INL solar

Solar cells work at night

Seems unlikely that solar cells would work at night, but scientists of Idaho National Laboratory are ”hunting down” the magic formula. It’s about new breed of nanoscale light-sensitive antennas that could make this work! Mr. Novack from INL declares that new devices have the ability to harvest infrared radiation. About half of the solar energy is [...]

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Nanosolarcell

Nanotechnology in solar cells

Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on a very small scale. It includes atoms and molecules. Nanometer is so tiny, if we make comparison with the pin head, which has 1 milimeter (mm) in its witdth, than 1 mm is 1,000,000 nanometers (nm). That’s really tiny. But as many tiny things are bigger than [...]

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pollution

How does the solar energy effect our health?

Poluttion vs. health Using solar energy (or any other renewable form of energy) causes diminishing of harmful by-products of burning fossil fuels since we replaceit with renewable technologies. By-products like carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, smog, particles from soot and dust are inducers of many health problems. Carbon monoxide effects cardiac system and causes headaches. Longer [...]

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Reina Sofia

Solar energy today, tomorrow, yesterday

Today Solar energy is one of the greatest potentials for modern world. The necessity for reduction of fossil fuels,  its pollution causing production, increased awareness for environment, necessity for lowering electricity and heating costs is stimulating now-days brains into researches and inventions of better and better materials and technologies provided by solar energy. Every day [...]

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Combined solar and wind power – future energy of human kind

Scientists of Washington State University combined alternative energy of the sun  and the wind – solar wind power. This combination could provide enormous quantity of alternative energy that could satisfy human kind necessity for energy. The basic solar wind satelite  placed in the outer space would capture  electrons throug charged cooper wire. This future technology [...]

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Sun, oh our sun!

BASIC SOLAR FACTS

SUN is our closest star and gives us light and warmth. Suns ray travel from Sun to the Earth for 8 minutes. Distance from sun to earth is 93,000,000 miles. Pollution causes less clear, more cloudy and foggy air, and therefore prevents sun rays reaching the earth. SOLAR ENERGY is  electrical  or  thermal energy  acquired [...]

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solar power station

Why wouldn’t we have our own independent solar power station?

Electrical power is more expensive every day and besides the bill we pay for it, electricity we buy causes pollution of our environment before we get it. It’s said that electricity is most clean source of energy – true, but still, there is pollution involved. Coal, nuclear power stations,…are all polluters and users of natural [...]

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solatube1

Solar power – Interior daylighting – Can we catch the light?

There is a lot of talking about solar panels and solar powered electricity production lately. Though this is not the only way to collect energy and use it as lighting. We can also use so called daylighting for interior spaces. What is the daylighting? Daylighting is the use of natural sunlight to brighten up house [...]

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Solar Garden Lights

Landscape, garden, yard solar lights – all you need to know about

Many times when you return home from work you have only one thing on your mind, to sit somewhere quiet to some nice atmosphere and relax with your family. Other times organising small picnics or celebrations you want to conjure special ambient to make your quests feeling really welcome and delighted. Or you have a [...]

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