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Energy Generating, Self-Heating Solar Roadway Unveiled

The makers of the Solar Roadway just got a little closer to their dream of making every road in the United States a high-tech thruway that carries more than just cars.
They’ve completed their first prototype and unveiled the photographs of the revolutionary energy-generating road surface. If installed on a real [...]

Solar glazing chases sun from dawn until dusk

In the age of green energy we are seeing interesting new developments that marry building materials with the capacity to harness renewable power sources. Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) or concentrating PV technologies aren’t new, but the ability to concentrate and maximize the capture of energy by tracking sunlight from dawn [...]

New solar storage solution could be the key to home-brewed electricity

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Reports of new developments in the area of solar power are an almost daily event here at Gizmag. The main focus of research seems to be on improving the efficiency of solar cells, but others are working at developing an inexpensive method of locally storing the energy generated by solar systems. Because society [...]

The Green, Green Technology Of Home

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What would be the perfect “green” home?
For starters, its location in relation to the sun would maximize solar heat gain in the winter and minimize it in the summer. It would have a geothermal heating and cooling system, and it would also boast two different solar technologies — solar thermal for heating water [...]

Silicon Valley Starts to Turn Its Face to the Sun

CAN Silicon Valley become a world leader in cheap and ubiquitous solar panels for the masses?
Given the valley’s tremendous success in recent years with such down-to-earth products as search engines and music players, tackling solar power might seem improbable. Yet some of the valley’s best brains are captivated by the challenge, and they hope [...]