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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F60978C0-BC23-4133-97D1-1044741BB756/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/flinstoneking/">flinstoneking</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/29/optony-where-thin-film-and-concentrating-solar-meet/" title="http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/29/optony-where-thin-film-and-concentrating-solar-meet/">earth2tech.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><A href="http://earth2tech.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/optonylogo.jpg"><IMG height="61" width="250" alt="" src="http://earth2tech.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/optonylogo.jpg?w=250&h=61" title="optonylogo" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7465" /></A>The idea behind <A href="http://optony.com">Optony</A>, a year-old startup that is working on combining thin film solar cells with a solar concentrating system, is to merge two of the solar industry’s low-cost options to produce solar power prices that rival grid parity. At least that’s the theory — the company is still in the development phase. P. R. Yu, CEO and founder of the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup, tells us that the company has just started to raise a Series A round to help continue work on its rooftop and ground-mounted solar system.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Usually, solar concentrating systems use mirrors and lenses to focus sun rays onto tiny, highly-efficient, multi-junction solar cells that can withstand the high concentrations and heat. The problem is that while only a small amount of the solar cell is used in these systems, the material itself can be pretty expensive</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Yu says the company’s thin-film material, which it plans to manufacture itself, is cheaper than these cells as well as traditional silicon-based photovoltaics</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar/" rel="tag">solar</a></div>http://earth2tech.com/2008/08/29/optony-where-thin-film-and-concentrating-solar-meet/Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:07:37 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E59E37E3-3C8D-4BDC-AAD8-600CE2AC5796/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/eswars/">eswars</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6522?metc=mtt79s" title="http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6522?metc=mtt79s">zone.ni.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Green Engineering Technical Library</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>The National Instruments Green Engineering Technical Library contains a wide variety of resources for environmental application development techniques, example programs, and case studies. </DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" width="37%" valign="top"> <P><A href="#green_engineering"><STRONG>Green Engineering Overview</STRONG></A></P> <P>An introduction to the terminology and trends behind green engineering</P> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" width="38%" valign="top"> <P align="left"><A href="#power_quality"><STRONG>Power Quality</STRONG></A></P> <P align="left">Power quality monitoring and power metering</P> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" width="37%" valign="top"> <P><A href="#renewable"><STRONG>Renewable Energy</STRONG></A></P> <P>Hydro, wave power, and other renewable technologies</P> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" width="37%" valign="top"> <P><A href="#solar"><STRONG>Solar - Photovoltaics (PV) and Thermal</STRONG></A></P> <P>Solar testing and research applications</P> </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="left" width="38%" valign="top"> <P align="left"><A href="#energy_storage"><STRONG>Energy Storage - Fuel Cells, Batteries, and others</STRONG></A></P> <P align="left">Development and test of fuel cells, battery technologies</P> </TD></tr></table></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6522?metc=mtt79sWed, 27 Aug 2008 19:04:21 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/13589D14-4103-43EF-9857-FA3B62803CB4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/klippety/">klippety</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> New alternative to the " Old Solar Panel ", perhaps we should have started sooner? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=making-solar-energy-without-fossil-fuel" title="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=making-solar-energy-without-fossil-fuel">www.sciam.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Making a Solar Cell Component without Using Fossil Fuels</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>Cleaner than clean energy: BioSolar creates new plastic backing for photovoltaic cells out of cotton and castor beans rather than petroleum products</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/klippety/512/A2DEE611-DB0A-471C-91E4-05532669986E.jpg" alt="solar-cells-with-biobacksheet" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Solar energy is touted by some as the <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan">solution to the world's energy woes</A>. But the process of making the various components requires fossil fuels, both for power and for the components themselves, some of which are based on petroleum.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV> A new company, BioSolar, aims to kick petroleum to the curb, at least in the realm of building solar photovoltaics, cells of <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=engineering-silicon-solar-cells">crystalline silicon</A> that turn sunlight into electricity. Such photovoltaic cells rely on conventional plastic polymers to provide a protective backing, also known as backsheets. Those plastics are made from—you guessed it—petroleum.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> In addition to keeping away from petroleum plastics, BioSolar also claims not to be using any <A href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=getting-bugs-out-of-genetically-modified-crops">genetically modified crops</A> in its product</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=making-solar-energy-without-fossil-fuelThu, 14 Aug 2008 02:50:04 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/DAC4913D-3228-40DF-9A02-3357D870294D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/willhelm/">willhelm</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?cid=5213&id=53003" title="http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/story?cid=5213&id=53003">www.renewableenergyworld.