Technology News
- June 22, 2011
- Solar-powered plane sends a green message
- Marketwatch, Polya Lesova
- LE BOURGET, France (MarketWatch) — At Le Bourget airport outside Paris companies are showcasing their latest and greatest aircraft. But further down the airfield, beyond Boeing’s 747 and Airbus’s A380, is a very unconventional plane powered solely by solar energy. The plane is the brainchild of two Swiss men with ... more ›
- June 16, 2011
- Will solar power overtake fossil fuels in 10 years?
- VentureBeat, Matthew Lynley
- The amount of energy produced by photovoltaic panels could overtake that produced by fossil fuels like coal and natural gas in 10 years, according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The amount of solar energy hitting the earth is around 100 petawatts, or 100 million gigawatts, according to the ... more ›
- June 16, 2011
- Petra Solar turns cities into sun-power farms
- Marketwatch, Steve Gelsi
- NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Jersey City, N.J., may be an unlikely place to find a utility-scale solar farm, but Petra Solar has found a way to generate electricity from the sun even on hard-paved urban streets. Bolted onto street-light and utility poles across Jersey City and other urban and suburban ... more ›
- June 14, 2011
- Intersolar 2011: Notes From the Solar Underground
- Greentech Media Shyam Mehta, Shayle Khan
- Module prices at $1.30 a watt? First Solar opening a plant in India? Component inventory updates? All right here, from the trade show floor. Every year in early June, tens of thousands of fair-minded citizens converge upon the fair city of Munich to take part in the world’s (after SNEC, ... more ›
- June 6, 2011
- Consumers Still Clueless About Energy Efficiency
- Forbes, William Pentland
- Consumers are eager to cut energy costs but are clueless about their options for doing so, according to a new survey from the Consumer Electronics Association. The survey, which CEA conducted in April with more than 1,000 respondents, also suggested that people participating in energy-management programs sponosored by electric utilities are saving ... more ›
