The central German town of Marburg is the first in German to make solar panels mandatory for almost all rooftops of private and commercial buildings. The controversial new law requires a solar panel…
Read moreSolar photovoltaic (PV) technology uses the sunlight to produce electricity. PV cell is the smallest element in the PV system. A PV cell is made up of two thin layers of semi-conducting material…
Read morePV power, definitely, is not just the energy of the future. Thousands of PV systems are used in the world today for a variety of applications because they can be easily adapted to…
Read moreSolar energy has captured the human imagination and the news like the previous one about building solar-powered speedboat shows that high quality solar technology exists here and now. The story sounds somewhat distant…
Read moreThe world’s first solar-powered speedboat Czeers Credit: Czeers Recently was announced that two Dutch researchers at the Technical University of Delft – Nils Beers and David Czap managed to develop the world’s first…
Read moreHere is a video showing compilation of test flights of the solar-powered, remotely piloted NASA’s Helios aircraft. Helios set out from Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands before 9:00 AM on Monday, August 13,…
Read moreThe world’s most advanced solar-powered airplane Icare Credit: University of Stuttgart, Germany In 1955, the first solar-powered automobile was publicly demonstrated in Chicago. It was a 15-inch Sunmobile built by William G. Cobb…
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