Today I stumbled upon a web site made by a guy (he’s an astronomer) who did his own very cheap solar panel. He has a remote property in Arizona and there isn’t any power source, so he had to improvise it by himself.
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DIY: Home Made Solar Panels with Cells Bought from eBay
(via www.greenoptimistic.com)
Submitted by sweet_andra87 on Mon, 2008-07-07 13:18. | Tags: architecture | diy | ebay solar cells | ebay solar panel | home made | how to make solar panel | How to... | solar cell | solar energy | solar panel | solar power
New World Record for Solar Cell Efficiency
(via cleantechnica.com)
From time to time the National Renewal Energy Lab (NREL) reminds us that the US used to be a leader in innovation. This time it’s in the area of solar thin film technology. The goal with solar thin film technology is to surpass the efficiency level of silicon solar cells.
Submitted by sarah_loza on Mon, 2008-04-07 14:26. | Tags: science | nrel | solar cell | solar efficiency | solar energy | solar panel
Solar cell wind turbine
(via www.greenlivingtips.com)
Our environmental crisis is certainly spurring on some amazing innovation in the field of renewable energy systems - such as this vertical axis wind turbine embedded with solar cells.
Submitted by greenlivingtips.com on Mon, 2007-10-22 10:03. | Tags: technology | Renewable Energy | solar cell | wind turbine
New Solar Cell can be Printed out of a Printer
(via thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com)
Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.
Submitted by Simmons on Tue, 2007-08-28 00:29. | Tags: technology | alternative energy | global warming | Renewable Energy | solar cell | solar power
