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Stellar Solar Utilizes Solar Powered Car to Induce Solar Power Installations

Michael Powers, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Co-founder of Stellar Solar has bought a new 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car that is being charged utilizing the power generated by a 3.5 kW solar power system installed at his residence.

26 May 2011

Petra Solar Introduces SunWave Energy Solutions for Global Markets

Petra Solar, a clean technology company, based at South Plainfield, NJ, has declared the expansion of its SunWave Energy Solutions in global markets.

26 May 2011

SolarCraft Installs Solar Electric Panels at Meadow Club in California

SolarCraft, based in Sonoma and Novato, has completed the installation of solar electric panels at the Meadow Club in Fairfax, CA.

25 May 2011

University of Missouri Engineer Introduces Solar Product to Harvest More Solar Power

Collecting the available solar light efficiently is a problem with most of the solar panels supplied in the markets today. A majority of them harvest only 20% of the available light.

25 May 2011

Empa Scientists Improve Conversion Efficiency of CIGS Solar Cells

A team of scientists led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further improved the power conversion capabilities of flexible solar cells manufactured utilizing copper indium gallium (di)selenide or CIGS.

25 May 2011

A Project Discovers Water Conservation Leads to Energy Conservation

A new project report titled, ‘Drops of Energy: Conserving Urban Water in California to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions,’ emphasizes the need for saving water to save energy and to cut down green house gas discharges.

25 May 2011

UC San Diego Receives Grant to Improve Clean Energy Usage in California

The Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) of the California Energy Commission has declared a grant of $1.4 million for UC San Diego to speedup the growth and usage of green renewable energy in California.

25 May 2011

Eindhoven University of Technology Researcher Demonstrates New Hydrogen Production Technology

Mohamed Halabi, a researcher of Eindhoven University of Technology, has presented a proof-of-principle to establish the feasibility of producing quality hydrogen from natural gas.

24 May 2011

Students at Luleå University of Technology Work on Producing Auto-rickshaw for Use in India

The students at Luleå University of Technology have undertaken a project to develop an environment -friendly, cross breed of three-wheeled car known as auto-rickshaw for the Indian transport market by collaborating with institutions such as TVS Motor and Gestamp HardTech.

23 May 2011

Professor Explains Role of Superconductivity in Clean Energy Production

According to Prof. Marcel ter Brake, who gave an inaugural lecture at the University of Twente as Professor of Energy, Materials and Systems, superconductivity and sophisticated cryogenic cooling systems will have an important role in various forms of clean energy production.

23 May 2011