How micro-converters and power optimizers help solar panels make hay when the sun doesn’t shine Updated On Fri, May 20th, 2016 by Saurenergy Everybody wants to get maximum benefit out of their purchase. And the want applies only too well for solar panels. Producing electricity using unconventional sources like sun, wind, geothermal or biogas hasn’t been an easy task. Apart from innovating on surface materials that converts these kinds of sources into electric current, there’s a host of […] Read more
SELF AUTONOMY – THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR STREETLIGHTS Updated On Thu, May 5th, 2016 by Saurenergy INTRODUCTION: Solar street lighting is a wireless solution with the potential to be the global technology of choice for all the outdoor lighting requirements. One of the key requirements in these streetlights is the need for autonomy or light functionality on cloudy days. The most prevalent solution which also comes with inherent limitations is based […] Read more
Xerox working on digital printing process for mass production of solar photovoltaic systems Updated On Sat, Mar 26th, 2016 by Saurenergy Xerox’s R&D-focused subsidiary PARC is developing a new digital printing process for mass-production of cheaper concentrated photovoltaic systems. These systems are expected to increase efficiency of solar cells by using lens, which can distillate sunlight on small cells. Price of solar module has already dropped sharply in the past, but increase in efficiency may cut […] Read more
Here is how you can calculate the annual solar energy output of a photovoltaic system Updated On Fri, Mar 25th, 2016 by Saurenergy A photovoltaic system is designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics. It entails arrangement of several components including solar panels which absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, a solar inverter which changes the electric current from DC to AC and other electric accessories like cable to set up a working system. With […] Read more
Thinking Solar Energy? 7 Easy Ways to Get cost effective Solar Today Updated On Sat, Mar 12th, 2016 by Saurenergy The present has to do something with past, any technology which has scratched heads today might have footprints of early centuries. In 200 BC, Archimedes method of using concentrated sun’s rays through the mirror to set fire enemies should have churned reasons for unbelievable applications in solar power today. Disregard the figures of global warming […] Read more
Chandigarh Canals will hump Kilometers of Solar Panels Updated On Thu, Mar 10th, 2016 by Saurenergy Recently, at the Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit, a special emphasis was poured into clean and renewable energy to allure investors in this sector. Now, hot on heels, Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has announced solar power plants installations in Chandigarh along the canals of the state. Solar plants are proposed to be commissioned on […] Read more
MIT explains the crux behind the World’s Lightest Solar Cells Updated On Mon, Mar 7th, 2016 by Saurenergy As solar panels get mainstream, innovations into this technology are also on leap. Today, technologies are getting more flexible, thinner and lighter and researchers at MIT are known to have abided the rules and created the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever produced. The MIT professor Vladimir Bulovi, research scientist Annie Wang, and doctoral student Joel […] Read more
More than 99 million homes across the world to run on Solar by 2020: Report Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2016 by Saurenergy By the year 2020 more than 99 million households across the world will be powered by solar panels claims a report. A London-based research company in a report stated that off-grid solar market has witnessed USD 276 million investments in 2015, a 15-fold increase since 2012. The report also says that there is USD 3.1 […] Read more
World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm edifices in London to vie Japan Updated On Wed, Mar 2nd, 2016 by Saurenergy Recently, England is shouting ‘solar as big as never’, the phrase went real after the country announces successful commissioning of Europe’s largest floating solar farm. According to reports, the £6 million (about $8 million) project will help power local water treatment plants that provide clean drinking water to London and south-east England’s 10 million residents. […] Read more
