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Designing Solar Panel Support Frames to Withstand a Range of Environmental Conditions
Started by Caren Vay Mar 4. 0 Replies 0 Likes
As the demand for green energy increases there is a growing number of large Photovoltaic Solar Plants. Find out how the integration platform for multi-objective and multi-disciplinary design…Continue
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The State Of Solar Financing: Is Puerto Rico a Myth or the Next Big Solar Market?
Started by Frank Andorka Nov 27, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
Robert Sternthal, our resident financing expert (from Reznick Capital Markets) posed an interesting question in our e-newsletter this…Continue
Why isn't solar a more prominent electricty resource?
Started by Taylor Johnson. Last reply by Rowan McMurray Sep 20, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I often wonder, what does the future of the solar industry look like and how can solar compete with the much more efficient, utility-scaled wind turbine? I certainly don't have the answer to either…Continue
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Making Solar Energy Economical
Solar panels can provide enough electricity to meet the world’s global demand, yet solar power produces only 1.2 percent of today’s world energy. No other natural resource is as pl...Developing a Renewable Energy Laboratory Using NI ELVIS, NI LabVIEW, and NI myDAQ
Developing a system for students to study photovoltaic, wind, and solar thermal energies, along with a small, portable version of the system.Optimizing Storage and Energy Use in an Autonomous Home Using NI Single-Board RIO
Interfacing energy storage devices with a communication network for precise control of energy use in the “Canopea” house, winner of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 challenge.Comment Wall
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Comment by Daniel.Lou on May 9, 2013 at 12:11am -
Hi,this is Daniel,i am a engineer professional in prototyping and tooling in
China.Hope we could learn more each other in here and also hope have an
opportunity to work with you.www.jevny.wordpress.com (Prototype and Tooling life in Shenzhen)
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Comment by Lance Brown on April 6, 2012 at 11:58am -
New Webinar from Solar Power World April 17th!
"Solar Project Financing: Where We've Been And Where We're Going"
Register now!
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Comment by Hayder Jalil on January 26, 2012 at 9:43am -
Video: World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney.
Bad news for Dubai’s 829-meter high Burj Khalifa. It might lose its distinction as the world’s tallest building, if a bunch of hot air takes root as planned in Australia. Perth-based Hyperion Energy wants to build a kilometer-high “solar chimney” in the Western Australian outback, in partnership with German engineering firm Shlalch Bergermann. (Okay, so Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal also has a 1,000 meter edifice in mind, as SmartPlanet’s Tuan C. Nguyen wrote in August. I guess what goes up keeps going up!). The monumental scheme rests on the principle that hot air rises. A ground level canopy less than a millimeter thin and covering 3600 hectares would heat air that would escape up the .62-mile high shoot. Along the way, it would drive 32 turbines, with a total capacity of 200 megawatts - roughly the same as is often proposed for small modular nuclear reactors. for more info you can visit below web site /
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/video-worlds-tal...
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Comment by Rapid Parts Manufacturing Inc. on November 22, 2011 at 10:28am
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The tool for inventing is finally here !!!!
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Comment by Kathie Zipp on October 11, 2011 at 7:57am -
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011: check out the houses and which team won! Pretty cool.
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Comment by Rodney Smith on October 5, 2011 at 4:01am -
Evacuated tubes manufactured in china seem to be the best way of using solar energy. I have six square meters collection area which gives between 1,5 annd 5 KW depending on the weather conditions.
Most of the energy is for domestic hot water and the surplus is dumped to radiators.
If the start point for central heating is 30 degrees centigrade instead of say 12 degrees ,this represents quite a good saving in input power.
The system cost £2000 self build and it is definitely worth it.
Rod
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Comment by Lance Brown on October 4, 2011 at 12:02pm
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Don’t miss Solar Power World’s October Webinar: "Discussing Solar Inverters" October 12th
Learn more & Register now: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/918138066
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Comment by Lance Brown on August 18, 2011 at 12:28pm
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New webinar from Solar Power World!
"Thinking About Solar Thermal"
Register here: http://www.engineeringexchange.com/events/thinking-about-solar-thermal
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Comment by Paul Passarelli on July 27, 2011 at 7:25am -
@ Mohammed,
A Solar & Coal hybrid... hmmm... Certainly. However, the problems would be entirely regulatory.
First you'd want to start with a CSP system that is suitable for the desired project. Then once that part is set, the addition of a small coal boiler would allow the solar plant to generate "prompt" energy when the sun shines with insignificant coal consumption, and "on demand" power for the other times (cloudy days) and especially at night.
As a solar guy I would size the plant based on sunshine 1st and fuel 2nd. Of course the other way is to construct a coal fired plant then add solar capacity sufficient to supply the parasitic loads of the plant. This is a valid option, but emotionally, I'd have a hard time calling it a solar hybrid.
Not that I would object selling my CSP gensets to any and all coal fired plants that'd like to "diversify" into alternative energy ;^) {If you know what I mean}
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Comment by Mohammed Hammad Jawaed on July 27, 2011 at 3:15am -
it is practically possilble to make a hybrid solar thermal and coal fired power plant
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