The sun beats on the earth with enough energy each hour to supply the energy needs of the entire world for a year.  The question is how would any of this energy be captured?? The answer is solar cells.  Solar cells sound very complicated, especially when you refer to them my their technical name, Photovoltaic [...]

Homeowners looking to “paint their house Green”, so to speak, have several options available to them, learn more.  Going green not only helps the environment by lessening the home’s carbon footprint, but also saves money by making it more energy efficient. One of the many ways to improve your quality of living while preserving our [...]

     Toyota announced that the 2010 Prius will come with an option for a solar panel, and is expected to get 50mpg. This roof mounted solar panel is made by Kyocera and is used to power the AC unit thus reducing the overall energy needed to power the Prius. The idea of solar panels on cars is [...]

I receive many calls for people who want to generate all of their electricity with solar power. They are usually shocked when I tell them what it will cost. Perhaps I can explain why …
 
Let us start with electricity. You buy electricity from the power company.The power company charges you a “delivery” charge and “usage” [...]

     Many advancements, like the ones made by Ohio State University (see Solar Energy Breakthough at OSU) indicate that in the not so far future solar energy has the potential to begin significantly supplementing our energy needs.  The current photovoltaic cell does offer us a glimpse at future solar possibilities. Unfortunately, due to its bulky size to output ratio [...]

At Ohio State University, the future of solar technology is being made.  Recently researchers discovered a way to capture all the energy of all visible sunlight.  By combining certain conductive plastics and alloy they created a material that is capable of generating far more output than conventional photovoltaic cells.
Using a supercomputer to model different [...]

Energy Inovations, the producers of the sunflower are now selling this product for commercial use.  It is said to be more cost effective than conventional solar energy.

Solar energy is an obvious starting point for renewable energy because it is free and abundant.  If it can be efficiently collected it can greatly supplement if not replace our energy needs.  This video shows an alternative process of collecting this free solar energy and converting it to useful mechanical energy.   It is mentioned that [...]