Incentives in Canada have resulted in so much solar energy that only a move to smart grid can use it all. So claims National Instruments (NI), which is to provide monitoring and control equipment. "To promote conservation and ...
Tags: Smart Grid, Wasted Solar
On 18 April 2013, pumps and valves manufacturer KSB has inaugurated its new factory in Jundia?, Brazil, some 50 km north of S?o Paulo. The location, designed as a production site for standard pumps and valves, will begin by manufacturing ...
The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded funding totaling £1m to two universities – University College London (UCL) and Bristol – to support the development of compound ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Silicon Substrates
Researchers have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic (PV) system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. The system can also provide ...
Tags: Swiss Funding, IBM, Electronics
Solar dog houses have particular appeal to folks living in the cold northern climes. The basic idea is to keep your dog warm by employing solar technology in the dog house design. If you peruse Google Groups, you'll come across a number ...
Electricity is one of the necessities people cannot live without. Due to risen energy consumption over the past decades, it has become necessary to look into new ways of generating electricity. Traditionally, electricity has been produced ...
Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), and Saudi Arabian investment company Khaled Juffali Company ...
Tags: Solar Energy, Electronics
ABB has agreed to acquire US-based power firm Power-One in a deal valued at $1,028m. Swiss firm ABB is bidding to strengthen its position as a supplier of solar inverters used in photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems. "Solar PV is ...
Tags: Solar Energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The benefits of solar energy have been widely published for many years, with the technology able to make significant inroads on carbon emissions as well as reducing the financial costs of running a home. However, recent studies and ...
The SOLiC 200 – an intelligent solar immersion controller – is now for sale in the UK from Segen Ltd. Iain McRitchie, Managing Director of Earthwise Products Ltd, comments, "We are thrilled that Segen, a recognised ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar
Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the UK's largest solar energy developer has completed and commissioned over 133 megawatts peak (MWp) of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the first quarter of 2013. The 133 MWp involved developing ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV), is in contract negotiation along with epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK for the ...
Tags: Solar Junction, IQE, Solar Energy Cells
Earlier, the method used for fabrication of pure sine wave inverter was linear technology that resulted in less-efficient inverters at high prices. The modern technique used is PWM that created highly efficient systems. As the popularity ...
Clean energy production using CSP technology has moved out of the doldrums and is making considerable headway. The well-known Desertec project is now in full swing and new plants are being built in the vast desert areas of North Africa. ...
Tags: CSP Technology, CSP
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to cooperate with the local government in China's Guangxi autonomous region to develop solar power applications for agricultural purposes, according to a report in the Taiwan-based ...
Tags: Foxconn, Solar Energy, Lighting