Solar Panels

Test Drive a Solar Array’s Wattage Before You Build With RoofRay Google Maps Calculator

Thinking of camping out at Ikea once they start selling those solar panels? While you’re waiting, RoofRay will help you plan exactly how many SUNGLYÄSS units you’ll need, and how much you’ll save. Draw the shape of a prospective solar array on Google Maps’ satellite image of your roof, enter its slope angle, and watch…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 12

Ikea To Sell Flatpack Solar Panels Soon?

That’s what the Cleantech Group is reporting, based on details of a recent €50 million investment into Ikea’s GreenTech fund, used to finance research into consumer solar panels, green building materials, alternative light sources, etc. In the same way that Wal-Mart can basically fart one night and wake up the next morning having changed the…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 7

Solar Panel-Powered Prius in 2009 Confirmed

In a Nikkei article set to publish Monday, it was revealed that Toyota has green lit plans to offer solar panels on its popular Prius hybrid vehicle. The solar panel option will be available on the high-end Prius model when it receives a redesign in 2009. Strangely, the Japanese business newspaper also reports that the…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 6

Triumph Brings Out Bra-and-Pants Set with Solar Panels (Guess Where the Beverage Dispenser Is)

This bra-and-pants set in astroturf a fetching shade of public-convenience green towelling is, aspazzarently, part of underwear manufacturer Triumph’s Autumn-Winter collection. As well as a whacking great panel of photovoltaic cells on the front of it (useful for winterwear, don’t you think?) there’s an electronic “scoreboard” and a built-in beverage holder (I am not making…

Gadgets AddyDugdale May 14

Glasgow Considering Installing Giant ‘Solar Lily Pads’ in the River Clyde

Scottish architecture firm ZM Architecture has come up with a way to deliver more renewable energy to Glasgow: solar panel lily pads. Yep, they want to populate the River Clyde with a series of gigantic solar islands that’ll soak up the rays all day long, sending electricity to the grid while also acting as an…

Gadgets Adam Frucci May 12

Sungevity Web App Makes Installing Solar Panels a Piece of Cake

Eco start-up company Sungevity is launching a new web application on Earth Day (three days away, people!) that will take the guess work out of solar panel installations. Enter your address on Sungevity’s website and satellite-imaging software will zoom in on your home, calculate your roof’s dimensions, select the right sized solar arrays and calculate…

Tech News Elaine Chow Apr 19

Tesla Motors Founder to Lease No-Money-Down SolarCity Solar Panels

When you’re green, you’re green: Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk’s other gig is SolarCity, a solar energy company that just announced it would lease panels to residents of San Jose with no money down. Typically going solar requires a $20K to $30K install, or at the very least, a $2,000 down payment, so a no-cash-upfront…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 16

GROW Shingles Shame Leaves and Solar Panels

While the future of solar technology seems to rest on nanotechnological innovation, these GROW panels by SMIT are fairly remarkable. Inspired by leaves, these tiny generators do one better than their biological counterparts, drawing power from the sun, but also capturing energy from the wind as they are jostled by the breeze. Developers currently showcasing…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 1

Foldable Solar Panels Could Be Up To 80% Efficient

Researchers at the Idaho National Laboratory have designed a lightweight, foldable solar panel design which they predict will function at 80% efficiency (the best solar panel prototypes operate at about 40%). The researchers’ secret is the implementation of nanoantennas, which have the ability to absorb not only light, but heat from the sun as well.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 2

San Francisco Working on Ambitious Solar Plan, Rebates and Loans for Solar Installations

The city of San Francisco is working on a groundbreaking new solar energy initiative, working on adding a combo of loans and rebates that would make installing solar panels a cheaper and more attractive option for local residents. Under the proposed plan, businesses would be eligible for rebates of up to $10,000 while residents would…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Dec 12

Solient Solar Concentrators Crank Out the Power Cheaper Than the Electro-Grid

Hey, there’s going to be a half-price sale on solar energy this year, as soon as these way-cool solar panels from Solient Energy find their way onto your roof. In its first iteration that’ll be available later this year, the devices work like a series of slats that track the sun. Lenses inside these lightweight…

Tech News Charlie White May 11

Spanish Tower Draws Solar Energy from 600 Mirrors

It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Six hundred mirrors reflecting sunlight onto a massive 40-story tall tower out in the Andalusian countryside. Yet as eerie as it looks, this is Europe’s first commercial solar power plant being operated by a company called Solucar. The structure generates 11 Megawatts of electricity—enough power for…

Tech News Louis Ramirez May 4

Motorola Turns to the Sun to Power its Future Cellphones

Most of today’s cellphones are pretty good when it comes to battery life, but Motorola is hoping it can make them better by fusing a phone’s LCD with solar panels. The company has a new patent that speaks of a mobile phone with a screen that can both power the device and charge its internal…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 23

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: Build yourself a solar-powered wifi booster for the backyard. Your mousing wrist feeling a little achy? Train yourself to mouse lefty (or righty, lefties.) PayPal your buddy your share of the dinner bill with your cell phone. Add encryption to Gmail and sync your Google calendar with your mobile phone or…

Tech News Gina Trapani May 31

Solar-Powered Toyota

Steve Lapp, Canadian and energy efficient car collector, has thrown together a solor-powered Toyota Prius. His design has improved the fuel economy by 10%, which is almost two times better than Honda and the redesigned Civic engine. Lapp is predicting another increase of at least 10% with the 270 watts. The unfortunate feature is the…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 18

Test Drive a Solar Array’s Wattage Before You Build With RoofRay Google Maps Calculator

Ikea To Sell Flatpack Solar Panels Soon?

Solar Panel-Powered Prius in 2009 Confirmed

Triumph Brings Out Bra-and-Pants Set with Solar Panels (Guess Where the Beverage Dispenser Is)

Glasgow Considering Installing Giant ‘Solar Lily Pads’ in the River Clyde

Sungevity Web App Makes Installing Solar Panels a Piece of Cake

Tesla Motors Founder to Lease No-Money-Down SolarCity Solar Panels

GROW Shingles Shame Leaves and Solar Panels

Foldable Solar Panels Could Be Up To 80% Efficient

San Francisco Working on Ambitious Solar Plan, Rebates and Loans for Solar Installations

Solient Solar Concentrators Crank Out the Power Cheaper Than the Electro-Grid

Spanish Tower Draws Solar Energy from 600 Mirrors

Motorola Turns to the Sun to Power its Future Cellphones

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

Solar-Powered Toyota

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