http://www.alternative-energy-news.info Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hornet-solar-power/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hornet-solar-power/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:37:21 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=932 Do you know who is the most competent solar power expert, according to a research team from Tel Aviv University? It is the humble common Oriental hornet found in our gardens! Much to the astonishment of the scientists and researchers, the hornet utilizes solar power much like a plant and it produces electricity. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Environment, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/hornet-solar-power/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/brooklyn-bridge-park-greenest-destination-nyc/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/brooklyn-bridge-park-greenest-destination-nyc/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:35:40 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=930 New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge Park is getting even greener with the addition of a solar powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station – the first of its kind in New York City. Brooklyn Bridge Park has already added a number of green areas with lush grass, making it a great spot for both locals [...] Read More...

Posted in: Environment, Politics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/brooklyn-bridge-park-greenest-destination-nyc/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/artificial-electronic-super-skin/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/artificial-electronic-super-skin/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:27:49 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=924 Zhenan Bao, Stanford researcher, is keen to create “Super skin.” Taking her previously created super-sensitive sensor a step ahead, she is now creating a super skin that will be self-powered with renewable clean solar energy. Bao and her team have designed polymer solar cells that are flexible and can be stretched to power the [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/artificial-electronic-super-skin/feed/ 18 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/powermod/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/powermod/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:12:33 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=922 Think of the earthquake that happened at Tahiti, or havoc-provoking typhoons like Katrina; or the recent plane crash that took so many lives. With man-made or natural disasters occurring unexpectedly at all corners of earth, there has been a sharp demand for dependable portable energy sources that can make rescue efforts a lot [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/powermod/feed/ 4 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/empire-state-building-brighter-greener/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/empire-state-building-brighter-greener/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:20:48 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=920 Yes, as of 2011, The Empire State Building, one of the world’s largest buildings has achieved the distinction of becoming the largest buyer of green renewable wind power. The Empire State Building will be using more than 100 million kWh of wind energy in the coming couple of years approximately. It will be totally [...] Read More...

Posted in: Environment, Solar Power, Wind Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/empire-state-building-brighter-greener/feed/ 3 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/ceria-mimics-plant-life/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/ceria-mimics-plant-life/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:19:12 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=918 Newer and more exciting devices are being invented to harness renewable energy – especially solar energy. One such device is a prototype which uses one of the rare earth metals – ceria, otherwise known cerium oxide – utilizing its natural propensity of alternatively exhaling and inhaling oxygen as it heats up or cools down. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/ceria-mimics-plant-life/feed/ 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/laser-scribing-solar-cell-efficiency/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/laser-scribing-solar-cell-efficiency/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:08:03 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=916 Over the years, thanks to the devoted research work going on for increasing the efficiency of solar cells, today solar cells are no longer flat shaped or unyielding. Ultra thin film-type solar cells have now been manufactured which are quite flexible and adaptable for use in corners, curvilinear and other structures. Today almost 20% [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/laser-scribing-solar-cell-efficiency/feed/ 4 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/e-reader-biblio-leaf/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/e-reader-biblio-leaf/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:04:56 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=915 Glad tidings for book lovers with green ethics! Maybe the e-reader does not consume much power. But if you love to read online and think you should do your bit towards using renewable energy, you have Toshiba and KDDI joining the ranks of LG to provide solar-powered e-readers. Biblio Leaf is the new kid [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/e-reader-biblio-leaf/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-tracker-solar-panels/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-tracker-solar-panels/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:03:01 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=913 A German owned company IMO has set-up a plant in USA that will make the largest solar tracker solar panels to tap solar energy. As per Ruediger Unverzagt and Klaus Pless, respectively the CEO and vice-president of this company, these solar tracker solar panels are the largest in Summerville in South California. IMO is [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-tracker-solar-panels/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/best-use-of-polymer-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/best-use-of-polymer-solar-cells/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:08:56 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=909 A report recently published in an online journal called Advanced Materials points out that a process has been developed by the researchers at the Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory that can produce thin and constant light absorbing layers on textured substrates. This increases light absorption by polymer solar cells, thereby increasing their [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/best-use-of-polymer-solar-cells/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wheelchair/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wheelchair/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:38:52 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=906 Haidar Taleb, a 47 year old man from UAE, displayed a rare combination of human spirit and willpower when he took up a 200-mile long journey on a wheel chair that he has built for himself which runs on solar power. Being a person with polio since the age of 4 has not stopped [...] Read More...

