http://www.alternative-energy-news.info Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-sensor/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-sensor/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:56:33 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=798 Science continues to amaze and one of the latest discoveries may literally change the world as we know it. This tiny solar-powered sensor can fit on the face of a penny and barely cover up the date. How this little wonder, developed at the University of Michigan, is able to create the power of [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-powered-sensor/feed/ 7 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-tobacco-plants/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-tobacco-plants/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:05:00 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=786 As the world continues its quest to use less fossil fuels, the latest possible solution comes from the most unlikely of sources: the tobacco plant. This latest news comes from the University of California, Berkeley. It will be nice to see tobacco used for something other than lung cancer. This new discovery is based [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-tobacco-plants/feed/ 13 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/self-assembling-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/self-assembling-solar-cells/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:05:02 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=776 What can a scientist do with salad dressing apart from telling you that it increases the taste of salad manifold? But that’s the beauty of this profession. As Newton could give some theories when he saw an apple falling from a tree, salad dressing can inspire scientists towards a brand new type of solar [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/self-assembling-solar-cells/feed/ 7 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tiny-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tiny-solar-cells/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:09:20 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=767 Tiny, glitter-sized solar cells have been developed by the Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories. It might turn out to be the perfect alternative energy preference for the holiday season. This project is funded by the American government. The dimensions of the snowflake sized crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells are merely 14-20 micrometers thick and [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tiny-solar-cells/feed/ 6 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-robins-air-force-base/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-robins-air-force-base/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:07:58 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=765 Robins has time and again been considered as a pioneer in testing alternative energy technologies. Recently they have installed a solar panel which is a matter of curiosity. Their installed solar panel assumes the dimensions of a drive-in-movie screen. It is the shining example of the state-of-the-art technology. At peak hour it generates 25 [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-robins-air-force-base/feed/ 7 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/high-tech-thin-film-origami/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/high-tech-thin-film-origami/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:01:13 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=753 You can think of it as origami — very high-tech origami. Researchers at the University of Illinois are working on the same good old silicon but they are taking an entirely different route. They are working on thin films of silicon applying two processes one is photolithography and another is self-folding process driven by [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/high-tech-thin-film-origami/feed/ 2 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/fiber-optics-photovoltaics/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/fiber-optics-photovoltaics/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:32:49 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=738 When we think about going solar we make a mental picture of large heavy panels adorning one’s rooftop. But researchers are trying to get rid of bulky solar panels. They are aiming to achieve this feat with the help of zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials. [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/fiber-optics-photovoltaics/feed/ 0 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/sharp-solar-conversion-efficiency-record/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/sharp-solar-conversion-efficiency-record/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:41:20 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=727 We still have to miles to cover before solar power can replace the fossil fuels and become a cheap and effective solution for common folks. But it is indisputable that sun is the single greatest fuel source we can harness to our advantage. Solar energy can leave its impact on a global scale in [...]
Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/sharp-solar-conversion-efficiency-record/feed/ 8 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/splitting-water-to-store-solar-energy/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/splitting-water-to-store-solar-energy/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:32:50 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=710 MIT professor Daniel Nocera earlier worked on a catalysts that can divide water molecules which can be utilized to store energy. Daniel Nocera has established a company named as Sun Catalytix to give his dreams a concrete shape. His company is backed by venture capital firm Polaris Ventures. Nocera is known as a “huge [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/splitting-water-to-store-solar-energy/feed/ 17 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-imec-solar-cells-184-conversion-efficiency/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-imec-solar-cells-184-conversion-efficiency/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:22:06 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=707 IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Center) has presented a large-area solar cell with 18.4% conversion efficiency at the ongoing European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany). A world leader in its own right, IMEC is an independent research center working on nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has offices in Belgium, the [...]
Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-imec-solar-cells-184-conversion-efficiency/feed/ 4 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-3d-images-of-polymer-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-3d-images-of-polymer-solar-cells/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:47:30 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=705 The Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Ulm scientists have successfully developed the first high-resolution 3D images of the internal structure of a hybrid polymer solar cell. This helps them in gaining important insights into the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and how much it will be effective when used for energy [...]
Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/first-3d-images-of-polymer-solar-cells/feed/ 1 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/more-efficient-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotubes/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/more-efficient-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotubes/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:11:45 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=703 Silicon is one of the basic but expensive materials used in designing solar panels. If we can use something else as effective as silicon but more economical, solar power will be within the reach of the common consumers. Cornell researchers are thinking on somewhat similar lines. They are using a carbon nanotube instead of [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/more-efficient-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotubes/feed/ 2 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-to-be-printed-like-newspaper/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-to-be-printed-like-newspaper/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:05 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=695 Sunlight is a non exhaustible source of energy without contributing greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Still it is miles away from replacing the fossil fuels. Many reasons can be sited. One of its biggest disadvantages is it is still out of reach for the common man and it has a long break-even period. Unless [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-cells-to-be-printed-like-newspaper/feed/ 6 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/plastics-that-convert-light-to-electricity/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/plastics-that-convert-light-to-electricity/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:22:10 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=684 We all are familiar with the positive impact of alternative energy on our environment. Now researchers are trying to improve upon the existing alternative energy technology. As far as solar energy is concerned they are trying to make solar panels cheap and people friendly. Normally the solar panels are quite bulky and difficult to [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/plastics-that-convert-light-to-electricity/feed/ 5 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/suncatcher-power-system-ready-for-commercial-production/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/suncatcher-power-system-ready-for-commercial-production/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:00:11 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=677 Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar worked jointly and have come out with their precious device called SunCatchers(TM). They exhibited their four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). SunCatchers are the new dishes that will be utilized on commercial-scale by 2010. Chuck Andraka, [...]
Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/suncatcher-power-system-ready-for-commercial-production/feed/ 7 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-lanterns-for-sub-saharan-africans/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-lanterns-for-sub-saharan-africans/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:00:57 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=675 When one lives in a developed country it becomes hard to visualize that how people manage in those parts of the world where electricity is still a distant dream. Residents of the village Ahire, Maharashtra in India claimed that people didn’t want to marry their daughters in their village due to lack of electricity. [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-lanterns-for-sub-saharan-africans/feed/ 5 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/highly-adaptable-solar-cells/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/highly-adaptable-solar-cells/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:27:20 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=669 There are two things that prevent solar cells from entering the mainstream: their prohibitive cost, and their inadaptability. Even if people can somehow overcome the cost barrier, the havoc they allegedly wreck upon buildings and houses keeps many people away from switching to non-fossil-fuel power generation, and besides, sunshine is never uniform. It varies [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/highly-adaptable-solar-cells/feed/ 5 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-tiles-for-your-rooftop/ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-tiles-for-your-rooftop/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:43 +0000 Alternative Energy http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=668 Just imagine your neighborhood mason fitting your roof tiles and these same tiles producing dependable solar energy for your house or office – you no longer need to hire scientists and alternative energy nerds for a simple roof job, and the cost is no longer a bottleneck. A technology catches on when it is [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power]]> http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-tiles-for-your-rooftop/feed/ 13 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/ 6 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 [...]
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