Sentences with phrase «include photovoltaic»

Features will include a photovoltaic solar array on the roof, a double curtain wall for heat dissipation, and a recyclable water system,» Rosenthal says.

These systems incorporate various strategies to control the operation of the circulating pump, which can include photovoltaic or differential controllers.

Analysis to date includes photovoltaics (PV), wind, geothermal, biomass and hydropower resources.

This is odd because solar — including photovoltaics, concentrating solar thermal, and solar space & water heating — is a mature, commercialized technology that is already being installed in quantity today, both as centralized utility - scale electricity generation and as distributed, small - to - mid-scale electricity and heat generation.

We started looking at all sorts of other ways to dramatically reduce our consumption of energy and to increase our production, including photovoltaic cells and a Sterling cycle generator (which is one of my own designs), and other things to augment and improve the wind turbine system.

The Solar Foundation estimates that the largest growth in the solar industry in 2011 will be in occupations in solar installation, including photovoltaic installers and electricians and roofers with experience in solar installation.

These include photovoltaics, solar heating, wind energy, microhydro, inverters, generators, batteries, charge controllers and energy efficient appliances.

We specialize in site analysis, system design and installation of multiple renewable energy system types including photovoltaic, wind energy and solar thermal for cold climates interfacing with radiant heat and hydro - air, and hybrid systems.

The phrase «passive» describes the way the home relies on natural resources, saving energy without resorting to «active» technologies, including photovoltaics or solar thermal hot water systems.

Not exact matches

Sachs turned to other research interests, including an effort to improve the manufacturing of photovoltaics (see «Praying for an Energy Miracle,»).

The photovoltaic electrical system installed at the Eastern Creek facility includes 670 solar panels.

The restoration of the site also includes the installation of a combination of on - site renewable energy generating systems, such as power generating photovoltaic cells, a bio-fuelled steam - generating boiler and 6kW hydro - electric water wheel.

That includes investments in better materials for photovoltaic cells and alternative fuels.

The building block of silicon solar cells has dropped so much in price that the venerable solar technology actually increased its share of the solar market over thin films in 2010, now accounting for nearly 90 percent of the photovoltaic market at a cost of roughly $ 1.20 per watt, not including installation.

This high - risk research also includes developing better batteries for electric cars, cheaper photovoltaics and power electronics (superefficient electrical converters).

Its scientists recently earned an award for the development of a Wavelength Scanning Interferometer, which has uses that include the detection of defects in the coating that can have a serious impact on the longevity of roll - to - roll vapour barrier coatings for flexible PV (photovoltaic) cells.

TVA produces energy from 18 wind turbines built atop Buffalo Mountain near Oak Ridge, Tenn., and it has installed small solar photovoltaic systems at 14 locations throughout its territory, including two sites in Alabama.

Russell, her advisor, points out that the advance holds promise for a wide range of different applications including in drug delivery, biosensing, fluidics, photovoltaics, encapsulation and bicontinuous media for energy applications and separations media.

Applications of this process include drug delivery, quantum computation, photovoltaics and hydrogen storage.

Buyers who purchase a house from Pardee today can choose from a checklist of energy - conserving options that include high - efficiency fluorescent lighting, photovoltaic cells, a tankless hot - water heater, and an insulated precast concrete foundation.

While as a proof - of - concept the research group built a more energy - efficient incandescent light bulb, the same approach could also be used to improve the performance of other hot thermal emitters, including thermo - photovoltaic devices.

The HEMS collects data from the various electricity meters in the house, including those for the photovoltaic system, the electric vehicle, the heat pump, and general household power.

A host of companies, including HelioVolt, Nanosolar and others, are using CIGS technology in an attempt to cut the cost of producing photovoltaic cells.

Bound together by the relatively weak intermolecular attraction known as the van der Waals force, GBN heterostructures have shown high potential to serve as platforms not only for high - electron - mobility transistors, but also for optoelectronic applications, including photodetectors and photovoltaic cells.

«Recent studies show that Chile has an estimated potential of more than 1.8 million MW in NCRE projects, including solar technology PV [photovoltaics], CSP [concentrated solar power], wind, mini-hydro, biogas / biomass, geothermal and marine,» said Carlos Finat, executive director at ACERA.

Others include: toxic by - products from polysilicon manufacture dumped indiscriminately in China; air pollution spewed from coal - fired power plants that provide the electricity needed to produce photovoltaics; and recovering cadmium, a known human carcinogen that is a primary ingredient in some thin - film solar cells, from mining slimes.

In the past, attempts have been made to create photovoltaics that could be incorporated into textiles, but typically they lacked at least one of the important properties — long - term stability in both air and water, energy efficiency, and robustness including resistance to deformation — that are key to successful devices.

