- Sanyo Solar Parking Lot recharges electric hybrid bicycle batteries and illuminates LED parking lot lights in Japan
Sanyo has completed installation of two Solar Parking Lots, incorporating solar panels and lithium-ion battery systems, and provision of 100 electric hybrid bicycles, eneloop bike in Setagaya, Tokyo Japan. The Solar Parking Lot is a completely independent and clean system eliminating the use of fossil fuels, and the clean power generated from the solar panels installed on the roof is stored to be used to recharge the electric hybrid bicycle batteries and illuminate the LED parking lot lights. The 100 eneloop bike units provided at the three locations will be used as community bicycles by a wide range of people residing in and outside Setagaya.
- March 16, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Toshiba to make Full-scale Entry into Residential Solar Photovoltaic Systems Business in Japan on April 1st 2010
Toshiba today announced that it will make its full-scale entry into the residential solar photovoltaic systems business in Japan on April 1st 2010, with the goal of winning a 10% share of the Japanese market by fiscal year 2012.Toshiba's residential solar photovoltaic systems comprise photovoltaic modules, power conditioners and color LCD that displays the overall system status. The photovoltaic modules will be supplied by SunPower and will integrate solar cells that achieve a conversion efficiency of cells of 21.5%, one of the highest commercially available conversion efficiencies. Toshiba's photovoltaic systems will combine these modules with a power conditioner and achieve a total power generating efficiency rate of 15.9%.
- March 1, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Intelligent and energy-efficient houses of the near future may look like this
Samsung is offering a picture of what the intelligent, energy-efficient houses of the near future may look like. Samsung C&T’s (a leading innovator in the construction and housing industry in Korea) Green Tomorrow model house in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province is built around a heavily-insulated roof installed with solar panels and triple-glazed, low-emissivity glass throughout. Green Tomorrow is designed to consume 56 percent less electricity than average apartment units, which use more than 33,000 kilowatt-hours a year. Green Tomorrow is a product of a wide range of cutting-edge technologies, including solar and wind power generating equipment, low-power light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, a radio frequency identification-based management program for monitoring food, clothes, other items, the smart grid system and information systems for cars.
- February 25, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Sanyo Denki Sanups PV Monitor can remotely monitor the conditions of photovoltaic power systems
Sanyo Denki Sanups PV Monitor eliminates the need of having monitoring personnel at photovoltaic power system installation sites such as mega solar power generation stations. It can display the quantity of power generated and a power trend graph in real-time. When trouble occurs with the PV inverter an e-mail is automatically sent. Conversely, when a request mail is sent by the monitoring personnel, the sending personnel receives a response regarding power conditions and conditioner information. - February 8, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Honda opens New Solar Hydrogen Station to Re-fuel Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Honda began operation of a next generation solar hydrogen station prototype at the Los Angeles Center of Honda R&D America. Designed as a single, integrated unit to fit in the user's garage, Honda's next generation Solar Hydrogen Station reduces the size of the system, while producing enough hydrogen (0.5kg) via an 8-hour overnight fill for daily commuting (10,000 miles per year) for a fuel cell electric vehicle. Compatible with a Smart Grid energy system, the Honda Solar Hydrogen Station would enable users to refill their vehicle overnight without the requirement of hydrogen storage, which would lower CO2 emissions by using less expensive off-peak electrical power.
- January 28, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy | Related Entries - Transport
- Sharp, Enel Green Power and STMicroelectronics Sign Agreement for the Largest Photovoltaic-Panel Manufacturing Plant in Italy
Sharp, Enel Green Power and ST Microelectronics today signed a joint venture agreement for the production of thin-film solar cells in Italy. The thin-film solar cell plant will start operation with an initial annual production capacity of 160MW, which is scheduled to be expanded to an annual production capacity of 480MW in the future. The thin-film solar cells produced in this plant will be marketed mainly in Europe and the Mediterranean area through the sales networks of Sharp and EGP. Thin-film solar cells are especially suitable for large scale photovoltaic power generation, especially in Mediterranean areas including Southern Europe.
- January 4, 2010 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Kyocera Solar Modules Supply approximately 40 MW at Large-Scale Solar Power Plants in Spain
Kyocera has supplied roughly 190,000 solar modules, equivalent to approximately 40 megawatts (MW), for two newly completed large-scale solar power plants in Spain. Kyocera supplies its high-efficiency multicrystalline solar modules to Avanzalia — a renewable energy company and one of the leaders in promoting, constructing and capitalizing on large-scale solar power plants in Spain. Recently, Avanzalia has inaugurated two new solar power plants in the Castile-La Mancha region of central Spain: Dulcinea in Cuenca, and Don Quijote in Ciudad Real. Kyocera modules, equal to 39.3MW, have been installed and are currently operating, providing clean energy from the power of the sun.
