Harness solar energy with salt, spray-on cells
Magnesium chloride, used to make tofu and found in bath salt, can be used in solar panels to bring down their cost and cut toxic waste
The last over 4-minute-long ‘total solar eclipse’ in the US was used by Tecumseh to unite indigenous Americans
Tecumseh’s brother, Tenskwatawa, an influential shaman, predicted an eclipse on June 16, 1806; it happened, and indigenous people united …
WTO finally sides with the US; terms India’s solar conditions ‘inconsistent’
India had appealed against an earlier decision of WTO which favoured the US
World’s largest solar plant opens in California
The plant will generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes
Mega solar power project becomes operational in Thailand
The project will produce enough electricity to power 287,500 households
Bandh in Kerala over solar scam
Protest by Left organisations turns violent; 30 policepersons and 50 protesters injured
Multi-powered craft
Future power
Reaching for the sun
Micro-financed solar energy systems light up Bangladesh’s rural areas
Off-grid thinking
Solar lamps can reach where transmission lines cannot
Does space weather cause flight delays? New study spots links
Flight delay problems can be relieved to some extent if flight scheduling reasonably considers space weather effects
Al Gore's ‘sunny’ proposal to India
Climate crusader and former US Vice President wants India to realise its solar potential; but solar energy alone cannot solve problems of …
Double trouble
Two layers of black carbon, a pollutant causing greenhouse effect, have been found over Guwahati. Usually there is just one
Out of option
Solar becomes lifeline for power-starved Bihar, but cheap and inferior equipment dominate market
'I don't want subsidies'
For five years the non-profit Centre for Renewable Energy has been promoting and selling expensive solar lamps to poor families in Nepal. Today …
China opposes anti-dumping probe on solar panels by the US
Warns US of retaliatory measures
Science & Technology - Briefs
The four pillars of non-conventional energy
After initial success in deriving energy from water, sun, wind and biomass, India is poised for a great leap in making these the energy sources …
Clouds over solar
Solar trick
A number of solar mission projects operational only on paper
Guarantee of 14 companies under solar mission encashed
NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms
Time to Plug in
The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although …
Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry
What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film
Infosys to switch to renewable energy, go carbon neutral
The global information technology services company, Infosys, headquartered at Bengaluru, plans to become carbon neutral and shift completely to …
Spurt forecast in nonconventional energy
The nonconventional energy sector is seen as the mainstay of the nation's future power requirements and is all set for major expansion, following …