Demonstration projects slated for the Charlottesville area next year include the installation of light - emitting diode street lights and batteries to store power from photovoltaic panels.

Vast acres of solar farms using photovoltaics made from semiconductors to convert sunlight to electricity now span southern Spain: Celebrated ground - mounted photovoltaic (PV) plants include La Magascona and Jumilla with their array of 120,000 modules on 120 single - axis «follow - the - sun» trackers.

The solar panels, or photovoltaics, would likely only be included on a limited number of more expensive models.

These properties promise revolutionary technology, including advanced optical electronics for screens, high - functioning photovoltaic cells, and enhanced batteries and other energy storage devices.

Utilizes advanced electron microscopy techniques to study nanoscale structure and defects that determine the utility of functional materials, such as superconductors, multiferroics, and other energy related systems including thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, and batteries.

Other co-authors on the study include James Bullock, a Berkeley Lab postdoctoral researcher in materials sciences, who was instrumental in engineering the system's photovoltaic and electrolysis cell pairing.

Dr. Ager's research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and photocathodes based on abundant elements for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide - and sulfide - based transparent conductors.

Instruments for detecting infrared radiation include heat - sensitive devices such as thermocouple detectors, bolometers (some of these are cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero so that the thermal radiation of the detector system itself is greatly reduced), photovoltaic cells, and photoconductors.

SAM develops cost - of - energy estimates for grid - connected power projects based on local weather conditions, installation and operating costs, and system design parameters for a range of renewable energy technologies, including solar photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), wind, and geothermal.

These include ferroelectric materials, perovskite photovoltaic active layers and even some biological materials.

Tour's scientific research areas include nanoelectronics, graphene electronics, silicon oxide electronics, carbon nanovectors for medical applications, green carbon research for enhanced oil recovery and environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction, graphene photovoltaics, carbon supercapacitors, lithium ion batteries, CO2 capture, water splitting to H2 and O2, water purification, carbon nanotube and graphene synthetic modifications, graphene oxide, carbon composites, hydrogen storage on nanoengineered carbon scaffolds, and synthesis of single - molecule nanomachines which includes molecular motors and nanocars.

Their conference last year on Next Generation Materials for Photovoltaics included topics in both current and next generation technologies.

These were used to assess a variety of renewable energy sources — including solar photovoltaic panels that generate electricity and solar hot water systems used to heat water.

Systems with the greatest increase in interest include energy management systems, solar panels / collectors / photovoltaics, and geothermal heating and cooling heat pumps.

Abstract: For the development of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) module realizing high efficiency, it is necessary to achieve the high efficiency optical system including Fresnel lens and homogenizer.

Sustainability and Design: Designed with the surrounding natural landscape in mind, the Lookout's architecture is the work of award - winning firm EHDD Architecture, and includes reclaimed Redwood siding, natural ventilation and lighting, low - flow fixtures, native - plant landscaping and photovoltaic systems, and windows that showcase the panoramic view of Sutro Baths and the California coastline.

As Hawaii's first LEED - EBOM Silver resort, Hyatt Regency Maui's list of leading environmental initiatives include LEED - EBOM certification maintenance by the resort's own Green Team; sustainability and recycling tactics supporting renewable energy and recycling; the recent installation of one of the largest photovoltaic solar panel systems in Hawaii that significantly reducing the resort's carbon footprint; and a new sustainability tour for guests to learn about environmental initiatives on site.

Other features include a recently installed photovoltaic system to bring high utility bills down to size, a large office (optional 4th bedroom with 1/2 bath and an oversized corner lot with outdoor living and dining area.

Recent updates include rich bamboo wood floors, an updated kitchen island, designer furnishings, and a new photovoltaic system.

The transition from deeply rooted energy systems based on burning fossil fuels to new norms emitting ever less of this gas — here and in China — is seen by many as requiring a sustained energy quest including much greater direct government investment on the frontiers of relevant technologies (batteries, photovoltaics, superconductivity, photosynthesis).]

Examples of the type of investments made under the city's offset program include converting restaurant grease into biodiesel or installing photovoltaic panels in low - income housing; the critical point, Newsom stressed, is that the offsets only fund local initiatives, not some that «promise action in distant lands.»

Watts described a friendly two - hour trading of very different views on many points of climate change science but also on at least a few areas of common ground on pollution problems and energy choices, including on the value of household photovoltaic systems, which both men have on their homes.

The Centre has all of the expected green gizmos, including enough photovoltaics to supply 30 % of the building's requirements, a wind turbine, ground source heat pumps and «exterior and interior solar control strategies specific to each façade in order to minimize solar heat gain in interior spaces and to offset cooling loads.