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 [...]

Solar powered Barn. Architects Gray Organschi of Connecticut have designed and built and ecological barn that utilizes renewable energy. The scrap lumber barn has solar panels installed on that roof for lighting and ground source heat pumps that heat the building using geo-thermal energy. This off-grid bard was constructed with raw materials in the erection and with a manner that [...]

Solar panels crop up in the news all the time, but what exactly are solar panels. How are they different and are some better than others? The answers are relatively easy as there are only a few types of solar panels to choose from and each type has a specific purpose. Solar panels can be classed as Active solar power [...]

Solar Power has come of age. A consortium of 20 Germans firms are forming a African-European solar project going by the name Desertec. Desertec`s plan is to transform the North African Sahara rim in to a massive solar generating hub, covering 6,500 square miles of sand . The Cost of this, like the scale of the development, is a huge [...]

While Major Aircraft makers are pushing themselves to produce more energy efficient aircraft, One environmentalist takes the ultimate leap and has designed and aircraft that uses NO energy. The Solar Impulse is the brain child of, the Swiss environmentalist, Bertrand Piccard who initally started the project in 2003. The Solar Impulse experimental aircraft has a wing span of 200 feet [...]

Recently docked in Long Beach, California, was the Japanese owned solar powered ship, the Auriga Leader. Labeled as the first commercial cargo ship utilizing solar power technology to reduce carbon emissions by its massive diesel engines. With over 300 solar photovoltaic solar panels mounted along its top deck, the Auriga Leader hopes to supply around 15% of its electrical power [...]

The Spanish town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, just outside Barcelona, has installed a  solar photovoltaic  plant in the most deadest  of places. The towns cemetery has been installed with over 400 solar panels covering and area of  roughly 10,700 sq. ft. (1000 sq. m.). The town which is densely packed with tall apartment buildings and a population of around [...]

Commercial large scale photovoltaic arrays are starting to spring up more and more around the world. At the moment there are many government sponsored enticements for energy tariffs and every day we hear the news of more. There is no doubt that solar power production is at the moment more costly than other forms of energy, but without the guarantee [...]

A recent report by the environmental campaigners, Greenpeace has indicated that Concentrated Solar Power  could meet 25% of the worlds energy needs by the year 2050. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) uses mirrors to focus the suns rays, much like a satellite antenna, to heat water and generate steam. The steam is then used to drive turbines and thus electricity which [...]

The solar battery charger market is beginning to heat up. With ever increasing advancements in the efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells the solar battery charger is becoming a more desirable accessory to anybody with portable electronic equipment. From Cameras to phones to mp3 players. We all have them and at some time, usually when we most want to take that [...]