Solar energy is becoming more attractive as oil and other types of conventional energy get ever more expensive. The solar market is booming as they continue to provide new solutions for all kinds of electronics. There is so much more available now than there was even ten years ago. If you own your home, then there is a lot … Continue reading
Floating Solar Panels: Solar Installations on Water Most of the solar energy systems on the market today bare two major weaknesses: they require vast land areas in order to be built, and the costs related to solar cells fabrication and maintenance are high. A new technology is about to overcome these challenges and many … Continue reading
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide -- or ceria -- and it is the centerpiece of a promising new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to efficiently convert carbon … Continue reading
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area. The material, described in the journal Chemistry of Materials, could be used to … Continue reading
1. INTRODUCTION: FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS Mankind has recently enhanced its living standard and its population in an explosive way. In fact, the human population quadrupled and primary power consumption increased 16-fold during the 20th century [1]. The consumption of energy, food, and material resources is predicted to … Continue reading
In the past several years in Canada, the utilization of renewable energy has become a priority, especially in the forms of solar power and wind power. Another form of renewable energy in which Canada is beginning to see potential is that of wave and tidal power. Though much of the country's focus has been on the … Continue reading
The more you read and learn about solar power, the more you will understand just how much does solar power cost. Solar power is a free natural source of energy from up above, it’s a gift of God, we call it the sun and it is for everyone to use. When solar energy hits the earth it brings us heat, warmth and a sense of well … Continue reading
Do you know anyone that does not want free electricity? It is certain that all of us do. As a matter of fact, if you could just discover the means to create enough free electricity right there at your very own house, you would most likely jump at the opportunity. With the price of gas to record levels and all your … Continue reading
Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media are … Continue reading
