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Nanotechnology That Concentrates the Power of the Sun to Make Solar Cells More Efficient Awarded Patent

QD Soleil, a division of Nanosys, Inc., announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed the company patent claims based on the use of nanostructures for solar concentrators. Solar concentrators magnify the sun’s rays on a small area of highly efficient solar cells

25 Jun 2009

Solar Power Placed on the Agenda in Washington D.C.

Representatives of Dow Corning, a leading producer of silicon-based materials used in solar energy technologies, and representatives of America’s top solar energy companies visited Washington D.C. today to call for new federal policies to encourage the growth of a domestic solar energy industry that will promote economic growth, create jobs, and help meet greenhouse gas emissions goals

25 Jun 2009

Orange Unveils Solar Powered Tent for Staying Connected While Camping in Luxury

Orange has revealed their vision for the tent of the future. Utilising cutting edge eco-energy technology, the Orange Solar Concept Tent will allow campers to keep in touch and power their essential camping gadgets

24 Jun 2009

Environmentally-Friendly KFC and Taco Bell Restaurant Earns LEED Gold Certification

Yum! Brands, the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has constructed the Company’s first building under the United States Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Their KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts has been awarded LEED Gold certification

23 Jun 2009

Solar Cell Components Made From Cotton and Beans Set to Cause a Solar Power Revolution

BioSolar, Inc. has introduced “a robust protective backing for solar cells derived from cotton and castor beans, which may possibly revolutionize the solar power industry as we know it today”

22 Jun 2009

Creating Green Electricity From Biomass

Electricity generated from cellulosic biomass is clean, cost effective, renewable, and environmentally friendly

22 Jun 2009

Schneider Electric Bring Electricity to Madagascan Village Through its BipBop Program

On May 27, Schneider Electric presented an off-grid solar photovoltaic facility to local officials in Marovato, on Madagascar’s east coast, as part of its in-house BipBop energy access program for people at the bottom of the pyramid

22 Jun 2009

Hybrid Solar Powered LED Street Lights Launched

Visible Light Solar Technologies launched the company and its inaugural Vector line of hybrid solar/LED (Light-emitting Diode) lighting solutions aimed at retrofitting or replacing the US's over 100 million outdated street light, parking lot and commercial and industrial lighting fixtures

21 Jun 2009

Solar Energy Research Team Heads to Europe to Continue Their Work

A solar energy research team from Valparaiso University’s College of Engineering will return to Switzerland this summer to continue testing the potential of harnessing the sun’s energy for industrial applications

19 Jun 2009

We Can Win The Climate Change Fight But Will Need New Technologies and a Completely New Energy System by 2050

VTT just published a book entitled 'Energy Visions 2050'. The scenarios described in the book suggest that new technologies coupled with close international climate co-operation could enable us to mitigate climate change, but success will be dependent on renewal of the entire energy system by the year 2050

18 Jun 2009