Power boost for solar cells?

One of the issues with solar cells is the amount of sunlight they convert into electricity - and this conversion rate currently isn't brilliant. But a team of physicists and engineers at MIT in the US have used computer simulations to boost the output from solar photovoltaic cells by as much as 50 per cent. How have…

ByThe Global ViewNovember 27, 20081Comment

Energy

Trees power wireless networks

A power source has been developed by an MIT student using the difference in pH between the trees and the ground to power a wireless network. The US Forest Service has been trialling this technology to track weather conditions, particularly during fire season. The service currently predicts and tracks fires using a variety of tools, which…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 8, 20081Comment

Smart Cities

Solar panels: the new curtains

Greenbang is very much down with the whole microgeneration thing. If Greenbang had her way, all outdoors workers, from tree surgeons to traffic wardens, would have to wear personal solar panels contained in big Pat Butcher style earrings and then milked for the energy they created at the end of every day like some uniformed…

ByThe Global ViewJune 16, 20082Comments

Smart Cities

EU emissions trading system: it’s really rather good

Greenbang has something rarer than hen's teeth, rocking horse poo and the Dalai Lama having a hissy fit because someone gave him sweet rather than salted popcorn when he went to see a Steven Seagal movie marathon combined. It's a nice story about the European Union, and it's brought to you via a Pew Center on…

ByThe Global ViewJune 13, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

1366 reels in $12.4 million for solar ribbons

Like the 'if a shark and a tiger were to have a fight, who would win?' question, two mortal enemies - solar and coal - are locked in a life and death battle for the title the cheapest per watt energy. Who will win? Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets, pur-lease. North Bridge Venture Partners and…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 28, 20080Comments

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Power boost for solar cells?

Trees power wireless networks

Solar panels: the new curtains

EU emissions trading system: it’s really rather good

1366 reels in $12.4 million for solar ribbons

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