Energy

Photovoltaics: technology overview

Solar electricity produced by photovoltaic solar cells is one of the most promising options yet identified for sustainably providing the world's future energy requirements. Although the technology has, in the past, been based on the same silicon wafers as used in microelectronics, a transition is in progress to a second generation of a potentially much lower-cost thin-film technology.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2000
M.A. Green
Energy Policy
28
14
989–998
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Cells, Electricity, Energy Technology
Industry

 Cheaper solar energy

a group of Swedish scientists have developed a technique which will aid in converting sunlight into electricity with an efficiency of 16.6 per cent. With the help of solar cell modules, the research

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solar Energy, Electricity, Research, Sweden
Wildlife

 KENYA

Life for millions in Kenya could change drama

Publication Date: 
29/09/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solar Energy, Electricity, Research, Kenya, United Kingdom (UK)
Industry

 Multi powered craft

The first commercial marine vessel to be powered by solar and wind energy was launched at Jervis Bay, Australia recently. The craft is scheduled to begin cruise opera

Publication Date: 
30/08/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Shipping, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Energy Technology, Research, Australia
Industry

 Checking with the past

Studying old weather could help in predicting new oil deposits

Publication Date: 
14/04/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solar Energy, Oil Exploration, Environmental Science, Research, United Kingdom (UK)
India

 Sun City

The German capital Berlin gives a preview of the solar energy future

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Carbon Dioxide, Solar Energy, Energy Technology, Fossil Fuels, Solar Cells, Germany
India

 Tapping the Sun

Uganda s solar electrification programme for rural areas

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Solar Energy, Rural Habitat, Household Energy, Energy Technology, Electricity, Uganda
Climate Change

 Climate changes

According to scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), near Oxford, UK, the Sun's field has more than doubled in the last 100 years, while its total magne

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Climate Change, Solar Energy, Environmental Science, Research, United Kingdom (UK)
Air Pollution

 Island of hope

Sagar island will become a model for solar energy use

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Islands, Diesel, Solar Energy, Energy Technology, West Bengal
Forests

 The future of energy

It has always been exciting to anticipate what the future scenario with regard to energy will be. There are already some indications of what is to come in the solar roofs of Japan and Germany, in

Publication Date: 
Sunday, November 14, 1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Germany, United States Of America (US)

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