Tag Archives: Solar Technology

Green innovations for a sustainable future: Solar Panels

Green innovations for a sustainable future: Solar Panels

Solar panels are quite expensive and inefficient, well that’s true a decade ago or so. Solar technology has grown significantly for the past years, solar cells are way more energy-efficient and manufacturing solar panels now cheaper with innovations in our technology. From the year 2000, prices on solar panels have dropped  Read more »

Add Comments April 28, 2013

Solar power generated finally surpass energy used to produce them

Solar power generated finally surpass energy used to produce them

We all know that solar power generated by solar cells is one of the cleanest energy source we can tap into. But for the solar technology to get to where it is today, it has required huge amount of energy, ironically most of which from fossil fuels.

1 Comment April 21, 2013

Great Ways To Go Green at Home

Great Ways To Go Green at Home

Many individuals are becoming more and more environmentally conscious in every part of their lives.  Individuals and families are realizing the impact their decisions have on the environment around them, and are actively doing things to try and mitigate the environmental impact of their decisions.  However, people also realize that  Read more »

Add Comments September 24, 2012

Solar Still Turns Salt Water To Fresh Water - Provide Drinking Water For Developing Countries

Solar Still Turns Salt Water To Fresh Water – Provide Drinking Water For Developing Countries

A simple yet innovative device produces clean and drinkable water out of salty or brackish water. It was developed to provide fresh water especially to developing countries. The device called “Eliodomestico” is an open project. It is intended for people who needs it, and is designed to have no operating  Read more »

1 Comment August 22, 2012

Artificial Leaf Photosynthesis Can Turn Sunlight To Electricity

Artificial Leaf Photosynthesis Can Turn Sunlight To Electricity

The artificial leaf is a device designed to mimic nature’s photosynthesis. Using nano technology, scientists have developed an advanced solar cell made out of semiconductors, with the size of a typical playing card. It basically looks like an ordinary chip, but with the ability to generate energy with sunlight and  Read more »

Add Comments June 6, 2012

Smartphone Solar Charger Case - Works In The Sun and Shade

Smartphone Solar Charger Case – Works In The Sun and Shade

An innovative solar charger case provides a charge directly to the mobile device under any lighting condition. The SolMate is not your typical solar charger. The inventors claim that it might be the answer to the frustrating battery drain issue on smartphones.

2 Comments May 18, 2012

Satellite to Beam Solar Power to Earth - Project Funded by NASA

Satellite to Beam Solar Power to Earth – Project Funded by NASA

Is our technology ready for this huge leap? Harnessing the power of the sun from space has long been talked about. But it was seen to be very expensive and that technology is not yet there. Today, NASA believes the technology is here. NASA will be funding Artemis Innovation Management  Read more »

3 Comments May 10, 2012

Kodak reinvention: from camera film to flexible (thin-film) Solar Cells

Kodak is in the process of trying to reinvent itself through flexible (thin-film) Solar Cells.  It may be a long shot, but they are hoping to use its existing film manufacturing equipment to produce thin-film solar cells. Kodak, the camera and film maker, has filled for bankruptcy recently this January  Read more »

Add Comments January 10, 2012