar...
Heated socks powered by solar power to reach South Pole
After an article that highlights sport shoes that can produce electricity by walking, now we can use them for heated socks to be warmed,...
Concentrated solar power plants inspired from sunflower
Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling...
Germany bets on renewable energy
Germany produces over 20 percent of all its electricity from renewable energy sources.
Very interesting, more than 51 percent of all renewable energy in Germany...
Solar-assisted dialysis program
Solar power can help offset high utility costs and make hemodialysis treatments more environmentally friendly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue...
Solar LED lamps to light up schools in Kenya
We have entered 2012 and approximately 1.5 billion people around the world remain without access to source of light.
Some of the world’s poorest regions...
Solar energy captured by a sun catcher sculpture in Florida
An innovative way to illuminate a street using solar energy with a solar catcher sculpture is working yet in Florida.
The artist Dee Dee Morison...
Nanoparticles to get energy through a solar paint
This idea gives a major advantage to a team of researchers at the Notre Dame University in order to do something transformative, “to move...