Category Archives: Solar Power

Self-sustaining solar reactor creates clean hydrogen fuel

By doris | Published: April 4, 2012

Full Story at Geek.com t may sound too good to be true, but a mechanical engineer working out of the University of Delaware has come up with a way to produce hydrogen without any undesirable emissions such as carbon dioxide. The totally clean fuel production is made possible due to a new solar reactor created [...]

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Designing a $100 solar-powered tablet

By doris | Published: February 27, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — You may not have heard of Yves Behar, but chances are you’ve seen his designs. He’s the visionary behind the popular Jawbone Jambox sound system, Herman Miller’s Sayl chairs, Swarovski chandeliers, and even New York City’s free condoms. The Swiss designer, now based in San Francisco, has [...]

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Solar power bankruptcies loom as prices collapse

By doris | Published: November 30, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The once high-flying solar power sector is headed for tough times, as a combination of slack demand and massive oversupply is leading to plummeting prices and profits for solar panel makers. The past year was already grim. The Guggenheim Solar (TAN) exchange-traded fund is down 60% since [...]

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Do-it-yourself solar power for your home

By doris | Published: August 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Imagine outfitting your house with small, affordable solar panels that plug into a socket and pump power into your electrical system instead of taking it out. That’s the promise of a Seattle, Washington-based start-up that is working to provide renewable energy options — solar panels and wind turbines — [...]

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First Solar opens utility-scale power plant

By doris | Published: December 22, 2009

Full Story atnews.cnet.com Solar module maker First Solar on Monday opened the largest photovoltaic solar power station in California, which the company plans to replicate in order to expand its utility business. The plant in Blythe, Calif., which First Solar purchased from energy developer NRG, will have the capacity to generate 21 megawatts of electricity, [...]

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