Daily Archives: September 23, 2013

Solar Road Panels Offer Asphalt Alternative

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Photo Gallery: A Bright Future for Highways Currently the solar road panels cost about three times as much as conventional roads, the Brusaws say. But over time, they add, the technology could begin to actually turn a profit. Solar Roadway … Continue reading →

Posted in PV, Renewables, Solar | Tagged conventional asphalt, energy, Light-emitting diode, Renewable, Road, Scott Brusaw, Solar Embedded Roads, Solar Panel, Solar Roads, Solar Roadway, united states | Leave a comment

Warming Plateau? Climatologists Face Inconvenient Truth

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Data shows global temperatures aren’t rising the way climate scientists have predicted. Now the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change faces a problem: publicize these findings and encourage skeptics — or hush up the figures. For a quarter of a century … Continue reading →

Posted in Coal, Events, Global Warming, Low Carbon Emission, Renewables, Reports | Tagged Catholic Church, Christian Democratic Union, climate scientists, environmental activists, German Climate Consortium, Germany, Helmut Kohl, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc, IPCC, Johanna Wanka | Leave a comment

Plastic Solar Cells Offer Bright Future

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Energy consumption is growing rapidly in the 21st century, with rising energy costs and sustainability issues greatly impacting the quality of human life. Harvesting energy directly from sunlight to generate electricity using photovoltaic technologies is considered to be one … Continue reading →

Posted in Cells & Modules, PV, Renewables, Solar | Tagged Buckminsterfullerene, Materials science, Nature Photonics, Northwestern University, Polymer solar cell, power conversion efficiency, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Solar Cell, Tobin J. Marks | Leave a comment

New Study from Stanford Explores Storage Costs

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Renewable energy holds the promise of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. But there are times when solar and wind farms generate more electricity than is needed by consumers. Storing that surplus energy in batteries for later use seems like an … Continue reading →

Posted in Grid Storage, Renewables, Solar, Wind | Tagged Barnhart, Battery (electricity), carbon dioxide emissions, Energy & Environmental Science, Energy returned on energy invested, Global Climate and Energy Project, Lead–acid battery, lithium ion battery, Sally Benson, Stanford University | 1 Comment

Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy Of 70,000 Suns, currently at 45% efficiency

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

With a new connection, the overall efficiency of solar energy devices, including GaAs based ones, can reduce the cost of solar energy production North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between … Continue reading →