August 24th, 2010

Self cleaning solar panels can harvest more solar power

Trying to come up with a solution for dusty solar panels today, researchers have presented a new technology, simply called dust-cleaning technology, able to increase solar power production. Most of today’s solar power plants are placed in large sunny areas where rains are very rare. In these places photovoltaic panels get often covered with a [...]

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August 19th, 2010

Soladey-J3X solar powered toothbrush cleans your teeth without toothpaste

It may look like an regular toothbrush but it isn’t! Soladey-J3X uses a mini solar panel at its base to produce some cleaning teeth electrons.

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August 11th, 2010

New spray-on solar film allows windows to generate solar power

EnSol AS, a Norwegian company, recently announced that they have developed a spray-on solar film that could turn every house window into a solar panel.

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August 10th, 2010

New polymer sticker increases solar panels output by 10%

Genie Lens Technologies, has found a new way to improve solar cells. They managed to boost solar cells efficiency by applying a polymer film sticker on their surface.

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August 9th, 2010

USB Solar 4Port Hub can recharge four devices at the same time

Some days ago I found out about an amazing solar powered USB 4-Port Hub charger, which is both a flashlight and a mobile charging device.

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August 5th, 2010

Inexpensive Solar Cells Made Using Cheap Nickel For Electrical Contacts

Replacing gold with nickel, scientists in Canada managed to make the most inexpensive solar cells today, even more cheap.

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August 4th, 2010

Selenium Can Significantly Improve Solar Cells Efficiency

AIP published a journal which describes how to harvest more efficiently solar power,using solar cells containing selenium.

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August 3rd, 2010

Japanese firm Shimizu Wants to Install Solar Cells on Moon

A Japanese construction firm named Shimizu, plans to installa belt of solar panels around moon’s equator. So close to the sun, these solar cells will generate constantly a huge amount of free energy.

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August 1st, 2010

BlowFly Eyes Used to Make Better Solar Cells

A group of researchers found that the eyes of one particular species of fly,the blowfly, could be usefull for making better solar cells.

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July 30th, 2010

See-Through Glass SolarWindow Capable Of Generating Electricity

New Energy Technologies have announced that they will unveil in the upcoming weeks, the world’s first-ever window capable of generating electricity.

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