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The Solar Powered Audi Cross-Tareq
The Audi Cross-Tareq is a zero-emission concept vehicle that isdesigned to run clean on an all-electric engine. Sponsored by StudioAudi in Ingolstadt, the vehicle is designed specifically for NorthAfrican terrain for movement around the Sahara Desert of the AtlasMountains. The vehicle’s lightweight construction and aerodynamic designmaximizes fuel efficiency. Unlike some sustainable concept vehicles that rely [...]
HP Woking on Solar Powered Flexible Wrist Displays
HP is working on a technology that could enable soldiers read maps,directions and other important information on a flexible display thatwill be mounted on the wrist of the soldier. The displays will use E-Ink technology and will be powered by solar cells that are integrated intothe surrounding fabric. The idea is to create displays that [...]
India’s First 1MW Rooftop Plant Powered by Suniva
Suniva Inc., a US manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystallinesilicon solar cells and modules, announced that its high-performancesolar cells are powering India’s first 1MW rooftop solar plant. Implemented and commissioned by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Solar Group, the 1MWsolar plant was built on the rooftop of Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi. “With the solar plant being located [...]
Solar-Powered CommonWealth Games 2010
Reliance Industries, an energy company, released a statement thatsaid it has commissioned the country’s first one-megawatt solar plant to power a stadium to be used in the upcoming CommonWealth Games. The company’s solar energy department, RIL Solar Group has“successfully implemented and commissioned 1-MW solar plant on the roofof the Thyagaraj Stadium here,” RIL said in [...]
Overweight solar-powered rickshaws pulled of roads in India
A disappointment to the green community in India, solar-powered rickshaws have been pulled off the road. These rickshaws wereunveiled last year by the Municipal Corporation, to whom they have beendolefully returned. Besides the already overweight passengers, the solar panels act as an added weight to the rickshaw pullers, increasing their workload. Ironically, this project, costing [...]
Advanced Energy Gobbles Up PV Powered
The global solar inverter market is roughly $2 billion and growinghealthily along with the PV market. But market dynamics in the inverter field are very different than in the solar module field. While thebiggest PV module vendors, First Solar or SunTech have market shares inthe 15 percent range — the PV inverter market is dominated [...]
Advanced Energy acquires solar inverter provider, PV Powered
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. has signed a definitive agreement toacquire PV Powered Inc., a leading manufacturer of grid-tied PVinverters in the residential, commercial, and utility-scale markets. The acquisition is expected to add an estimated $40-50 million to AdvancedEnergy’s 2010 revenues and be neutral to marginally dilutive to GAAP net income in 2010. Hans Betz, CEO [...]
World’s Largest Solar Powered Boat Takes Off in a Week
Around the Globe with Solar Power: Just a reminder for those who haven’t been following the story, theworld’s largest solar-powered boat is at T-1 Week and counting (as of 11 AM, EDT, 3/24/10). The PlanetSolar wasunveiled last month at the HDW shipyard in Kiel, Germany. The launch will also take place in Kiel. The boat [...]
California Port Powered by the Sun
A California port is now completely powered by solar energy.According to a press release, a newly installed solar power system wasrecently installed at the Port of WestSacramento, located northeast of San Francisco. More than 3,500 lead-free Mitsubishi Electric solar panels covering 90,000 square feet were installed on the rooftops of two warehouse buildings. The 637-kilowatt [...]