Solar Power Systems

2:04 AM Solar Power Systems 1 Comment

Solar power systems have experienced a surge in popularity because of the rising cost of conventional energy sources. By, adding a solar energy system to your home, you can recoup your investment over a few years and continue to save money on utility bills for the life of your system. The lion's share of the electric utility expense is used in heating the house in the winter and cooling the house during summer months. If you live in the northern climates with intensely cold winters, heating...

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How does Solar power Works Without the Sun?

1:01 AM How does Solar power Works Without the Sun? 1 Comment

Alternative power sources such as solar and wind are being developed because they reduce pollution and green-house gas emissions while increasing the United State's energy independence. A major problem with solar energy is that it is only available when the sun is shining. Therefore, methods to transform and either store the energy until needed or combine it with energy from other sources have been developed. Thermal Energy: ...

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How Does Solar Energy Transform Into Electricity?

12:57 AM How Does Solar Energy Transform Into Electricity? 1 Comment

Technology is available to take solar energy and convert it into electricity in order to power space ships and satellites and hand-held devices and provide electrical energy to homes. There are two primary methods for creating electricity from solar power. Photovoltaic technology coverts solar energy into electricity, and solar thermal energy generates electricity through a heating process. Photovoltaic: Photovoltaic cells are made from a material...

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Process of Solar Energy

12:50 AM Process of Solar Energy 1 Comment

  What is Solar Energy? With current energy prices rising every year and stores of natural energy quickly depleting, alternative sources of power are beginning to take center stage. Solar energy is one of the most abundant sources of heat and electricity on the planet and scientists are beginning to develop methods for harnessing it to power our homes and workplaces. There are two classifications for solar power that denote exactly how the solar energy is used:...

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Mecasolar trackers adapted for use at 600 kW CPV plant in Italy

12:41 AM Mecasolar trackers adapted for use at 600 kW CPV plant in Italy 1 Comment

On January 11th, 2012 Mecasolar (Fustiñana, Spain) reported that it has delivered 55 tracking systems to a 600 kW concentrating solar photovoltaic (CPV) plant in Italy. These trackers will be retrofitted to the plant, which is currently operating. Each tracker will support 48 230 watt CPV modules, for a total of 11 kW per tracker. The CPV modules use a 5x concentration design, and Mecasolar states that this project shows that its trackers can be easily adapted to other types of low-concentration...

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New Plastic Solar Design Promises Efficient Power

11:00 PM New Plastic Solar Design Promises Efficient Power 1 Comment

In a quiet research laboratory here, an Inventor is developing solar power devices designed to operate four or five times more efficiently than the beat photovoltaic cells now in use, and at a small fraction of the cost. Alvin M. Marks, an inventor who, holds patents for a 3-D movie process and polarized film for sunglasses, is working with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation to build prototypes of the solar power devices. He received one patent for the devices earlier this year and another...

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Nanosolar and EDF Energies Nouvelles Commission Projects Totaling Six Megawatts

10:56 PM Nanosolar and EDF Energies Nouvelles Commission Projects Totaling Six Megawatts No Comments

Bordeaux and Oregon projects develop field performance track record from leader in thin film solar printing   SAN JOSE, Calif. – Nov. 15, 2011 – Thin film solar printing leader Nanosolar, Inc. today announced its supply of Nanosolar Utility Panels to two separate installations totaling close to six megawatts (MWp) in partnership with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and its US subsidiary enXco. These projects are the latest result of a long-standing collaboration between Nanosolar and...

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