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David Faiman – Introduction

David Faiman (born 1944 in the United Kingdom) is an Israeli engineer and physicist. He is a world expert on solar power. He is the director of the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center and Chairman of the Department of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics at Ben-Gurion University’s Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research in Sde [...]

James Lind – Legacy

Prevention and cure of scurvy Scurvy is a disease now known to be caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, but in Lind’s day, the concept of vitamins was unknown. Vitamin C is necessary for the maintenance of healthy connective tissue. In 1740 the catastrophic result of Anson’s circumnavigation attracted much attention in Europe; out [...]

GREEN Cell Shipping – The GREEN Cell

The GREEN Cell is at the core of the shipping concept. Each GREEN cell is envisaged as a container-sized source of electricity, based on inherent chemical energy (battery), in addition to solar energy and wind energy. Each cell provides electricity to the ship’s network. The electrical power potential of each GREEN cell depends on the [...]

Alberta Solar Decathlon Project – Introduction

Solar Decathlon is a high-profile, international competition in which twenty selected teams of university and college students from around the globe compete to design, build and operate the most attractive, practical and energy-efficient solar-powered home. The event is primarily sponsored by the US Department of Energy and includes a decathlon of 10 individual contests for [...]

Renewable resource – Renewable energy

Solar energy is the energy derived directly from the Sun. Along with nuclear energy, it is the most abundant source of energy on Earth. The fastest growing type of alternative energy, increasing at 50 percent a year, is the photovoltaic cell, which converts sunlight directly into electricity. The Sun yearly delivers more than 10,000 times [...]

Kurilpa Bridge – Bridge structure

The Kurilpa Bridge is a multiple-mast, cable-stay structure based on principles of tensegrity producing a synergy between balanced tension and compression components to create a light structure that is incredibly strong. The bridge is 470m long with a main span of 120m and features two large viewing and relaxation platforms, two rest areas, and a [...]

Solar gain – Shading coefficients

When discussing the properties of fenestration (e.g. windows and doors) and shading devices, shading coefficients are commonly mentioned properties. Shading coefficients measure the solar energy transmittance through windows. “G-value” is the coefficient commonly used in Europe and “solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC)” is used in the United States. “Shading Coefficient” is an older term that [...]

Environmental issues in Brevard County – Alternative solutions

Energy The Florida Solar Energy Center conducts education and research into alternative energy sources including hydrogen, building construction, as well as solar thermal and photovoltaics. Sewage A local firm has developed a self-contained sewage system which recycles water for use in boats, campers, remote camps. It sells for $15,000-$20,000. When it becomes more consumer priced, [...]

Solar tracker – Introduction

solar tracker is a generic term used to describe devices that orient various payloads toward the sun. Payloads can be photovoltaic panels, reflectors, lenses or other optical devices. In standard photovoltaic applications trackers are used to minimize the angle of incidence between the incoming light and a photovoltaic panel. This increases the amount of energy [...]

Renewable Energy Certificates – Prices

Prices depend on many factors, such as the vintage year the RECs were generated, location of the facility, whether there is a tight supply/demand situation, whether the REC is used for RPS compliance, even the type of power created. Solar renewable energy certificates or SRECs, for example, tend to be more valuable in the 16 [...]

Ashalim power station – Introduction

Ashalim power station is a future solar power station to be established in the Negev desert near the kibbutz of Ashalim, (south of the district city of Be’er Sheva) in Israel. The station will provide 250& Megawatt of electricity (2.5% of the Israeli consumption), which makes it the largest of its kind. The station will [...]

Solon SE – Introduction

Solon SE is a German solar energy company. It is headquartered in Berlin. Solon SE produces photovoltaic modules at its production sites in Greifswald (Germany, SOLON Nord GmbH), Steinach in Tirol (Austria, SOLON Hilber Technologie GmbH), Carmignano di Brenta (Italy, SOLON S.p.A., formerly known as S.E. Project s.r.l.), Tucson (USA, SOLON Corporation) and Berlin (Germany, [...]

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