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• Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mystery ScienceDaily (Today) - Treating cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar cell materials with cadmium-chloride improves their efficiency, but researchers have not fully understood why....
• The Port Solar Charger Turns Any Window into a Power Outlet for Your Mobile Gadgets Inhabitat (Today) - Whenever I arrive at a coffee shop or coworking space, the first thing I do is scope out the power outlets. Between a smartphone, laptop, and occasionally a tablet too, keeping my mobile office up and running means quick access to power if my...
• LEGOLAND Florida Becomes First Theme Park in U.S. to Run Completely on Renewable Energy on Earth Day eSolar News (Yesterday) - WINTER HAVEN, FL --(eSolarEnergyNews)--Today, LEGOLAND® Florida and Tampa Electric will kick off a groundbreaking partnership by making the 150-acre theme park run completely on renewable energy for the day in celebration of Earth Day – the first theme park to do so in the United...
• SolarWorld Powers Spread of Grass-Roots Community Solar Purchasing from Coast to Coast eSolar News (Yesterday) - HILLSBORO, OR --(eSolarEnergyNews)--Today, on opposite sides of the country, diverse groups of citizens, businesses and nonprofit organizations launched community solar programs in Charlotte, N.C., and Salt Lake City. These grass-roots efforts are among the latest in a nationwide wave of “solarize” programs that aim to...
• Solar Roadways puts up a parking lot, launches Indiegogo campaign [w/video] Autoblog Green (Yesterday) - Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Solar, USA Joni Mitchell was wrong when she sang out against paving paradise and putting up a parking lot. Ok, maybe not. Still, we think the demonstration project just built by the folks over at Solar Roadways would get a pass...
• Oregon Institute of Technology Now Generating Its Own Energy On Campus Inhabitat (Yesterday) - On April 18th, the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls celebrated the completion of two major renewable energy projects, making it the first university in North America to generate all of its own electricity and heat on campus. Oregon Tech is a huge leader...
• Higher solar-cell efficiency achieved with zinc-oxide coating ScienceDaily (Yesterday) - Researchers have achieved 14-percent efficiency in a 9-millimeter-square solar cell made of gallium arsenide. It is the highest efficiency rating for a solar cell that size and made with that material....
• Like a hall of mirrors, nanostructures trap photons inside ultrathin solar cells ScienceDaily (Yesterday) - In the quest to make sun power more competitive, researchers are designing ultrathin solar cells that cut material costs. At the same time they're keeping these thin cells efficient by sculpting their surfaces with photovoltaic nanostructures that behave like a molecular hall of mirrors....
• Quantum simulators developed to study inaccessible physical systems ScienceDaily (Yesterday) - Quantum simulators recreate the behavior on a microscopic scale of biological and quantum systems and even of particles moving at the speed of light. The exact knowledge of these systems will lead to applications ranging from more efficient photovoltaic cells to more specific drugs. Researchers...
• Major advances in dye sensitized solar cells ScienceDaily (Yesterday) - Two groups of researchers have recently advanced the field of solar cells with a cheaper and efficient replacement for platinum and better synthesis of zinc oxide. Working on dye-sensitized solar cells -- researchers in Malaysia have achieved an efficiency of 1.12%, at a fraction of...
• KYOCERA Invests in Solar Projects Valued at $38M with U.S. Light Energy eSolar News (2 days ago) - SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(eSolarEnergyNews)--Kyocera today announced plans to invest in a tax equity partnership for the development of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects valued at $38 million in New York state, leveraging the 30% federal energy investment tax credit. As part of the investment, Kyocera has also entered...
• Mercatus Aims to Accelerate Solar Securitizations eSolar News (2 days ago) - NEW YORK, NY--(eSolarEnergyNews)--  Mercatus, the leading enterprise level investment analysis and decision making platform for solar energy investors, has formally adopted the Solar Access to Public Capital (SAPC) Working Group standard contract documents for both residential and commercial solar. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s...
• SunEdison Closes on 20 MW Adobe Solar Plant eSolar News (2 days ago) - BELMONT, CA --(eSolarEnergyNews)-- SunEdison, a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services has interconnected a 20-megawatt AC (alternating current) solar plant in Kern County, California.  The project, known as the Adobe Solar Facility, is owned by Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power and...
• Help Solar One Win $25K for K-12 Education Solar One (5 days ago) -   ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT TO VOTE FOR SOLAR ONE TO WIN A $25,000 GRANT FOR ITS K-12 EDUCATION PROGRAMS Do you like ice cream, fast cars and environmental education? It’s not that often that these three things come together, but when...
• An abundant and inexpensive water-splitting photocatalyst with low toxicity ScienceDaily (5 days ago) - Researchers in Japan have discovered a new photocatalyst, Sn3O4, which facilitates the production of hydrogen fuel from water, using sunlight as an energy source....
