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Contemporary Energy's Solar Kettle Boils and Purifies Water Off the Grid
Contemporary Energy's Solar Kettle uses the sun's rays to boil water on the go. The lightweight thermos-like device is perfect for camping or picnics, allowing users to make hot beverages or sterilize water without electricity.
Australian Scientists Develop Printable A3-Sized Solar Cells
Solar energy sounds like a dream, but buying and installing the equipment necessary to harness the power of the Sun can be expensive.
Clovis Unified activates phase 1 of solar power system
Clovis Unified flipped the switch Friday on phase 1 of its new 5.9-megawatt solar power system.
Stateside military bases are generating 130 megawatts of solar energy - a modest amount that's only enough to power 22,000 homes, but still a step the solar power industry says is improving national security.
Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions
Siemens says it would make sense to build solar power plants in sunny countries in Europe rather than in cloudy ones.
Outdoor solar classroom unveiled
Bristol, Tennessee's Holston View School was in need of a new outdoor classroom and now they have more than just a classroom outdoors.
Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada
The Moapa Paiutes are celebrating the advent of solar power and the beginning of the end of coal power in southern Nevada.
Greenpeace activists 'take' solar power to Delhi Power Minister Haroon Yusuf
Delhi's Power Minister Haroon Yusuf was in for a shock on the morning of May 15 when Greenpeace activists decided to deliver a powerful message to him.
Team wins Cubesat berth to gather Earth energy imbalance measurements
NASA's In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies program has funded a team led by Lars Dyrud, a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., to develop a miniature instrument that will measure the amount of solar energy reflected by Earth and the amount emitted to space as infrared radiation or heat.
Why Goldman Sachs Just Bet $500 Million on Elon Musk's Solar Business
Forget Tesla . Musk's roof-top firm SolarCity is now the nation's largest residential solar installer Elon Musk's electric car and rocket ship ventures may score the headlines --but SolarCity, his rooftop photovoltaic company, is proving the market leader of a booming business.
Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated...
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy 's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis.
Sun unleashes four massive solar flares in two days
The Sun has unleashed four massive solar flares in two days, each emitting energy equivalent to a billion hydrogen bombs.
Liquid Solar Cells Could One Day be as Cheap as Paint
Researchers at SUNY Buffalo are working on a new generation of liquid solar cells that may one day be as cheap as paint.
ALLETE: Solar initiative will raise costs for customers
A solar power initiative in the Minnesota Legislature will force electricity customers to pay more if they reside in the Minnesota Power Co.
Significant improvement in performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation
Their quarry is a potentially efficient, cost-effective, photoelectrochemical cell -- essentially a solar cell that produces hydrogen gas instead of electric current.
Westport voters approve first solar energy bylaw
Residents assembled last week to vote on a long list of warrant articles at the Annual Town Meeting and a companion Special Town Meeting, where a handful of articles approved by the needed two-thirds majority added regulations for solar energy installations to the bylaws.
GVSU energy center to use state grant to study solar energy installations in the Muskegon area
Grand Valley State University's alternative energy center will circle back to some 75 low-income residents in Muskegon and Oceana counties to see how solar energy has worked for them.
SunWater Gives Farmers an Affordable Way to Pump Water Using Solar Power
Many people around the world rely on cash crops to create extra income for their families.
TN to boost agri production with solar energy: CM
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said pump sets that function from solar power would be given to farmers in the State at 80 per cent subsidised rate.
Foreigners see prospects in solar energy market
The Chinese government's determination to fight air pollution and the nation's developing solar energy market have attracted more international players to compete for a slice of the cake.