Pacific island nation Tokelau to become first entirely solar powered nation in the world this year
Tokelau is a small island near Samoa, not far from New Zealand; at a first glance, it wouldn't seem significantly ...
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Solar Has The Most Potential Of Any Renewable Energy Source
A recent study of gargantuan proportions estimated that the technical potential of photovoltaic cells and concentrated solar power (CSP) in ...
[ZME Contest] WIN solar charger and Rechargeable LED Work light
Hey, guys! We've received some great feedback from our previous contest, when we offered an awesome DNA portrait to one ...
US electricity demand could be 80% supplied by renewable sources by 2050
According to a recently publicized rapport by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), renewable energy sources could account for ...
Air Force plans buildings a solar power station in space and nuclear-powered spacecraft
Last week, the U.S. Air Force released a report in which it outlines its technological and energy plans for the ...
Solar paint promises to turn any surface into a solar cell
Researchers have successfully managed to create a "solar paint" made out of quantum dots, which exhibits similar properties to multifilm solar ...
Tomorrow’s energy will come from space based solar stations, no later than 2016
Space solar stations are not a new idea at all - they have been researched since the 1970; but as ...
Germany cuts solar energy feed-in tariff by 50% in 8 years
Here's how renewable energy can be proliferated easily trough out the world, the developed one at least - scale it and ...
The Himalayas might be the best place in the world to harness solar power
We've become so accustomed to the imagery of huge stacks of solar panel ...
Japan plans to make solar panels mandatory for all buildings
Japan shows us yet again that they are leading the world in terms of renewable energy, in taking a plan ...
Solar-thermal flat panels up to eight times more efficient than existing technology
Researchers from Boston College and MIT have managed to develop ...
The New Yorker publishes misleading article about climate change
You'd expect this from the Times, and it wouldn't be so much of a surprise. But David Owen's article entitled ...
‘Artificial leafs’ turn water and sunlight into electricity
The sun is the biggest source of energy on our planet, and it's all natural. It's enough to realize that ...