Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Arizona State University Pioneers Solar Structure Installation

Visitors to Arizona State University’s (ASU) Tempe campus soon will be shaded when parking in a lot adjacent to Sun Devil Stadium by an innovative, patent-pending solar structure design that generates 2.1 megawatts (MW) of electricity. This groundbreaking solar installation project marks the first partnership between ASU and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, [...]

Source: http://www.solarthermalmagazine.com/2011/08/03/arizona-state-university-pioneers-solar-structure-installation/

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Innovative Method from MIT for Solar Thermal Energy Storage Expected to Make a Significant Contribution to the Industry

Concentrated solar thermal technology works by focusing the sun?s rays onto a heat engine that turns a generator making AC electric power. As with Photovoltaic technology of course we can only make the power as long as the sun is shining. To solve this problem we need to come up with an efficient, reliable and [...]

Source: http://www.solarthermalmagazine.com/2011/08/02/innovative-method-from-mit-for-solar-thermal-energy-storage-expected-to-make-a-significant-contribution-to-the-industry/

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Are Higher Operating Temperatures Crucial for Concentrated Solar Power?

As the CSP industry moves forward into an era of large-scale development in the United States the ability to reach higher operational temperatures to improve the efficiency of solar thermal power production is at the forefront of R&D efforts. In a recent interview with CSP Today, Juergen Peterseim of Eckrohrkessel GmBH, emphasized the advantages of [...]

Source: http://www.solarthermalmagazine.com/2011/08/01/are-higher-operating-temperatures-crucial-for-concentrated-solar-power/

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Video Interview with Spark on TUAW

TUAW did a video interview of us with the Spark, our new iPad charger, in New York’s Union Square Park. Here’s the video: The original post is here.

Source: http://voltaicsystems.com/blog/video-interview-with-spark-on-tuaw/

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Letter from a Fukushima Mother

This story isn’t related to solar energy in any way, but to the topic of nuclear energy, one which has connected us all to the crisis in Japan. I can’t help searching the web regularly now, looking for new information on Japan and status reports of� Fukushima Daiichi.� A few days ago I came across [...]

Source: http://solarhomereview.com/2011/05/28/letter-from-a-fukushima-mother/

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Engine 3F Efficiency Analysis part 1

In an earlier post I measured 1.05 watts output from my engine 3F using a 69 watt input. This computes to 1.5% efficiency. So where did the other 68 watts go? The following is my analysis of where all the energy went. It won?t be as rigorous as I would like, partly due to lack [...]

Source: http://www.solarheatengines.com/2010/07/01/engine-3f-efficiency-analysis-part-1/

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Solar to Light Up African Villages

Electric power. We flip a switch, turn it on, and take it for granted. We have lights, the microwave, the flat-screen TV...

Source: http://ussolarinstitute.com/solar-to-light-up-african-villages/

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