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">According to NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 and will generate well over $20 billion in revenues in that same time frame.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">• The recent success of cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells is likely to continue and by 2015 NanoMarkets expects that this will be the single largest segment of the TFPV market considered by active material with $8.7 billion in revenues.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 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Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.solartradingpost.com/info/9/what-is-the-cost-of-solar-energy/" title="http://www.solartradingpost.com/info/9/what-is-the-cost-of-solar-energy/">www.solartradingpost.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>I think that’s probably the first question that comes into people’s minds when considering buying solar panels for their home.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>How much will it cost? And will it save me more than it costs?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>To know this, you will need to calculate the photovoltaic cost per kilowatt for a home.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Because the cost of photovoltaics, or any solar panel, is not just the initial cost. It’s calculated over its lifetime. It’s rather like buying a house. You could say ‘is this an expensive house?’</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Similarly, solar energy prices are relative. As other energy prices change (like coal, gas or hydro-electric,) solar energy becomes relatively more or less expensive. So at the moment oil prices are rising. That makes solar electricity a bit cheaper compared with oil. However coal is still relatively less per watt than solar.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.solartradingpost.com/info/9/what-is-the-cost-of-solar-energy/Sat, 24 May 2008 10:37:43 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/DE5CFB7A-4736-4369-9367-AF653733360E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/">Silkweaver</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.physorg.com/news130086323.html" title="http://www.physorg.com/news130086323.html">www.physorg.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Silkweaver/512/77AFC96A-21C8-4DED-9DAA-BF89277CFDFF.jpg" alt="IBM researchers have achieved a breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Suns power for electricity." /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> By mimicking the antics of a child using a magnifying glass to burn a leaf or a camper to start a fire, IBM scientists are using a large lens to concentrate the Sun’s power, capturing a record 230 watts onto a centimeter square solar cell, in a technology known as concentrator photovoltaics, or CPV. That energy is then converted into 70 watts of usable electrical power, about five times the electrical power density generated by typical cells using CPV technology in solar farms.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>IBM believes it can significantly reduce the cost of a typical CPV based system. By using a much lower number of photovoltaic cells in a solar farm and concentrating more light onto each cell using larger lenses, IBM’s system enables a significant cost advantage in terms of a lesser number of total components. </DIV> </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/energy/" rel="tag">energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar+power/" rel="tag">solar power</a></div>http://www.physorg.com/news130086323.htmlFri, 16 May 2008 10:13:13 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/98881C75-E1AB-4B12-B596-4D7421514A6D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/trilogy01/">trilogy01</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/08/sunrgi-xcpv-solar-system/" title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/08/sunrgi-xcpv-solar-system/">www.inhabitat.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Energy company <A href="http://www.sunrgi.com/" target="new">Sunrgi</A> recently announced an astounding new solar system that will break our grids free from the fossil fuel lockdown. Their <STRONG><A href="http://www.sunrgi.com/" target="new">Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics</A></STRONG> promise a low-cost, high-efficiency system with an incredible projected energy pricing of 5 cents per kilowatt. This breakthrough puts solar on par with the cost of coal, natural gas, and other non-renewable energy sources.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/trilogy01/512/C03E9189-5D89-46F6-AFD6-F1123B6F7843.jpg" alt="Sunrgi solar power, sunrgi xtreme concentrated photovoltaics, renewable energy costs, renewable energy technology, solar technology, energy efficiency, cost-effective solar, sunrgi1" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar+energy/" rel="tag">solar energy</a></div>http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/08/sunrgi-xcpv-solar-system/Sun, 11 May 2008 22:26:38 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6FDF950C-F15D-4132-8B98-43F8B3326E0F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Naomi-K/">Naomi-K</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> It'd be nice to see a video of this....<br/>The photovoltaic effect was first discovered in 1839. <br/>The first photovoltaic cells were made in 1918. <br/><br/>Since then Einstein developed photovoltaics. There was a lot of research and development during the 1960's Space Race, when satellites were powered by solar panels. <br/><br/>The 1970's saw the beginning of residential solar use. For houses living far off the electricity grid, photovoltaics made financial sense. <br/><br/>Prices have since fallen from $30 a watt down to $7 a watt for residential installations. <br/><br/>Now due to technology advancing and power costs rising, the price of solar energy is still falling. The future of solar energy looks bright indeed. <br/> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://solartradingpost.com/howphotovoltaicswork.html" title="http://solartradingpost.com/howphotovoltaicswork.html">solartradingpost.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>To understand how photovoltaics work, you first need to understand a bit about solar energy. Basically, sunlight is loaded with photons. Think of these as little packages of solar energy. Photovoltaics are panels that turn this sun power into electricity. They are usually made from silicon and small amounts of boron. