SSS 2011-12-30

This is Scientific American's sixty seconds science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Instead of installing solar paint on your roof how about just giving a house new paint job of cause you'd have to sure to use solar paint. That's what to a

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SSS 2009-10-16

It's all about the meters. As any would-be installer of solar rooftop panels knows, having the right meter to count how much power your photovoltaics are producing is key. So perhaps it's no surprise that Team Germany snatched victory on the last day

SSS 2010-03-09

Last week, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for energy held its inaugural conference in Washington, D.C.a direct response to a growing sense that the U.S. is losing its technology lead when it comes to the race for cleaner ways to produce an

SSS 2010-02-15

Imagine a world where sunlight can be captured to produce electricity anywhere, on any surface. The makers of thin-film flexible solar cells imagine that world too. But a big problem has been the amount of silicon needed to harvest a little sunshine.

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By Heda Bayron Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines 16 July 2007 House with solar panel unit in Patagan Electricity has yet to reach hundreds of far-flung villages in the Philippines. But a solar energy system project for the country's remote villages is

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New design produces flexible panels using only 1-2 percent as much silicon Art Chimes | Washington, DC 19 February 2010 You can use 100 times less silicon. And that's potentially very significant. Harry Atwater Schematic diagram of the light-trapping

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VOA常速英语2007-Washington DC Becomes Solar Village

By Paul Sisco Washington 22 October 2007 Twenty college and university teams from around the world competed inthe recentSolar Decathlon that is held every two years in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Energy Department sponsors the event, and this year's wi

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