I promised I would publish this piece for a guest blogger. — Craig Renewable solar energy became a favorite choice among homeowners as an alternative power source. This energy depends on the sun’s radiation absorbed by solar panels to generate …
Category: Photovoltaics
Solar-Based Solar PV
There are lots of ideas floating around that are theoretically possible, but so wildly unfeasible that they may just as well have been impossible. Putting large amounts of solar PV in space and beaming the energy down to Earth is a …
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Floating Solar PV Farm
Here’s an article that presents a floating PV farm in China, in a small lake formed by a coal mining pit. This sounds like a good idea in that it sequesters the toxins from the mine.
Cruise the World on Solar Alone
The headline above is the claim of the boat pictured here. Let’s do a little math. We’ll assume that the solar panels are the standard size (65″ X 39″), and they have a 25% efficiency. In full sun that’s close …
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Solar Boom in Ohio Reminds Us of an Important Truth
Here’s an article that discusses the boom in solar PV that’s taking place in the southern part of Ohio. It’s a reminder that the politics of a certain region of the country has very little to do with the success …
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Unusual Concept in Solar Energy
This gentleman is standing in front of a small greenhouse that sports an array of small solar PV panels. I’m going to guess this was someone’s idea of an aesthetic approach to indoor gardening, as it’s certainly not practical to …
New Solar Cells Boast Markedly Higher Efficiency
When I ran into a colleague from the National Renewable Energy Lab at Intersolar (huge solar convention) a few years ago, he told me that one of his top priorities was the development of perovskite as a substrate for high …
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From Gary Tulie: The Compelling Advantages of Bifacial Solar Panels
Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Gary Tulie of Buckinghamshire, England. Readers may wonder why I always throw in Gary’s location whenever I mention his name; it’s because it gives me an excuse to go find a beautiful picture …
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Solar Energy Sets New Record
This summer’s hot and sunny days enabled Europe to set a new record for the output of solar PV. In particular, the spike in output in the UK allowed solar to take over from gas as the number-one energy source …
Solar Flower
Here’s a video of the project you see here, a double-axis tracking solar PV device that retracts (partially folds up) at night. It sells for about $27,000 plus installation plus God-only-knows how much maintenance, making it a fabulous product for anyone …
