All items tagged with solar energy and solar power (31)

16-07-2010 | The Egyptian Electricity Ministry has unveiled plans to build a new $700m 100MW solar power plant between 2012 and 2017 that should further...

8-06-2010 | The iPhone 4 is still on everyone's mind, I even dreamed about using FaceTime (FaceTiming?) last night. But a very interesting Apple patent...

2-05-2010 | Vodafone UK announced the release of a new gadget: the Vodafone 247 solar powered phone. It's a cheap, 'nothing-fancy' phone with mediocre s...

19-04-2010 | China is taking the future seriously and started building 'Solar Valley City', a center for manufacturing, research and development and educ...

6-03-2010 | The first boat to cross the world on solar energy! After more than 13 months spent in the boatyard in the hands of Knierim Yachtbau’s boatbu...

1-04-2007 | Small solar systems have a lot to offer where mains power is unavailable. Installing standalone systems is by no means difficult, using eith...

1-06-2005 | Complicated charge controllers and inverter circuits can be used to squeeze the last drop of energy out of a solar panel. Contrary to popula...

1-12-1999 | Apart from the sun, solar power systems cannot work without a reflow protection diode between the solar panel and the energy store. When c...

1-12-1995 | This circuit, a. d.c.-d.c. converter, is intended to charge environment-friendly batteries in and environment-friendly way. lt is based...

1-07-1992 | Although newer types of solar cell have come to the fore recently, amorphous cells are bound to be with us for some time to come, mainly...