Posted in: Solar Power, Transportation]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wheelchair/feed/ 7 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-keyboards/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-keyboards/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:26:40 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=901 If you have opted for a wireless keyboard you know the importance of rechargeable batteries and a wall charger. Although it is easier to charge the batteries after a while it becomes an annoyance to change them repeatedly. Now Logitech is coming out with a solar-powered keyboard that will be free of such hassles. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-keyboards/feed/ 5 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/mit-thermo-chemical-solar-power/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/mit-thermo-chemical-solar-power/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:01:30 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=900 MIT researchers are hopeful of capturing and releasing solar energy with the help of thermo-chemical technology. Scientists were already working on this technology in seventies but this project was aborted due to its expensiveness and termed as too impractical to achieve. But MIT researchers are now gearing up to take this thermo-chemical technology that [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/mit-thermo-chemical-solar-power/feed/ 10 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-towers-california/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-towers-california/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:33:03 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=899 The United States of America will now produce clear power that can light up as many as 11000 to 277500 homes in the country. The Sectary of Interior Ken Salazar has given a go ahead to the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating system, a project proposed by BrightSource of Oakland that can produce up to [...] Read More...

Posted in: Industry, Politics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-towers-california/feed/ 16 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-wind-power/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-wind-power/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:07:33 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=898 As the world discovers new ways to meet its growing energy needs, energy generated from Sun, which is better known as solar power and energy generated from wind called the wind power are being considered as a means of generating power. Though these two sources of energy have attracted the scientists for a very [...] Read More...

Posted in: Future Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-wind-power/feed/ 9 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/walmart-to-install-thin-film-solar-panels/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/walmart-to-install-thin-film-solar-panels/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:21:10 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=896 Prominent corporations are paying special attention to go green and create a conducive environment for clean and green energy. Walmart too is taking appreciative steps in the field of alternative energy. In the year 2007, Walmart entered into a partnership with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to provide a thrust to the photovoltaic technologies. It [...] Read More...

Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/walmart-to-install-thin-film-solar-panels/feed/ 23 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/zinc-oxide-nanostructure-production/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/zinc-oxide-nanostructure-production/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:07:49 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=892 Two scientists are on a path-breaking method to produce ’sea-urchins’ to expedite the work capacity and efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Jamil Elias and Laetitia Philippe are the two scientists from Empa’s Mechanics of Materials & Nanostructures Laboratory who have been successful in producing these tiny ’sea urchins’ which are ready to revolutionize solar-cell technology. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Economy, Industry, PhotoVoltaics]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/zinc-oxide-nanostructure-production/feed/ 3 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/power-sticker-boost-solar-power-generation/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/power-sticker-boost-solar-power-generation/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:19:55 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=890 New and unique ways of making solar panels more efficient in power generation are coming to light every day. The new kid in the block of one such device is a large transparent sticker applied to the front of the panel which increases the power output by about 10% or so. Genie Lens Technologies [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/power-sticker-boost-solar-power-generation/feed/ 9 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/pete-process-technology-fusion/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/pete-process-technology-fusion/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:38:58 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=889 A new joint venture research work at Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, supported by Department of Energy and DARPA has come up with a new solar energy conversion process that can potentially double the efficiency of solar cells. Stanford engineers have discovered this new and totally different process to harvest energy from sun. [...] Read More...

Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/pete-process-technology-fusion/feed/ 8 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/graphene-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/graphene-solar-cells/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:48:40 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=886 A southern California University team has come up with what could be the alternative new breed of economical and flexible solar cells. For some decades now, organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) have been acclaimed as the new solar cell prototypes and extolled for their light weight, flexible substrates, low cost and easy manufacturability. Research [...] Read More...

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