- December 17, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Kyocera to install13 MW of solar modules on an artificial island just outside of Tokyo Bay
Kyocera will provide approximately 13 megawatts of solar modules for the Ohgishima Solar Power Plant “Mega Solar System,” planned by Tokyo Electric Power Company with construction by Hitachi, Ltd. Scheduled for completion in 2011, the installation will be one of the largest in Japan, providing electricity for approximately 3,800 homes and off-setting about 5,800 tons of CO2 emissions each year. To promote land-use efficiency, the Kyocera solar modules, covering about 57 acres, will be installed on an artificial island just outside of Tokyo Bay.
- December 17, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Toyota and Aisin to provide 30 residential solid-oxide fuel-cell cogeneration systems to five Japanese gas companies
Toyota and Aisin will provide a total of 30 residential, solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC1) cogeneration systems developed jointly by Osaka Gas, Kyocera, TMC and Aisin to five Japanese gas companies, as part of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization's (NEDO's) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Verification Project2 for 2009. Once installation is complete in regular households, the five gas companies will gather data necessary for commercialization.
- December 17, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Sainsbury to have the largest fleet of electric vans in the world
Sainsbury UK's third largest supermarket chain has announced it is to purchase 50 Smith Edison electric vans for its online grocery delivery service. When added to the existing fleet of 20, the supermarket will have the largest fleet of electric vans in the world.The Smith Edison vans will be deployed in the London area, meaning 60 per cent of central Londoners will have their groceries delivered in one of these environmentally responsible vehicles. The 3.5 tonne Smith Edison vans will be based at ten of Sainsbury's London stores and are due to hit the road from March. The vans have been modified to meet Sainsbury's specific requirements for its urban online deliveries. Each vehicle is restricted to 40mph and can comfortably achieve the required range of 60 miles per day. The vans are also fitted with a fast charging system. The addition of the new vans will reduce London road transport emissions by around 155 tonnes of CO2 each year.
- December 3, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- AUO announces Frisbee-shaped solar roof playground for children with an estimated reduction of 3.95 tons of carbon emissions
The first AUO Solar Frisbee Roof project at the Taipei European School is ready to be launched. The Frisbee-shaped solar roof provides a playground for children, while also sheltering them from sunshine and rain. The roof was constructed from thirty-two 210 W photovoltaic (PV) modules, with an output of 6.8 kWp (kilo Watt peak). It can generate 6,205 kWh (kilowatt-hours) annually, resulting in an estimated reduction of 3.95 tons of carbon emissions. From solar module manufacturing to system design, Solar Frisbee Roof at Taipei European School project was co-worked by AU Optronics and other partners.
- December 1, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- AUO unveils World's largest E-Paper Module
AUO today announced the world's first 20-inch EPD (Electrophoretic Display) module, which is also the largest EPD size currently ready for mass production. The world's first 20-inch EPD module with the ability to eliminate backlight features extremely low power consumption of less than 2W as well as 16 gray level capability.
- October 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Sharp Develops World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency Solar Cell
Sharp has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell. Unlike silicon-based solar cells, the most common type of solar cell in use today, the compound solar cell utilizes photo-absorption layers made from compounds consisting of two or more elements such as indium and gallium. To boost the efficiency of triple-junction compound solar cells, it is important to improve the crystallinity (the regularity of the atomic arrangement) in each photo-absorption layer (the top, middle, and bottom layer). It is also crucial that the solar cell be composed of materials that can maximize the effective use of solar energy.
- October 22, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- LG unveils e-book equipped with solar cell
The thin-film solar cell featured in the e-book measures 10 centimeters in width and length and perfectly fits the 6-inch display panel for e-book currently mass produced by LG Display. The solar cell measures 0.7 millimeter in thickness and weighs a mere 20 grams, the less thickness of a credit card and the weight of a fountain pen. The thin-film solar cell is produced by placing electrodes onto a glass or plastic substrate. Contrary to widely adopted crystalline solar cells that employ silicon wafers, the thin-film solar cell is generally light-weight and easily adjustable in size and form for applications such as e-books or mobile phones.
- October 14, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
- Toyota FT-EV II concept Electric Vehicle has no steering wheel or foot pedals!
The Toyota FT-EV II, which stands for Future Toyota Electric Vehicle II, is a concept car created from the core technology of the Toyota Hybrid System in the pursuit of the ultimate environmentally-considerate vehicle. Its lithium-ion battery provides a cruising range in excess of 90km on a full charge, which is more than enough for everyday use, and a maximum speed in excess of 100km/h. The vehicle has no steering wheel or foot pedals-symbols of vehicle performance. In addition, it has not been designed simply as a means of transport, but instead based on the premise of collaboration with communications functions, a concept that differs from earlier vehicles.
Enhanced communications functions enable the linking of individual drivers' information on a network, allowing the vehicle to connect with services that go beyond car navigation, such as recommending information tailored to the individual's preferences and downloading music and movie content. Furthermore, the vehicle can connect to home networks to play a role in storing energy and saving large volumes of data, making the vehicle a new information device in the networked society of the future.
- October 7, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy | Related Entries - Transport
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