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Solar Cell Material Created From Microwave Oven
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University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will b...
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May.15.2013
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11 Must-See Art Installations, Inspired By Solar Panels
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We all know that solar is a practical, smart investment. It’s good for the environment, frees people to control their own electricity production and is one of the fastest-growing industries (read: ...
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May.13.2013
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Just stick this portable outlet to your window to start using solar power
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We have seen a lot of solar chargers in our day. And among all of them, this is the first one we’ve seen that we will definitely run out and buy as soon as it’s made available in the U.S. It’s a po...
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May.10.2013
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KOSEP Pioneers Solar Photovoltaic Power Market in Japan
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Korea’s companies will construct and operate solar photovoltaic power facilities and sell electric power. A consortium in Korea led by Korea South East Power (KOSEP) will develop a large scale sola...
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May.8.2013
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Solar Impulse’s U.S. Expedition Begins
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Solar Plane Aims For Coast-to-Coast U.S. Flight Without Using Fuel A solar-powered aircraft able to fly day and night began the first leg of its journey this morning on a mission to become the firs...
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May.7.2013
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Solar Decathlon 2013: First Look
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The Solar Decathlon 2013 is well underway. Check back on EarthTechling in October, when the competing houses will be assembled in California, and winners announced, complete with details. In the me...
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Apr.22.2013
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Smart Windows Are Getting Smarter
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Since our last report on “smart windows,” further developments warrant an update. Smart windows have glass coatings that let varying proportions of light and heat come through them as needed at dif...
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Apr.9.2013
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U.S. Army Tests New Energy-Saving Tents With Solar Power,
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Here’s one indication of just how quickly Army is moving toward an energy-efficient future: last year we got all excited about an energy-saving base camp demonstration project at Fort Devens in Mas...
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Apr.9.2013
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Selling solar power in India’s slums
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It’s a little after sundown, and Arun Kumar is hawking his wares in the neighborhood for the first time. He’s selling a light, just a small half-circle tied to a three-inch-wide solar panel. An old...
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Apr.8.2013
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Solar PV Industry Now Operating As Net Energy Producer
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Thanks largely to more-efficient materials and manufacturing processes, the solar PV that was installed globally during 2012 likely produced more energy than was expended to make panels during the ...
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Apr.5.2013
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Desert Pumped Hydro Proposal Gets Scrutiny
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Would it cause irreparable and unnecessary habitat damage or is it a relatively benign price to pay in the fight against global warming? That’s the question – again – as the quest for renewable ene...
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Apr.3.2013
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World’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant Launches In Abu Dhabi
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The world’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plant was launched today, an announcement I received on email a few minutes ago tells me. As regular CleanTechnica readers will remember, we’ve c...
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Apr.2.2013
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World’s first digital camera to be powered by sunlight and wind-up renewable energy
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Sun & Cloud is a digital camera the features built-in components for generating power with renewable energy, including solar and mechanical power. The camera, priced at $200, could be an excell...
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Mar.29.2013
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Abu Dhabi mega solar plant will free up oil to export
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Using a combination of 258,048 parabolic mirrors and the one powerful Arabian desert sun, Shams 1, the new 100-megawatt concentrated solar power plant just southwest of Abu Dhabi, is now cranking o...
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Mar.26.2013
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Solar Device That Likes It Hot Hikes Efficiency
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There’s still a ways to go, but PETE is moving along. “Photon enhanced thermionic emission,” the conceptual breakthrough that Stanford researchers introduced three years ago as a way to capture and...
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Mar.25.2013
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Indian scheme turning grandmothers into solar engineers in Madagascar
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A group of seven elderly women have departed their villages in rural Madagascar for six months training at India’s Barefoot College that will equip them as community solar engineers. The College’s ...
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Mar.22.2013
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Solar Will Soar In Indy With Biggest Airport Array
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Indiana is a state in desperate need of some renewable energy – according to industry data, coal now provides a whopping 86 percent of its electricity. The solar power array now going up on airport...
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Mar.22.2013
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Solar Cars Challenged To Get More Real
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The University of Michigan solar car team – a perennial power in national and international design competitions – is facing a new challenge this year: It needs to get real. According to the team, n...
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Mar.21.2013
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Sun-Powered Mobile Clinic Could Revolutionize Rural Healthcare
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Life in a rural Africa isn’t easy. Remote villages lack access to electricity, clean water, and most importantly, healthcare. Samsung recently unveiled its solution to the last of these problems at...
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Mar.19.2013
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Largest concentrated solar power plant opens in Abu Dhabi
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The oil-rich state of Abu Dhabi has officially opened the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. Shams 1 – which means ‘the sun’ in Arabic – uses advanced par...
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Mar.19.2013
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