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Real solar homes come to virtual world ?Second Life?
Categories: Energyrenewable, Second Lifesolar, Solar Energy - Thursday Apr 24, 2008 09:04Read the full story at News.com.
The organizers of the Solar Decathlon are hosting an event in Second Life on Thursday where people can attend a virtual conference and then get a virtual walk-through of a house designed to be powered entirely by the sun.
How to Make Graphene
Categories: Nanotechnology, Research, Solar Energy - Monday Apr 21, 2008 10:06Read the full story in Technology Review.
Graphene–a flat single layer of carbon atoms–can transport electrons at remarkable speeds, making it a promising material for electronic devices. Until recently, researchers had been able to make only small flakes of the material, and only in small quantities. However, Rutgers University researchers have developed an easy way to make transparent graphene films that are a few centimeters wide and one to five nanometers thick.
Thin films of graphene could provide a cheap replacement for the transparent, conductive indium tin oxide electrodes used in organic solar cells. They could also replace the silicon thin-film transistors common in display screens. Graphene can transport electrons tens of times faster than silicon, so graphene-based transistors could work faster and consume less power. (See “Graphene Transistors” and “Better Graphene Transistors.”)
Dell Powers Headquarters With Green Energy
Categories: Electronics Industry, Solar Energy - Monday Apr 14, 2008 12:34Read the full story in Environmental Leader.
Dell is now powering 100 percent of its 2.1 million square-foot global headquarters campus with 100 percent green power, the latest step in meeting the company?s 2008 carbon neutral commitment.
SunChips Solar Coming-Out Party
Categories: Green Business, Solar Energy - Monday Apr 14, 2008 12:33Read the full story in Environmental Leader.
Frito-Lay is planning a major ad campaign to tout that one of the factories that makes SunChips is powered by the sun. A field of solar concentrators at Frito-Lay?s Modesto, Calif. manufacturing facility will go online April 21, one day before Earth Day.