http://www.alternative-energy-news.info Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-hybrid-solar-power-station/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-hybrid-solar-power-station/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:19:48 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=665 Weizmann Institute created a milestone in the field of alternative energy in association with AORA. AORA is a leading Israeli solar energy technology company. It launched the world’s first hybrid solar thermal power station at Kibbutz Samar in southern Israel. During the inaugural launch of the powerhouse, guests from other countries such as Spain, [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-hybrid-solar-power-station/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/transparent-electronics-a-solar-energy-breakthrough/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/transparent-electronics-a-solar-energy-breakthrough/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:00:36 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=656 Not even in our wildest dreams have we anticipated that while we are simply looking out the window enjoying the outside view our windows can simultaneously produce energy for our household needs! Not only windows but the facade of the house, too, might be harnessing the power of solar energy. This might be our [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/transparent-electronics-a-solar-energy-breakthrough/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-generation-of-solar-devices-with-trapped-sunlight/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-generation-of-solar-devices-with-trapped-sunlight/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:19:31 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=655 What a wonderful age we are living in! We hear about so many possibilities in the field of alternative energy. Scientists all over the world are thinking about alternatives to fossil fuel. On every scale be it large or small progress is being made. Here the researchers are inspired by the Greek legend Dionysius’ [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-generation-of-solar-devices-with-trapped-sunlight/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/flexible-solar-powered-rooftop-shingles/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/flexible-solar-powered-rooftop-shingles/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:02:31 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=651 Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland have developed flexible solar panels that could be installed on roofs like shingles. This technology was originally used to protect flat panel televisions from dampness. They used to cover television screen with transparent, thin films that acted as barriers. These transparent thin film barriers are [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/flexible-solar-powered-rooftop-shingles/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/light-driven-nanomotor/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/light-driven-nanomotor/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:01:07 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=652 How we see things around us without noticing it! We know the peculiar habit of the sunflower. How it moves with the movement of the sun everyday. But if we want to move anything with the help of sunlight we are not as lucky as the sunflower is. We first have to convert sunlight [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/light-driven-nanomotor/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/lasers-make-solar-cells-competitive/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/lasers-make-solar-cells-competitive/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:05:45 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=650 For centuries we have been using fossil fuels for industrial and domestic purposes. Most of us consider fossil fuels cheap. But now we are realizing the “real” costs of using fossil fuels. It is destroying our environment and making us pay in other terms. Another problem we are facing is, what were luxuries for [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/lasers-make-solar-cells-competitive/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wi-fi-bus-stops/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wi-fi-bus-stops/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:52:10 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=649 What a delightful combination for environmentalists! While you are waiting for your bus to arrive you can happily stay in touch with the cyber world. San Francisco bus stops produce solar electricity and offer Wi-Fi connectivity too. By 2013, San Francisco is planning to have 1100 such solar-powered bus shelters put in throughout the [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Solar Power, Transportation]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-wi-fi-bus-stops/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-surveillance-aircraft/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-surveillance-aircraft/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:58:37 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=648 Bye Aerospace Inc. (Denver, Colorado), is collaborating with thin film PV manufacturer Ascent Solar. This is not one of those tie ups taking place everyday. The echo of this tie up will be heard for a long time in the alternative energy scenario. Ascent Solar is providing necessary solar energy technology to Bye Aerospace [...]
Posted in: Inventions, Solar Power, Transportation]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-surveillance-aircraft/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/molten-salt-solar-plant/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/molten-salt-solar-plant/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:25:52 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=647 If you happen to travel to Las Vegas, you can come across a tall tower surrounded by around 1,800 mirrors. Mirrors size may be equivalent to a billboard. Don’t confuse it with a futuristic movie set. It is an alternative energy power plant committed to produce clean and green energy in desert areas. The [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/molten-salt-solar-plant/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-stadium-in-taiwan/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-stadium-in-taiwan/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 22:53:07 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=645 It’s official now. Taiwan will hold the World Games 2009 in July. This international sporting event will include games like korfball, billiards, dragon boat racing and women’s tug-of-war. But why are we discussing World Games 2009 in an alternative energy spectrum? Actually Taiwan can boast of Asia’s first fully solar-powered stadium. The stadium gives [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-stadium-in-taiwan/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solaren-corp-to-launch-solar-panels-into-orbit/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solaren-corp-to-launch-solar-panels-into-orbit/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 00:24:52 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=641 We keep hearing about harnessing the solar power from space. Some call it tall claims and some dismiss it as too costly an affair or pie in the sky. But it seems that in near future harvesting solar energy from space is becoming a reality. Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) from San Francisco [...]
