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- Are solar-energy materials in short supply?
- Are solar-energy materials in short supply?Need Ink ContractsImprovements in solar photovoltaic sources of materials brings to my mind the need of inks that will allow painting your own photovoltaics in colorful designs and patterns stressing advertising as much as is possible to enliven the circles of users. Inks of N-type...
- Tags: Manufacturing, photovoltaics
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- California greenlights two renewable energy development projects
- Southern California Edison has received the thumbs-up from the California Public Utilities Commission to contract to buy clean energy from two new alternative energy projects. The first, the Granite Wind development in San Bernardino County, will see the construction of a 41-megawatt wind farm slated to come...
- Tags: Renewable Energy, California, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Swiss solar firm has come ashore in the New World
- The high tech gear needed to turn out precision solar panels. Courtesy Oerlikon. Oerliklon is a venerable corporation among the Alps, publicly-traded on the Zurich stock exchange for a long time. They manufacture precision machine tools, textile equipment, other traditional industrial products. But they're...
- Tags: Photovoltaics, Oerliklon, Chris O'Brien, Oerlikon, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- High-tech trifecta dabbles in solar technology
- What is it with high-tech giants and solar energy research and development? Apparently, as it turns out, many of the same manufacturing and design ideas that people have been applying to computer systems and microprocessor technology matter in the world of solar. Intel is the third huge...
- Tags: Solar Energy, Transistor, Photovoltaics, Microprocessor, Technology, IBM Corp., Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Toddler finds way to really green solar: turning green plants into photovoltaics
- Toddler finds way to really green solar: turning green plants into photovoltaicsHow is glass not renewable? :)I get plastic, but *glass*?Editing is good...What? You haven't heard?You haven't heard about the current sand shortage? (Oh...it's not about oil...its about a supply of sand!?). But seriously...yeah, you're right - glass...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Toddler, photovoltaics
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Toddler finds way to really green solar: turning green plants into photovoltaics
- The sandwich of materials that is today's solar panel. Courtesy: Biosolar. Biosolar's a toddler chronologically, just turned two years old in April. But they're already publicly traded and they could stand tall in the expanding field of photovolataics, making electricity from the sun....
- Tags: Panel, Dr., Photovoltaics, Biosolar, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Red Hat's PV drivers boosts performance of Windows, older Linux guests on Xen-based RHEL 5
- Red Hat has significantly sped up the performance of Windows and Linux guests running on its Xen-based Red Hat Enterprise 5 platform. The Raleigh, NC software company released on May 20 paravirtualized drivers that significantly improve the performance of older Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 workloads...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Performance, Red Hat Inc., Photovoltaics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Xen, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Images: Supersize solar power
- Utility-scale solar power plants--using everything from giant reflective dishes to plastic balloons--are changing the look of solar power.Parabolic troughs, one of which is shown here, have been around for 25 years, and the technology will be around for at least another 25. Parabolic troughs reflect sunlight to heat liquid carried...
- Tags: Electricity, Solar Energy, Trough, Photovoltaics, Plant, mW, Solar Power Plant, Arizona Public Service, BrightSource Energy, Concentrator, Stirling Engine Systems, Infinia, It', SolFocus, What', Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-26
- Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery
- Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements – either way, welcome to the...
- Tags: Recovery, Network File System, File System, Photovoltaics, Backup, Volume, Partition, Machine, System Rescue CD, LVM, Volume Group, Linux, Manufacturing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Solar company plans installations for non-profits through grant program
- This is a photo of the 10.5-kilowatt solar photovoltaic installation on the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless... It seems ironic that some of the biggest supporters of the green tech movement, non-profit groups, might not have the moo-lah to invest in some of...
- Tags: Green Technology, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-03-09
- Researcher: forgot those solar panels, get back into the lab
- A new study from a UC Berkeley researcher is good news for VCs, Silicon Valley and other centers of green tech innovation. It's equally glum news for the current pruveyors of solar panels. Current solar panel technology is not worth installing, it's a waste of money according to...
- Tags: Green Technology, Photovoltaics, Greenhouse Gas, Externality, Analysis, Current Solar Panel Technology, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Flying solar: Nellis Air Force base claims largest solar installation
- I wrote a few weeks ago about a solar technology manufacturing facility being built in Las Vegas by Australian company Ausra. Now, it turns out that nearby Nellis Air Force Base has just completed the largest solar photovoltaic installation in the United States. ...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Photovoltaics, Air Force, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-12-27
- DotNet Protector (msi)
- DotNet Protector is a powerful .NET code protection system that prevents your assemblies from being decompiled. Console EXE, Windows EXE and Windows services, you can protect a whole application (main EXE, referenced DLLs) in a single executable file. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Photovoltaics, PV Logiciels, DotNet Protector, Microsoft Windows, Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-10-31
- Solar parking lots, the specs
- This goes with the Envision CEO interview story. First: the Kyocera solar grove canopy above their San Diego headquarters parking lot: SYSTEM SIZE:235 kW AC CEC279 kW Solar Modules: 1400 KC-187GS200 KC-88CGSI Inverters: 2 SMA American Sunny Central SC125U Batteries:None Charge Controllers: None...
- Tags: Colorado, Mph, Photovoltaics, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-07
- Garden State boasts net zero energy commercial building
- I knew there was a reason to be proud of my status as a Jersey Girl. Most people joke about our nickname, pointing to the despicable New Jersey Turnpike corridor near Newark Airport, but Jersey is getting greener in different ways. The state is home of Ferreira...
- Tags: Photovoltaics, Sensor, Manufacturing, Leadership, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Money, money, money--green tech firms get long green
- Your federal government was handing out money today, millions of US dollars went to a number of green tech ventures. Recipients included giants like Wsetinghouse, Michelin and Caterpillar. But the list was dominated by little companies we've never heard of. The grantor is NIST. ...
- Tags: Green Technology, Photovoltaics, Grantor, Westinghouse, Grandis, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- The first eco-pope
- I normally don't do religion, at any time or in any form. But couldn't ignore this one. One of the most famous people on earth--up there with Britney, Bin Laden and George W--Pope Benedict XVI, today gave what the Vatican claims is the first-ever environmental rally led...
- Tags: Earth, Photovoltaics, Pope, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-01
- Photos: Solar festival as green as it gets
- Alternative energy and culture were on display last weekend at an off-the-grid learning center in Northern California.Madison Avenue advertisers and Silicon Valley venture capitalists may be pushing all things green into the mainstream these days, yet the countercultural roots of the sustainable-living movement are alive and thriving. More than 10,000...
- Tags: photograph, SolFest, Solar Living Institute, dome, alternative energy, photovoltaics, hydrogen, dump, Santa Cruz, wall, greenhouse, tent, automated teller machine, homeowner, Northern California, nonprofit, technique, festival, pump, showcase, pyramid, California, Sharp Corp.
- Image galleries 2007-08-23
- Air Force building giant solar field to power NV base
- The Air Force is building the largest solar power plant in North America and will soon provide electricity to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert, USA Today reports. The project is proof positive that solar will work provide a sizable chunk of the nations energy needs....
- Tags: Government technology, Energy, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- Photos: The many faces of solar power
- Solar companies are using a range of techniques to cut the cost of PV cells and make solar electricity more cost-competitive.
- Tags: cell, photovoltaic, solar energy, technique, photovoltaics
- Image galleries 2006-03-09
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