Capacity of the sun a a virtually limitless source of energy

"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."
~Thomas Edison (1847~1931)

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Solar cell technology ideas with future potential to revolutionise public perception of renewable energy

Most of the products I’ll be mentioning here might still be in the pilot phase or yet to be commercialised but nevertheless,  if commercialised  can genuinely revolutionise how solar energy is perceived both from technological and architectural design point of view. Hitherto, the research on photovoltaic has mostly been mainly focussed on the improvement of conversion efficiency and cost reduction there by, neglecting the visual aesthetic aspect of the Solar PV. This has made solar...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

The Missing link to renewable energy-Liquid Metal Battery?

Widespread use of solar energy is hobbled by two fundamental factors: storage and cost. If environmental cost is not considered, which typically are hard to assess, the cost of solar energy still remains one of the single largest hurdles hindering the implementation of photovoltaic as a mainstream power source. But in recent years solar power is rapidly approaching the grid-parity-where the cost of electricity generated from solar power equals or less than that from conventional, longstanding...