Photovoltaic solar panels detest dirt and grim more than anything. As the wind blows across the world lots of particles are picked up and deposited elsewhere. Some of this may end up on your solar panels. The grains of sand act as barriers to the sunlight and block the much needed solar energy from reaching the cells and reducing the [...]

Amonix receives a US$129 Million in venture funding to develop Concentrated Photovoltaic  Solar Panels. Another acronym comes along in the solar industry for us to remember. This time it is CPV which stands for Concentrated Photo Voltaic. The difference here between the more common Photovoltaic (PV) is the the addition of a lens in front of the solar cell. This [...]

Military operating from remote locations for extended periods of time need supplies. Without regular deliveries of food, fuel and other needed necessities, like candy bars, the unit may grind to a halt. The US Marines have come up with a partial solution to on of those problems and that is the need for electrical energy.  Known as the Ground Renewable [...]

China being “quite a large country” has the advantage of that over two thirds of this area can be utilized for solar energy production with around 2000 hours of sunshine every year. This has not gone unnoticed and both domestic and overseas developments are taking place and some on quite a large scale. Applied Materials , a US based company, [...]

Germany Steams ahead with one of the worlds largest photovoltaic solar energy developments. The state of Brandenburg hosts what is currently the worlds second largest solar energy site. Erected on a disused  military training ground that was used by the East Germany forces then plant consists of 560,000 solar modules  and was symbolically finished with the help of the state [...]

For all of you out there that have dumped the traditional non rechargeable batteries and switched over to the cost effective rechargeable type, the next step in going greener and cheaper is actually recharging those batteries with solar energy. There is a massive choice here and you don`t want to choose the wrong type of charger for your batteries. A [...]

NTT Docomo has recently announced the development of its latest mobile phone. A solar Hybrid phone that will go on sale in Japan around September 2009. The solar hybrid as well as being able to charge like recharge like any regular phone has a built in solar panel that will enable one minute of talk time for every ten minutes [...]

From the San Diego Union Tribune it is reported that City of San Diego leads the league in installation of roof top solar panels. Having more installations than cities such as Los Angeles and San Fransisco with 2,262 roof installations which combined can generate 19.4 megawatts of clean electricity. The output of all California`s solar energy is estimated to be 500 [...]

Our latest solar gadget is designed for those of you with outdoor pools. Just imagine waking up in the morning eager for that refreshing dip in your luxurious pool only to be faced with the site of dead leaves, bugs, twigs and all manner of undesirable objects floating before you eyes. Well  Hammacher Schlemmer can offer you the Robotic solar [...]

Solar Energy is normally associated with the sun and therefor daytime. As the industry grows and matures the lack of sunlight becomes an easy problem to overcome. Using modern battery technology you can store the suns solar energy for later use, even when its dark. Along comes the solar powered flashlight. Chinavasion has come up with a design that also [...]