While many high school science students labor over the usual time-tested science projects, dissecting frogs or building toothpick bridges, a group of Houston students will soon get a cross-curriculum education in cutting-edge solar technologies.
Tags: · Green Energy, HARC, Houston, Houston Advanced Research Center, Moser Baer Solar Panel, Pasadena, Sam Rayburn High School, Solar Energy, Solar Panel, solar panels, solar projects, Solyndra, South Houston High School
Even those among us who spend a fair deal of time daydreaming about living in a solar-powered home may stop short of actually shopping for the required equipment. You can’t just hop down to Home Depot and pick up a photovoltaic rig, after all, and we all know it’s expensive.
Happily, some pioneers are making themselves guinea pigs and sharing their experiences with anyone who’s interested.
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By Harriet Blake An engineering team at MIT has developed a new solar concentrator that doubles as a window and generates more electricity with fewer solar cells than typical solar panels — moving toward the day when on-site solar power might make fiscal sense for homeowners.
Tags: · Marc Baldo, MIT, Solar Concentrator, Solar Panel
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