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Solar Power Proves Popular In North Somerset

North Somerset is one of the most popular places for the installation of solar panels with over 3,500 homes having had the panels fitted. Figures from the Department for Energy and Climate Change reveal that 3,542 homes in North Somerset … Continue reading

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Street Lights In Surakarta, Central Java, May Be Lit Up Using Solar Energy

A senior official with the Surakarta Municipal has confirmed that Surakarta city, with a population exceeding half a million people, is giving serious consideration to lighting up the city’s streets utilising solar energy by mid 2013. The big problem is … Continue reading

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Solar Power Helps Wild Elephant Studies In Africa

Each year Stanford University have a number of elephant researchers located at a high tech camp in an isolated location within Etosha National Park, Namibia for a few weeks. Solar panels are being used to provide all the energy that … Continue reading

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Solar Energy Savings – Lack Of Knowledge

Recent research by The Green Home Company has revealed that approaching 5 million people that reside in the South East of England are unaware of the potential saving that solar panels could provide by reducing their energy bills. Not only … Continue reading

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Cost of solar energy can be reduced by metal-free resins

Research has been undertaken in Korea revealing that the expensive metal found in a number of solar cells can be replaced with cheap resins. A very important type of solar cell known as dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) is possibly the … Continue reading

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Install Solar Panels And You May Save On Average £1,000 pa

uSwitch.com have undertaken some research that reveals a consumer can save an average of over £1,000 per annum on their household bills by installing solar panels. Energy experts say that people in Scotland are ahead of the game as solar … Continue reading

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Sainsbury’s Are The Largest Generator Of Solar Power In Europe

Sainsbury’s has announced that over 69,500 solar panels have been installed on the roofs of a number of its stores making it the largest generator of solar power across Europe. The company has solar capacity totalling 16MW spread over 169 … Continue reading

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Experiment Launches 3D Solar Panel Installations

According to Jersey Electricity’s CEO, the solar panels that will soon be installed on the company’s roofs will generate enough power for four to five homes. Chris Ambler, the company’s CEO clarified that it was still at the experimental stage … Continue reading

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New Solar Cell Developed, Could Replace Traditional Silicone Cells

Scientists working at the University of Cambridge have announced the development of a new kind of solar cell which can boost solar panel efficiency by more than 25 per cent, as compared to regular silicon-based cells. However, it will take … Continue reading

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Solar Energy Business Reeling Under Subsidy Cuts, Considers Lay-Offs

Following the Government’s decision to cut off the subsidy for one of largest businesses in solar panels, UK, thousands of workers now find themselves on the edge of unemployment. The Government’s decision to enforce the Feed-in Tariff scheme which effectively … Continue reading

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