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Economical Solar Panels to Yield More Energy
There has been research work going on to increase the efficiency of the cost-effective amorphous solar panels. TU Delft has been the center where this research work is being developed. The research will directly help in increasing the efficiency of amorphous solar cells – from a 7% to a 9%. Crystalline silicon is most [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power
Costs for Thermo-photovoltaic Cells Significantly Reduced
Thermo-photovoltaic (TPV) cells are great for converting radiation from any heat source to power. These cells can generate power from the wasted heat which gets released when glass or steel is produced. Adding these TPV cells to domestic power systems can help generate power along with heating water. TPV systems are also too complex [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Waste Energy
The Essential Re-Education of the Smartest People on Earth
As a venture capitalist active in emerging technologies, I meet with countless entrepreneurs looking for seed capital. Many of the start-up founders I meet are scientists with PhD’s. These individuals are brilliant – indeed they are passionate about their ideas, inventions and products – but too often they lack the business and marketing acumen they need to turn ideas into successful companies.
Airborne Wind Turbines?
Yes, the day is not far off when reaching for sky is the new motto for generating cost-effective renewable energy. Initially it was considered to be technically non-viable to tap high-altitude winds. But today, technically-advanced materials and innovative computer know-how are giving new life to this scheme with innovative autonomous aerial structures using wind [...]
Posted in: Inventions, Wind Power, Wind Turbines
Giant Inflatable Airship Powered by Algae
This summer, piloted by Captain Allan Judd, Bullet 580 will usher in the return of inflatable giant airships. The 235 ft long and 65ft diameter ship is covered with a type of Kevlar, a material 10 times-stronger than steel but only one sixteenth of an inch thick. An E-green design special costing £5.5million, this [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Transportation
MIT Researchers Print a Solar Cell on Paper
We love the idea of clean and green fuel. But they come with certain disadvantages. First one is they are heavy on pocket of a commoner. Second disadvantage is their power conversion rate is quite low. Last one is you need storage space to save all the power converted by a clean and green [...]
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Bladeless Wind Turbine – Inspired by Nikola Tesla
A research company in New Hampshire recently patented its bladeless wind turbine, which is based on a patent issued to Nikola Tesla in 1913. This wind turbine is christened as the Fuller Wind Turbine. This turbine is developed by Solar Aero. The specialty of Fuller Wind Turbine is it has only one rotating part, [...]
Posted in: Inventions, Wind Power, Wind Turbines
PV Cell Prototype Generates Electricity from IR and UV Light
Solar energy is present in abundance around us. The problem is how to harness a substantial portion of it for human use. How to raise the efficiency bar of solar conversion into electricity? Scientists are continuously engaged in finding a way out for this problem. Recently scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Technology [...]
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Power grid is inefficient, expensive and vulnerable ; Nation, state struggle to forge improvements – Buffalo News (Buffalo, Ny)
If inventor Thomas A. Edison came back to life today, he might be
amazed by such inventions as the cell phone and the Internet. “But,” one of New York’s premier experts on electric power noted Wednesday,
“if Thomas Edison were to come back to Earth today, he not only could recognize
the power
Scientists use Visible Light to Break Down Carbon Dioxide
We all are familiar with the effects of carbon dioxide on our environment. Carbon dioxide is responsible for causing the greenhouse effect. If scientists can breakdown this gas into other form it would lead us to reduce the concentration of this gas into environment substantially. It would mean dealing with the root cause of [...]
Posted in: Environment, Inventions
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