• 5 Incredibly Tiny & Awesome Mobile Homes Inhabitat (6 days ago) - Read the rest of 5 Incredibly Tiny & Awesome Mobile Homes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 6 best, Airstream, Architecture, architecture and vision, automotive, eco-tourism, green mountain college, green transportation, mercuryhouseone, mobile micro-homes, Moby1, N55, nomadic life, OTIS, portable house,...
• 6 Best Mobile Micro-Homes for a Nomadic Summer Inhabitat (6 days ago) - Read the rest of 6 Best Mobile Micro-Homes for a Nomadic Summer Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 6 best, Airstream, Architecture, architecture and vision, automotive, eco-tourism, green mountain college, green transportation, mercuryhouseone, mobile micro-homes, Moby1, N55, nomadic life, OTIS, portable...
• Environmentally compatible organic solar cells in the future ScienceDaily (6 days ago) - Environmentally compatible production methods for organic solar cells from novel materials are in the focus of “MatHero”. The new project aims at making organic photovoltaics competitive to their inorganic counterparts by enhancing the efficiency of organic solar cells, reducing their production costs and increasing their...
• Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion ScienceDaily (7 days ago) - A quasiparticle called an exciton -- responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits -- has been understood theoretically for decades. But exciton movement within materials has never been directly observed. Now scientists have achieved that feat,...
• Google Buys Solar-Powered Drone Manufacturer Titan Aerospace to Boost Internet Access in Third World Countries Inhabitat (7 days ago) - 3D printing may be all the rage in design, but for Big Tech, drones are where the money is. On Monday, web giant Google beat out Facebook in a race to acquire Titan Aerospace, a solar-powered drone manufacturer. Although Google claims the drones will...
• Sol Inc. Installs Commercial Solar Outdoor Lighting at Trails Around the Country eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - PALM CITY, FL --(eSolarEnergyNews)-- Sol Inc. has announced that it recently completed the installation of commercial solar outdoor lights along the Maria Ygnacia Creek Trail, a 3.22-mile path in Goleta, Calif. The trail is popular with pedestrians in West Santa Barbara and Goleta, as well...
• Solaire Generation and IRC Install First Long Span 360 Solar Carports at Danversport Yacht Club eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - DANVERS, MA--(eSolarEnergyNews)--  Solaire Generation's first Long Span 360 solar carport system was recently commissioned at the Danversport Yacht Club, bringing 253 kW more renewable energy to the Bay State. The Long Span 360, Solaire's latest patent pending solar carport design, is a unique architectural solar...
• Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare ScienceDaily (Tuesday, 15 April) - The glare from solar farms could be a thing of the past, thanks to new research. Researchers have developed a multi-layer anti-reflection coating for glass surfaces, which reduces the sun's reflection from photovoltaic panels while at the same time improving their efficiency. It is applied...
• SolarWorld Signs Supply Agreement with PetersenDean, Largest Privately Held U.S. Roofing and Solar Company eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - HILLSBORO, OR.--(eSolarEnergyNews)--SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for nearly 40 years, and PetersenDean, the nation’s largest privately held roofing and solar company, today announced a partnership to offer homeowners an affordable path to solar ownership, using American-made solar systems installed by U.S. workers. Under the...
• House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells ScienceDaily (Tuesday, 15 April) - A house window that doubles as a solar panel could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work. Scientists have demonstrated that superior light-emitting properties of quantum dots can be applied in solar energy by helping more efficiently harvest sunlight....
• Shiny Quantum Dots Brighten Future of Solar Cells eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - LOS ALAMOS, N.M.--(eSolarEnergyNews)-- A house window that doubles as a solar panel could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers in collaboration with scientists from University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy. Their project demonstrates that superior light-emitting properties...
• KYOCERA's Solar-Powered Recharging Station for Electric Vehicles Installed at SHINTEC HOZUMI for Disaster Prevention eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - KYOTO, Japan--(eSolarEnergyNews)--Kyocera announced today that they have installed a “Solar Cycle Station for EV” at the headquarters of Shintec Hozumi Co., Ltd. in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Based on a development plan by Shintec Hozumi, KCCS designed and constructed the system so that solar-generated power charged...
• First Wind to Sell Power from planned Solar Project to Hawaiian Electric eSolar News (Tuesday, 15 April) - HONOLULU--(eSolarEnergyNews)--First Wind, an independent renewable energy company that operates four wind projects in Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian Electric Company today announced that a request has been filed with the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission to provide energy to the O‘ahu grid from a planned 20-megawatt (MW) (AC)...
• Passive houses save lots of energy ScienceDaily (Saturday, 12 April) - Housing is the easiest sector to change if we are to reach the climate targets, experts say. Norwegian research shows the housing sector today represents about one-third of the country's energy consumption, or about 35 terawatt hours out of a total of 112 terawatt hours....
• Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities ScienceDaily (Saturday, 12 April) - Changes at the atom level in nanowires offer vast possibilities for improvement of solar cells and LED light. Researchers have discovered that by tuning a small strain on single nanowires they can become more effective in LEDs and solar cells. ...

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