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INTERVIEW: Panasonic’s Haruyuki Ishio Gives Us the Inside Scoop About...
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Mercedes Unveils Solar-Powered ‘Vision’ Golf Cart of the Future
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the Vision, which the automaker is touting as the golf cart of the future. Today’s golf carts rarely set hearts on fire with their slab sided minimalistic designs, but the...
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Norwegian Town Creates ‘Artificial Sun’ to Light Up Dark Winter Days
The small Norwegian town of Rjukan is getting its own artificial sun this month. Engineers are completing The Mirror Project—a system of three 300 square foot heliostatic mirrors that redirect winter...
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SylvanSport’s Lightweight GO Pop-Up Camper Comes with its Own Solar Generator
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Israeli Company Sol Chip Developing World’s First Everlasting Solar Battery
Researchers at Sol Chip are working on an ambitious project to create the world’s first everlasting solar battery. It is hoped that the battery will be able to recharge even in low-light environments...
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LEED Platinum Leon Springs Home Features a 17,000 Gallon Rainwater Catchment...
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UCLA Doubles Efficiency of Transparent Energy-Generating Solar Film
A team of UCLA researchers has achieved a breakthrough in polymer solar cell (PSC) technology by doubling the efficiency of the transparent solar cells they unveiled last year. Led by Yang Yang,...
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Stanford Researchers Develop Record-Breaking Thinner Solar Cells That Absorb...
Solar power research is a big deal. Scientists have been searching for a way to improve photovoltaic efficacy for years by developing new technologies – from giant solar concentrator arrays to...
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Bosch Lauches Off-the-Shelf Home Solar Power Storage System
Consumers and homeowners can now get their hands on a home solar power and battery system, thanks to Bosch. Called the BPT-S 5 Hybrid, the integrated solar supply system has everything- an inverter,...
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Global Solar Power Passes 100,000 Megawatt Milestone and Continues to...
Image via Flickr The sun is shining on solar energy across the world. In 2012, a record 31,100 megawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV) was installed, pushing the total global solar power capacity past...
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First Ever Solar Decathlon China Design Competition Kicks Off Today
The first ever Solar Decathlon China collegiate design competition officially kicked off today with 22 teams representing 35 universities and 13 countries gathered to show off their awesome...
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Man Attempts 1,200 Mile Journey in Solar-Powered ELF Bike/Car
Organic Transit’s ELF has grown from a Kickstarter project into an amazing personal transit vehicle, and now a 65-year-old man from Cambridge is attempting to ride the 1,200 miles from Durham, North...
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Ralf Sander’s World Saving Machine Uses Solar Energy to Create Ice!
The World Saving Machine III is an incredible sculpture that transforms solar energy into ice – literally, as well as (on a larger scale) metaphorically. The project was installed at the Seoul Museum...
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NREL Study Finds 32 Acres of Solar Can Power 1,000 Homes
When comparing the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels and renewable energy sources, how much real estate each requires to generate electricity is a key factor. While power plants that use...
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Australia’s Retrofitted Illawarra Flame House Takes Slight Lead in Solar...
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Solar-Powered Sol Laptop Can Run for 10 Hours on a Single Charge
WeWi Telecommunications Inc. just unveiled a new solar-powered laptop that can run for 10 hours straight on a single charge! The Sol laptop features built-in foldable solar panels, so it can be used...
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ASAP Solar-Powered Jet Ski-Paddleboard is Designed to Save Lives at Sea
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KKA Unveils Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations Made From Locally Sourced Wood...
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NREL Uses Corning’s Flexible Willow Glass to Develop Cheap, Efficient Solar...
The US department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently announced that it using Corning’s thin, flexible Willow Glass to develop thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaic...
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TransCanada’s “Shameless Ploy” to Fool Americans that the Keystone XL...
Were we wrong to peg the Keystone XL Pipeline as a ticking carbon bomb? That’s what TransCanada seems to want us to think. In a puzzling Facebook ad released last week, the energy company responsible...
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