GE: Solar business is our 'next wind

GE plans to put its solar business into action two years from now. The company wants to produce solar panels, and also sell them. The silicon cells that GE wants to use are more efficient by 20% in converting the solar energy into electricity.

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GE wants to produce and sell the solar panels they will use in two years, which convert a vast amount of electricity.

Solar Powered Plane-Solar Impulse Has It's First Test

The solar powered plane being built by Switzerland's Bertrand Piccard did a test a few days ago to see how it taxis down the runway.

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In the future, we may be able to fly on solar power

Solar Candy? From Mars?

M&M chocolate candies just took on a new shade of green. Mars Candy recently installed the nation’s largest photovoltaic array at a food production facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

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Not only have brands like M&Ms, Snickers and Twix gone a lot greener, but that famous yellow M&M packaging has taken on a whole new meaning.

Personalizing Solar Power

Researchers are hoping to improve solar energy installations by coupling a solar panel to an efficient hydrolysis unit that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen.

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This could lead to more personal solar power units.

3D solar cells capture more sunlight, boost solar panel efficiency

Scientists in Georgia have a prototype 3D solar panel which can capture sunlight from nearly every angle and transform it into electricity. The panels use nanotechnology and are shaped like city buildings. It also has a thicker coating so it absorbs more sunlight.

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The prototype is 3D and can absorb more sunlight and transform it into more electricity.

Iberdrola Creeps Into Solar Technology Development

Iberdrola is planning to invest $4.7 million in the first round of investing solar panels. They want to buy the panels and distribute them around the world. Iberdrola is the worlds largest wind fan generator company.

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The solar panels are expected to save about 25-30% with in Iberdrola.

Solar power at night? Yes, with a grain of salt

In the past few years, something remarkable has emerged on a dry plateau in the Spanish province of Granada. The Andasol plant stores heat from the day in molten salt, which then powers electricity turbines overnight. The plant can continue for 7½ hours without sunlight, and more advanced plants coming online in the next few years are set to double that storage time.

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No need to worry when the sun sets or its overcast.

Some intriguing ways to improve the world’s health

In 3rd world countries, solar technology may now be used to detect malaria in a person’s salvia. This is done by a solar-activated mosquito-larva poison,. Also, equipping mobile phones with microphones to record people’s coughs and allow pneumonia to be diagnosed remotely.

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This use of solar technology, is put into use for giving children a chance to do things kids do. It could be a way of changing medicine.

Light in the darkness: Iraq's solar powered clinic

In Iraq, hospitals are giving patients new hope with solar technology. They can give patients the care they need for 24 hours a day. In Iraq, they have a lot of blackouts. The solar panels will be able to power all the hospital power needs.

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The technology of these solar powers is a huge innovation for countries that don’t have fluid electricity like the United States. It gives people new hope.

SolarCity aims to make solar power more affordable

With a SolarCity residential lease, customers can lease a system at no money down, and in many areas, save 10% to 15% a month on their combined electric and lease-payment bill.

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There is no excuse not to go solar now.

Light down a wire for solar power

Solar power could be produced cheaply in specially designed optical fibres. Instead of roof-sized panels, small collectors could be used on the roof, with the real machinery of solar power generation tucked away.

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Solar panels will be cheaper and look nicer too.

Doubts Raised over India's Plans for Solar Power

India has proven very ambitious in advancing their solar awareness and have started many promotions to fund this idea. That being said, there are many people that are beginning to doubt the validity to these claims. They unveiled a 19 billion dollar plan to get this plan in motion but they have not taken into account the different market conditions and they might be way off base with their projections. They had a similar plan in 2008 that fared very poorly and various experts in the field have compared the past proposal to the current one.
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India is trying to become solar efficient but needs new strategy