CPV Concentrated Photovoltaic is a promising technology. Many companies and research groups are working on cost containment offering a lower per watt energy alternative.
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Grant Allows Nexergy to Improve Batteries
COLUMBUS, OHIO – January 11, 2010 – The Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program recently announced plans to award $7.2 million to companies in the state to help commercialize new energy solutions. Nexergy, Inc. (www.nexergy.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers, will participate in a grant awarded to GrafTech International Holdings, […]
Prototype Superconducting Rectifier is Magnetic-Field-Tunable
(Goddard Space Flight Center) – Superconducting electronic components have been developed that provide current rectification that is tunable by design and with an externally applied magnetic field to the circuit component. The superconducting material used in the device is relatively free of pinning sites with its critical current determined by a geometric energy barrier to […]
NREL Sets the Bar for Office Building Energy Use
Enlarge image Designers met NREL’s aggressive energy use requirement for the Research Support Facility by taking advantage Colorado’s sunny climate. Large windows for daylighting and thermally sophisticated wall systems for solar heating are crucial to the net-zero energy design. Credit: Pat Corkery Technology — from sophisticated computer modeling to advanced windows that actually open! — […]
NREL Works with Truckers to Reduce Fuel Use
Enlarge image NREL Senior Project Leader Ken Proc examines sensors that measure the outside ambient temperature and compare it to the temperature in truck cabs. Credit: Pat Corkery Being “green” can have positive impacts on your pocket book, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with one industry to find ways to shave […]
New Labs to Concentrate on Solar Thermal Energy
Enlarge image NREL Senior Scientist Cheryl Kennedy holds a sample of an experimental mirror coating to increase the efficiency of concentrating solar power. NREL is receiving $5.4 million in ARRA funding for new laboratories to accelerate CSP research and development. Credit: Pat Corkery As the market for clean solar power rapidly expands, NREL researchers are […]
Acid oceans: the evil twin of climate change
(AP) — Far from Copenhagen’s turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global deal to cut greenhouse gases. These foragers of the sanctuary’s frigid waters, flipping in and out of sight of California’s coastal […]
Cisco Saves $120,000-Year by Improving Exhaust Recirculation in Data Center
Cisco Systems achieved an estimated saving of $120,000 per year in energy costs by simulating a data center using Future Facilities’ Virtual Facility (VF) simulation methodology. The simulation results were used to guide the placement of floor grilles and blanking panels that lowered information technology (IT) equipment inlet temperatures, making it possible to raise the […]
SHARC DSPs Maximize Windmill Energy Extraction
Northern Power Systems (Barre, Vermont) is positioned at the forefront of the wind power technology movement, offering community and utility-scale wind turbine systems differentiated by their innovative ‘gearless’ turbine designs, efficient energy capture capabilities, and low maintenance requirements. The company’s flagship Northwind 100 wind turbine is designed for community-scale wind power generation installations, enabling municipalities, […]
Seoul Semiconductor LED chosen for worlds largest Cruise Ship
Seoul Semiconductor (CEO Chung Hoon Lee, www.acriche.com) a world leading LED manufacturing, has announced that its LED products were selected for the external balcony lights of ‘Oasis of the Seas’, the world’s largest and most innovative cruise liner, which made its inaugural voyage on 5 December 2009. Seoul Semiconductor’s LED products were supplied to all […]