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When the photons from sunlight hit a silicon molecule, they knock loose one of its free-floating electrons. This electron hits another silicon molecule, shunting it's electron out of it's molecule. This starts a chain reaction, rather like one domino striking another, which knocks over another, and another.... </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The final result of this chain reaction is what is known as an flow of electrons, or an electrical current. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://solartradingpost.com/howphotovoltaicswork.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 11:30:20 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/BF4B9B50-9A89-43A0-BB7E-23DA4F0BBDC2/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Lubaska/">Lubaska</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/07/americas-12-new-solar-cities/" title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/07/americas-12-new-solar-cities/">www.inhabitat.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="post-9522"><A title="Permanent Link to 12 New Solar America Cities Chosen" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/07/americas-12-new-solar-cities/" linkindex="11" set="yes">12 New Solar America Cities Chosen</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Lubaska/512/B748A475-0B02-46B7-9A98-193D7389F4BB.jpg" alt="Solar America Cities, EERE, Department of Energy, Solar America Initiative, New Frontiers in Energy Summit, renewable energy, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, Tucson, Denver, New York, Seattle, Houston, Knoxville, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The <A href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/" target="new" linkindex="13">US Department of Energy (DOE)</A> has selected 12 new <A href="http://www.solaramericacities.org/" target="new" linkindex="14">Solar America Cities</A>, bringing the number from 13 to 25 in total, and moving along the $2.4 million initiative to provide up to $200,000 per city to build solid solar infrastructures. The announcement came at the New Frontiers in Energy Summit 2008 in Denver, Colorado, which is among the 2008 <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/" target="new" linkindex="15" set="yes">Solar America Initiative (SAI)</A> cities. The overall program goals are to facilitate adoption of solar technology by individuals and businesses and to make solar electricity from photovoltaics a cost-competitive energy choice by 2015.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Lubaska/512/61CA36F9-7E40-4727-A0FC-22C005DDD8C7.jpg" alt="Solar America Cities, EERE, Department of Energy, Solar America Initiative, New Frontiers in Energy Summit, renewable energy, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, Tucson, Denver, New York, Seattle, Houston, Knoxville, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, solarcity.jpg" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The <A href="http://www.doe.gov/news/6099.htm" target="new" linkindex="16" set="yes">newly selected Solar America Cities</A> are Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Knoxville, Tennessee; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota; Orlando, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Antonio, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and three cities in California including San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sacramento. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Lubaska/512/EB1DAE9A-897D-436E-BC2B-D77E2AB0A976.jpg" alt="Solar America Cities, EERE, Department of Energy, Solar America Initiative, New Frontiers in Energy Summit, renewable energy, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, Tucson, Denver, New York, Seattle, Houston, Knoxville, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, solardenver.jpg" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/usa/" rel="tag">usa</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cities/" rel="tag">cities</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar+energy/" rel="tag">solar energy</a></div>http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/07/americas-12-new-solar-cities/Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:24:52 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B9B95100-D2CB-48A6-B6BE-76EB7916D3A1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/rmowery/">rmowery</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/businessspecial2/26degree.html?em&ex=1206763200&en=1a95aaae4d43d679&ei=5087%0A" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/businessspecial2/26degree.html?em&ex=1206763200&en=1a95aaae4d43d679&ei=5087%0A">www.nytimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><NYT_HEADLINE _moz-userdefined="" type=" " version="1.0"> Majoring in Renewable Energy </NYT_HEADLINE></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>AS business and industry are taking more interest in renewable energy, academia is not far behind. Anticipating increased demand for new technical and design skills, colleges and universities across the nation are offering degree programs in the field.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The Oregon Institute of Technology has developed the country’s first four-year undergraduate degree program in renewable-energy systems. This year the program is training 50 students and will graduate its first class.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The institute’s degree requires basic knowledge in engineering, electrical circuits, motors and generators, thermodynamics, heat transfer and the language of computers. Then come specialized courses in photovoltaics (<A title="More articles about Solar Energy." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/solar_energy/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">solar energy</A> research and technology), wind, biomass (the recycling of biological material), hydropower and geothermal energy development.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/renewable+energy/" rel="tag">renewable energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/college+degree/" rel="tag">college degree</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/college/" rel="tag">college</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/alternative+energy/" rel="tag">alternative energy</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar/" rel="tag">solar</a></div>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/businessspecial2/26degree.html?em&ex=1206763200&en=1a95aaae4d43d679&ei=5087%0AThu, 27 Mar 2008 21:06:56 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7EFB8084-DE73-46A3-AF3C-6B325C858776/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Rasmus/">Rasmus</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80532/" title="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80532/">www.alternet.