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Solar Power

Solar Power

Solar Paint ‘Sun-believable’ Could Power Homes in Near Future!

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This paste of cadmium sulfide-coated titanium dioxide nanoparticles could turn large surfaces into solar cells. (Credit: ACS Nano)

A new solar paint coined sun-believable could power homes in the not too distant future according to scientists from Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano). Imagine this, the next time that you paint your house, the coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light, which takes that electricity and allows it to power the appliances and equipment on the inside of your home!

A group of researchers at the University of Notre Dame have made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive “solar paint” that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy from the light energy of the sun.

“We want to do something trans-formative, to move beyond current silicon-based solar technology,” says Prashant Kamat, John A. Zahm Professor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry and an investigator in Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano), who leads the research. Continue Reading Solar Paint ‘Sun-believable’ Could Power Homes in Near Future! Here

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Posted by admin - December 23, 2011 at 11:33 am

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McCormick Adds More Solar Power from Constellation Energy

McCormick Adds More Solar Power from Constellation Energy
BALTIMORE–Constellation Energy and McCormick & Company, Inc. today announced an agreement to develop a new 1.8-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic power system at the McCormick distribution center in Belcamp, Md. This will be the largest single rooftop solar installation in Maryland, and is the second solar installation developed for McCormick by Constellation Energy.

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Originally posted 2010-04-25 10:53:57.

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Posted by admin - December 21, 2011 at 2:55 pm

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Green Earths Energy: Build Amazing Solar Panels Yourself!

‘Building Your Own Solar Panels Has Never Been Easier And More Financially Sustainable! This Information Is For Anyone That Wants To Cut Their Dependence On Electricity And Use Alternative Methods For Power!’.
Green Earths Energy: Build Amazing Solar Panels Yourself!

Originally posted 2010-04-25 23:00:18.

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Posted by admin - November 29, 2011 at 12:12 pm

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Make DIY Solar Panels – How to Build Solar Panels Easily

As the cost of living continues to rise there is a increasing demand for alternative energy resources that can provide cleaner and more cost efficient results to consumers. You just have to look at gas and oil prices to realise that there is indeed a crisis amongst us.

But the problem doesn’t not stop there!

Even the price of electricity is becoming unaffordable and thousands have resorted to turning off their power at certain times – but there is hope! Thanks to recent developments to solar energy research we now have a viable alternative to hydro electricity and provides savings of up to 80% on your Power Bill and contains no carbon emissions making it environmentally friendly.

Buying a Solar Power generator system can be very expensive depending on the size of your home and if you are seriously considering purchasing one expect to pay around $3000 upwards for a unit OR you can learn how to build solar panels and build one from scratch using materials that will cost you no more than $200.

The latter option is much cheaper and not really that hard to do if you have a good guide that can show you step by step how to construct a DIY Solar Panel.

The materials you need can be found in your home and at the local hardware store:

Solar cells that can be bought cheap
Plywood
Copper wire
Sheets of glass

All the materials displayed above can be used to build a DIY solar panel that can output as much as a commercial system on the market. As mentioned before as long as you have a detailed easy to follow guide you’ll have one made in no time.

For more information please visit my website – How to Build Solar Panels

Patrick Kaa ,

Energy Enthusiast

Originally posted 2010-04-24 05:00:49.

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Posted by admin - November 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm

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Space Solar Power Plants? Orbital Solar Power Plants Possible in Decade or Two

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Orbital Space Solar Power Plants Possible in Decade or Two

Orbital space Solar power plants? That may sound like science fiction, but according to a study group of Paris-based International Academy of Astronautics claims. They now possess the technology to make the project technically feasible within a decade or two according to the study.

The International Academy of Astronautics is headed by Madhavan Nair, the former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. The study was claimed as the first broadly based international assessment of the potential paths to development of these plants in space that would collect solar energy and deliver back to Earth through a wireless power transmission, which was first invented, planned, and tested by genius Nikola Tesla and proven in a test at Colorado Springs in 1899.

The economic feasibility of these types of plants could be achieved in 30 years or less without laying down a road map or developing a specific architecture. According to John Mankins, a veteran of 25 years at NASA and the agencies former head of concepts who led the study; “It is clear that solar energy delivered from space could play a tremendously important role in meeting the global need for energy during the 21st century.” Continue Reading Space Solar Power Plants? Orbital Solar Power Plants Possible in Decade or Two Here

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Posted by admin - November 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm

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EnviroMission Plans World’s Tallest Chimney in Arizona for Clean Energy

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Artists rendering of EnviroMission Plan for World's Tallest Chimney in Arizona for Clean Energy

EnviroMission plans to build the tallest chimney in western Arizona, at 2,600 feet high, that would be at the center of a giant, pollution free power plant which will make it’s energy from the sun. Construction is expected to be completed in early 2015 and will supply enough electricity to power the equivalent of 200,000 households.

EnviroMission is an Australian company, and project planner, says that it would burn absolutely no fuel, and that nothing like it has ever been tried in the USA before this project, or the world for that matter. There has been a small test project in Spain of this type, however, this project would be the second largest structure in the world and only 100 feet less than the Dubai luxury skyscraper, Burj Khalifa. According to Chris Davey, the US operations president, which is located in Phoenix states that: “It would be conceited to say we have the solution, but its a reasonable energy alternative.”

EnviroMission envisions something different than what most people associate with solar power, which is the photovoltaics, or solar panels. Those solar panels are still too costly to be put to use in large scale commercial projects like this one in Arizona. EnviroMission envisions something entirely different in this new project. Continue Reading EnviroMission Plans World’s Tallest Chimney in Arizona for Clean Energy Here

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Posted by admin - July 27, 2011 at 1:11 pm

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