Posted in: Industry, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solaren-corp-to-launch-solar-panels-into-orbit/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-concentration-solar-power-modules/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-concentration-solar-power-modules/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 08:13:47 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=632 The alternative sources of energy are constantly evolving. Scientists and manufacturers are trying to come up with better products that are user friendly and economical. Government is drawing policies that encourage use of alternative sources of energy. Researchers, entrepreneurs and common people are devising their own ways to use clean and green sources of [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-concentration-solar-power-modules/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/interactive-renewable-energy-map/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/interactive-renewable-energy-map/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 07:13:10 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=627 These days we are incessantly debating over one of the hottest issues, i.e. environmental pollution and rise in temperature throughout the world. An intelligent person always likes to foresee the near future a bit and try to prepare himself /herself for the impending battle raising from the horizons of the past. He or she [...]
Posted in: Industry, Solar Power, Wind Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/interactive-renewable-energy-map/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/improving-performance-of-solar-nanotubes/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/improving-performance-of-solar-nanotubes/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:31:35 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=626 Akira Fujishima, thirty-five years ago, discovered the electrochemical properties of titanium dioxide. He showed that titanium dioxide functioned as a photocatalyst. It produced hydrogen gas from water, electricity and sunlight. Scientists are quite hopeful regarding the qualities of Titania (or titanium dioxide). This is also known as white pigment. It’s used in many products [...]
Posted in: Hydrogen Fuel, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/improving-performance-of-solar-nanotubes/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/harvesting-solar-rays-in-space/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/harvesting-solar-rays-in-space/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:00:57 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=621 When in distress we often look towards the heaven to find an answer to our problems. West coast energy giant, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is doing the same. They are heading towards heaven to trap the sources of renewable energy. This company’s main operations are in San Francisco and northern California. They are [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/harvesting-solar-rays-in-space/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-ancient-diatoms/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-ancient-diatoms/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:22:45 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=619 Scientists are constantly working on alternative energy sources to make its use widespread like fossil fuels. They are tirelessly working on the drawbacks of alternative energy sources so that they can be all pervasive like traditional sources of energy. Engineers at Oregon State University have found out a method to use an ancient life [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-ancient-diatoms/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/superhydrophobic-self-cleaning-photovoltaic-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/superhydrophobic-self-cleaning-photovoltaic-cells/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:41:27 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=607 A team of scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new treatment for silicon photovoltaic solar cells. This new method generates bumps and peaks on the surface that increase cell efficiency in two ways. The uneven surface protects the cells from water and dust. When water falls on the surface, it [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/superhydrophobic-self-cleaning-photovoltaic-cells/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/nanocups-could-improve-solar-cell-efficiency/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/nanocups-could-improve-solar-cell-efficiency/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:27:16 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=597 Now scientists are working on metallic nanoparticles to manipulate light in more effective ways than conventional optical materials to tap extra energy from the sunlight. Rice University researchers are paying attention to cup-shaped gold nanostructures that can bend light in a more manipulative manner. Here the cup behaves like three-dimensional nano-antennas. The gold nanocups [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/nanocups-could-improve-solar-cell-efficiency/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/turning-sunlight-into-liquid-fuel/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/turning-sunlight-into-liquid-fuel/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:15:40 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=594 We have been hearing about artificial leaves and artificial trees for energy generation for quite sometime. Our life giver green plants are performing this function called photosynthesis for millions of years. The green plants trap sunlight energy and convert it into electrochemical energy. Now scientists want to imitate the process of photosynthesis to [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/turning-sunlight-into-liquid-fuel/feed/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/artificial-trees-to-harness-solar-and-wind-energy/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/artificial-trees-to-harness-solar-and-wind-energy/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:03:12 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=586 If you think planting trees is going to save the planet from global warming, you’re thinking in the right direction but a problem — we may call it a problem due to the situation we have gotten ourselves in — with mother nature is it takes its own good time to show results. [...]
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