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Scientists Find Ways to Store Solar Energy Using Water

Eyeing to revolutionise the energy storage part of the solar energy industry, a team led by Professor Dr. S.P. Gon Chaudhuri have successfully converted solar energy into kinetic energy stored in water. When talking about solar energy, storage often becomes a sticking point due to the various limitations of existing models of batteries. Proving to […]

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Stanford Researchers Develop a Rooftop Device That can Make Solar Power and Cool Buildings

A new rooftop device under development will be able to produce electricity from sunlight while also beaming heat directly into space to cool buildings. Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays. Today, such arrays do one thing – they turn sunlight into electricity. But Fan’s lab has built a device that could have […]

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CM Inaugurates 1230 kW Solar Power Plant

Inaugurating a 1230 kW solar power plant in Gorakhpur, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said it would give impetus to the green energy drive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would not only help in lighting up many houses but also conserve environment. The solar power plant has been constructed at a cost of Rs 6 […]

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MPOWERD® Launches Its First Smart Solar Light With Luci® Connect

MPOWERD has released its newest innovation—Luci Smart Solar Light + Mobile Charger, Luci Connect —as an exclusive first-to-market offer with specialty outdoor US retailer REI. The global roll out to the brand’s e-commerce site and other retail partners is scheduled for January 2019. As part of the Luci family, Luci Connect harnesses the power of the sun, storing […]

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Solar Power to Charge Cars, Buses Soon: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company

Solar panels installed at apartments, offices and malls can generate electricity during the day and reduce the carbon footprint. BENGALURU: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) is working on a plan to have solar power charge electric vehicles. Speaking to TNIE on the sidelines of the launch of city-wide rooftop solar initiative, BESCOM Managing Director C. […]

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Soltage Closes First Round of Investment in 100-MW Solar Portfolio

Project to power 18,000 homes and offset 300 million pounds of CO2 each year Independent renewable energy provider, Soltage LLC, today announced that it closed a first round of investment in a 38 project, 100-megawatt (MW) solar project portfolio located in five states across the East Coast and the Southeast. The portfolio includes a large asset […]

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Trina Solar supplies 17MW to the largest floating PV system in Europe

Trina Solar Limited (“Trina Solar” or the “company”), a leading total solutions provider for solar energy, announced today that it has supplied 17 megawatts of PV modules to the largest floating PV plant in Europe. The “O’MEGA 1” PV project has been developed by Akuo Energy, France’s leading independent producer of renewable energy, under the specific […]

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A Solar Cell That Does Double Duty for Renewable Energy

Researchers develop an artificial photosynthesis system that generates hydrogen fuel and electricity at the same time In the quest for abundant, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels, scientists have sought to harvest the sun’s energy through “water splitting,” an artificial photosynthesis technique that uses sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water. But water-splitting devices have yet […]

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Trina’s 400W+ Solar Modules May Prove to be Boon for Cities with Lesser Space

These 400W+ solar modules, based on half-cut multi-busbar technology, will be helpful in significantly increasing the power density as compared existing technologies. In today’s scenario where many hi-tech cities across the world are dealing with scarcity of land, Chinese solar giant Trina Solar’s R&D team is currently working on developing a 400 watt-plus (400W+) modules […]

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