Archive for August, 2007

new solar panels

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

British researchers are developing thin-layer solar cells that may make it less expensive to use solar energy to power homes.
Durham University scientists are using materials such as copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride to find an affordable and more sustainable way to make solar panels to convert light energy into electricity, the university said in […]

Researchers Develop Solar Cell That Can Be Painted or Printed on Plastic

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. “The process is simple,” said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. “Someday homeowners will […]

Roof Space Saving

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Have you estimated how much roof space you would need to have enough power for the whole house? The following info will give some idea about that.
The solar panel shown in that article contains 4 cells, and each of them can produce 0.45 volts and 100 milliamps, or 45 milliwatts. Each cell measures 2 inches […]

Solar Distillators

Friday, August 10th, 2007

In the old days, when the sailors sailed the seven seas, there was a big lack…of water.
Now people have once more used solar power and came up with solar distillators, which  use suns energy to heat up any kind of water, including salt water into pure fresh water. No chemicals, no more salt… nothing but […]

Solar Cookers

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

In Africa, fuel for cooking is rare, and if not, is always expensive. But there is plenty of sun, and people have tried to adapt the sunlight to suit the Africans. Not solar panels this time but solar cookers.
There lots of solar cookers, with mirrors which concentrate the sunlight into one spot, others  with black […]