Overview There are two types of solar thermal systems passive systems and active systems. The passive system refers to when the sun shines through the windows and warms up the environment. Some buildings in different […]
Solar energy is the most abundant source of renewable energy. But one of the main challenges of harnessing solar energy is that its harnessing technologies, photovoltaic modules (PV modules), need more terrestrial space. However capturing […]
Transparent solar windows are a form of solar windows that have a light-harvesting layer embedded within them. A group of scientists from South Korea’s Incheon National University has come up with a low-cost transparent solar […]
We know that conventional solar panels convert visible and infrared (IR) parts of sunlight into electricity. Due to the intermittent nature of solar energy and the existence of more cloudy days than sunny days in […]
Among different types of power generation technologies, nuclear power is one of the most expensive. During the last five years from 2015 – 2019, the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for nuclear power has risen […]
The past decade was the take-off time for solar power technology and it is believed that this will continue in the forthcoming decade. This is only thanks to drastic cost reduction in the price of […]
We can divide solar cell technologies into three general subsets. They are called the first, second, and third generation of solar cell technologies due to their market entry time and types. The first generation consists […]
Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) is one of the most complicated ways to produce solar panels. However, due to its effect on increasing the “efficiency” of the modules, it reduces the final product price and therefore, […]
Interested in the history of alternative large scale batteries? Did you know that World’s first Compressed Air Energy Storage (Huntorf’s CAES) plant was built in 1978? It was designed to store extra energy in Elsfleth, […]
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) system utilizes excess electricity in the grid to compress the ambient air in an underground reservoir, called the underground cavern. The underground cavern must be strong enough to withstand the […]
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