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Rasmus/512/8F3D1630-E2FA-4C45-89F4-00FF680C4AD1.jpg" alt="atruckblog" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> The <EM>Toronto Star</EM> reported an alarming factoid earlier this month: </P><BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG><A href="http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/326294" linkindex="2">No gasoline-powered car assembled in North America would meet China's current fuel-efficiency standard</A>.</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That's mainly because:</P><P></P><OL><P></P><LI>Their standard is much higher than ours is currently.</LI> <LI>Their standard is a minimum-allowable efficiency standard, not a "fleet-average" standard like ours.</LI> <LI>Our lame car companies don't make their (relatively few) most efficient vehicles in this country.</LI> </OL><P>As for our much-hyped <A href="http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/19/everybody-happy-bush-to-sign-do-little-energy-bill/" linkindex="3" set="yes">new 35-mpg (average) standard</A> -- it will take us in 2020 to where <A href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/07/icct-releases-n.html" linkindex="4" set="yes">the Chinese are now (but not even to where Japan and Europe were six years ago</A>). If we don't <A href="http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/23/campaign-stunner-mccain-might-take-new-cafe-standards-off-the-books/" linkindex="5">rescind it</A>, that is. So whether you believe in human-caused global warming or peak oil, America remains unprepared to capture the huge explosion in jobs this century for clean, fuel-efficient cars. </P><P>Oh, and by 2010, China will be the world leader in wind turbine manufacturing and solar photovoltaics manufacturing.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/fuel+efficiency/" rel="tag">fuel efficiency</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cafe/" rel="tag">cafe</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/global+warming/" rel="tag">global warming</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/china/" rel="tag">china</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/climate+change/" rel="tag">climate change</a></div>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80532/Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:16:49 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6DE35D8E-CE54-42C7-AFB9-4D3728946E36/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Naomi-K/">Naomi-K</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Thin film photovoltaics are an interesting develpment. <br/>Fuelled by a worldwide shortage of silicon (caused by a huge growth in demand for solar energy) thin film solar has risen in popularity.<br/><br/>While less efficient (now) than traditional solar panels, thin film is cheaper to produce. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://solarstarter.org/blog/" title="http://solarstarter.org/blog/">solarstarter.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>I have found that there is new technology in photovoltaic cells called nanotechnology cells. The source tells me that there are kinds of chemicals that they basically “print” on to a surface and it can produce electricity. If is true then i would like to know what exactly these chemicals are and how this works. Would this be the same thing as Thin Film solar panels?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Nanotechnology is a term meaning “Technology development at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular range of approximately 1-100 nanometers.”</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Thin film photovoltaics are made of materials that are only a few micrometers thick. This has material cost saving advantages as well as fast production advantages.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>So thin film technology is a part of nanotechnology. The crossover in terms may result from the name of one of the major thin-film manufacturers - Nanosolar.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://solarstarter.org/blog/Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:06:44 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9A3392CA-F24C-42CC-A296-F2759086FDD9/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/BobbyDelray/">BobbyDelray</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html" title="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html">www1.eere.energy.gov</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The U.S. Department of Energy works to provide clean, reliable, affordable solar electricity for the nation through its research programs in photovoltaic (PV) energy systems. The following pages explain the "how's" and "why's" of PV. Whether you are a student, builder, consumer, engineer, or researcher, there is something here for you.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Our goal is to ensure that photovoltaic energy systems make an important contribution to the energy needs of our nation and the world. In these pages, you will learn about DOE's R&D in photovoltaic energy systems, and much more. You will also find out—</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><UL> <LI>How PV <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_basics.html">works</A> </LI> <LI>Why PV is <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_important.html">important</A> </LI> <LI>How and why PV is <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_use.html">used</A> </LI> <LI>How DOE is supporting <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_research_development.html">research</A> of solar energy </LI> <LI>How you, the <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_consumers.html">consumer</A>, can use PV and other solar energy technologies </LI> <LI>How <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_builders.html">builders</A> can incorporate solar into their building plans </LI> <LI>How <A href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_education_tools.html">students, educators, and trainers</A> can learn more about PV </LI></UL></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/BobbyDelray/512/148A2004-9474-4043-97D1-D013952C8F0F.jpg" alt="Photo of roof shingles that are coated with PV cells." /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/photovoltaic/" rel="tag">photovoltaic</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/solar/" rel="tag">solar</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/energy/" rel="tag">energy</a></div>http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.htmlThu, 06 Mar 2008 19:12:34 GMT