This is the title of the paper, within the Congress on Solar Energy Expo PROTOSOLAR where Eduardo Zarza will be presenting. The current Head of Solar System Concentration CIEMAT will expose their research results at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria, the largest research, development and testing center of Europe devoted to solar concentration.
PhD in Industrial [...]
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Times are changing. The lines of the bucolic horizon with ceiling tiles defining cities in Germany would soon wear a new look: the sun.
If the council of Marburg gets their way, Marburg will be the first city in Germany to require solar collectors on the roofs of legally private commercial buildings. The goal of Fritz [...]
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Solar energy is one of the most abundant kinds of energy, but do you really expect to get much power in the next two decades? A new study estimates that between PV and concentrated solar power, they could produce enough to meet 10% of the needs of the United States by 2025. Currently, solar energy [...]
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About a month ago you were informed of the initiative Solar4Schools, which installs solar power in schools.
Now they just announced they finished installation of the 100th school and judging by the pic you see below, children are very excited.
It is true that one hundred schools with solar power is impressive, the real problem of electricity [...]
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Articles about renewable energies like solar power or wind energy from this week: 17
A 3D Design will Improve Solar .Energy Performance
The Research Area of the Georgia Tech Institute designed a breakthrough solar panel.
Top 10 Renewable Cities
We present the Top 10 of US Cities that use renewable energies, according to SustainLane
Hostel with Solar. Energy Heater
It has [...]
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In the developed world when it comes to renewable energy, most of the time we discuss solutions related to the electric grid and ways to make this resource more accessible. Without those people who have intentionally chosen to live outside the system, nearly everyone has access to some form of electricity. Not so in the [...]
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We have reported how wind was becoming more competitive in Spain in terms of costs. A report was presented on how the solar-generated electricity could reach parity with the energy generated by fossil fuels in a short time.
An assessment in valuing solar functionality concludes that 2015 is the year where the key point and practices [...]
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The average height of each wind energy turbine is just over 80 meters, so it was a matter of time for extreme athletes to start using them.
Surely these jumps are not legal, some of which require the turbines to be turned off to do the jumping (the turbines loose their purpose) but without doubt these [...]
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Legislators from several African nations heard proposals to develop a solar power network across the Sahara, which would be capable to provide electricity to 600 million citizens of the continent which currently do not have electricity.
A representative of Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Coorporation (TREC) said at the Nairobi meeting that the project could even provide an [...]
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This is certainly a company that knows how to celebrate solar style. Sungevity plans to offer parties to customers, holding their ability to buy in a better world through solar power installations. In addition to a barbecue and enjoy a new taste of energy independence, entire neighborhoods will come together to learn more about the [...]
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