Solar enticement

Promoting the cause of solar power against conventional power is the latest Swiss initiative

Water from sun

Drying device

Shady windows

Rural energy

Sunny gains

Electronic firms see a hot market in solar power generation systems

Rediscovering solar energy

Who is the shiniest of all?

Energy’s new face

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Telangana announces new solar power policy

State offers many incentives to project developers, including allowing the acquisition of agricultural land for solar projects

New solar technology from Sweden claims to be the most efficient

The plant needs no water to generate electricity, unlike other concentrated solar power plants

Ministry refuses to learn from experience

The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in …

Out in the cold

It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture …

Sun city

Architectural features that eliminate artificial heating or cooling of a building are becoming de rigeur

A better alternative

Cheaper and more easy to operate models of solar devices have been developed and these can also be built by the people who use them

Paints that power home

Quantum dots convert sunlight into electricity

Sun boat

Sunlight kills cancer

Smart reflectors

Solar cooler

A MODEL OF COOPERATION

Sunny alternatives

Solar power is being used to run fax machines, computers and telephones

Sun-powered scooter

Trouble for SOHO