Sentences with phrase «with photovoltaic»

It also uses a unique power management system that consists of a battery combined with a photovoltaic panel that's able to power the lock from indoor and outdoor lighting sources.

The system is completely off - grid with its photovoltaic solar panels and a small wind turbine.

The outer surface is a rubber membrane upholstered over over recycled cellulose insulation on a standardized frame made from sustainably harvested wood, with a photovoltaic skin added on top.

The California Energy Commission is expected to approve the new rule when it votes this week, making California the first state in the country to require that new houses come with photovoltaic (PV) Generation of electricity directly from sunlight.

Solar technology has come a long way, with some solar cells able to achieve conversion efficiencies of close to 50 percent in lab settings, but researchers at Vanderbuilt University found that combining both the power of photosynthesis in spinach with the photovoltaic power of silicon could create a solar cell that packs an extra punch.

That is not a problem with a photovoltaic system with battery backup, which is one reason such systems are becoming more attractive to residential consumers.

The houses generate energy with photovoltaic (also called solar electric) systems that produce electricity and with solar thermal systems for space heating and cooling and water heating.

Tapping into «free» solar energy with photovoltaic modules requires making the home energy efficient so you're not just generating energy that gets wasted.

The strategy for achieving zero net energy was to lower building consumption through a high efficiency enclosure and mechanical as much as possible and follow up with a photovoltaic installation to generate the remaining amount of energy needed to operate the building over the course of a year.

Arava Power Company, a pioneering solar energy firm, wants to make the Israeli desert bloom — with photovoltaic panels.

At the gigafactory Tesla and Panasonic also will produce solar cells for the Solar Roof product, which promises to replace traditional roofing tiles — in a variety of styles — with photovoltaic tiles that look exactly like regular roofing tiles.

Unfortunately, people still confuse AP with photovoltaic solar power, but that will change:

During the NEPA permitting process, she said, «they came up with a photovoltaic alternative.

Comparatively, fossil fuels are still dramatically cheaper than solar - based energies, with photovoltaic energy costing anything from 35 - to - 50 cents per kilowatt - hour, compared with coal and natural gas at 5 - to - 6 cents per kilowatt - hour.

This Homestead House is designed to function off of the standard utility grid but it would be able to generate its own electricity with photovoltaic cells and with a small vertical axis wind turbine.

The downside: the costs for thermal plants aren't dropping as quickly as are the costs of solar plants made with photovoltaic cells.

Sandia scientists find the optimal way to mop up surplus solar flux on CSP towers Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity at a tower CSP plant, by cladding part of the tower containing the receiver with photovoltaic (PV) panels, according to Sandia scientist Cliff Ho.

advantage of solar silicon produced in Ontario, Canada, to land long term solar silicon and cell sales contracts with photovoltaic (PV) industry leaders including Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. -LRB-

The furnishings inside, heterogeneous in terms of form and function, represent the different energy sources and their concatenation: luminous elements power a table whose top is made with photovoltaic panels (solar energy) that, in turn, is connected by colored wires to a cabinet completely covered with small propellers (wind energy) and rotating vases (nuclear energy), all moving with self - produced energy.

Hawaii Island Retreat offers luxury accommodations in harmony with nature, said a release from the Hawaii State Energy Office of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, creating energy independence with photovoltaic panels and a windmill, and heating all water with solar power.

To develop the phone Kyocera worked with France - based Sunpartner Technologies, which produces translucent film impregnated with photovoltaic cells.

He envisions a solar cell using the plasmoelectric effect someday being used in tandem with photovoltaic cells to harness both visible and infrared light for the creation of electricity.

It can be described as an air cannon with a fan that comes with photovoltaic cells and can be mounted on a building,» the commercial director explained.

The prototype is like a miniature e-reader with photovoltaic cells able to harvest energy from office lighting.

The NIST photovoltaic solar heater does away with the usual plumbing, replacing it with photovoltaic panels on the roof and a wire that carries the electricity they generate down to the hot water heater.

An electric vehicle is charged with photovoltaic power from the roof of the house using a charging station.

Ultimately, though, concentrated solar power plants must compete on price with photovoltaic power plants that convert sunlight directly into electricity, using solar cells.

In 2008 we covered our largest wholesale bakery in Berkeley with photovoltaic panels in order to generate much of our own electricity.

The team's design uses solar energy (captured with photovoltaic panels) to power an electrochemical reactor that converts water and human waste into fertilizer and hydrogen.

The only way to do it cheaply is with photovoltaics or a photocatalytic agent that is as cheap as paint.

The country intends to harness its abundant solar energy with photovoltaics, powering both desalination and irrigation of the sandy surroundings.

The range extends from intelligent charging services for the home as well as tailor - made services right through to home energy storage units, which work for example in conjunction with photovoltaics installed on house rooftops.

And by the way, if you go with photovoltaics at the current price without subsidy, you would be raising the price of a $ 150,000 house by $ 1 Million.

There have been other attempts to coat windows with photovoltaics, but they tended to change the color or transparency of the glass.

Last tidbit: to get this kind of carbon benefit with photovoltaics, you'd have to invest half a billion dollars, instead of $ 6 million.

Bulovic estimates that if 0.3 percent of the U.S. were covered with photovoltaics with 10 percent efficiency, solar power could produce three times the country's needs, including a shift to electric vehicles.

Also, schemes for electrolyzing water with sunlight could be competitive in cost per unit of area with photovoltaics.

The challenges associated with photovoltaics, explains Gray, include using non-toxic manufacturing processes and materials that will create efficient, long - lasting solar cells.

Abengoa works with architectural products, as well as with photovoltaics.

Meanwhile, eSolar's existing CSP projects in California and New Mexico are to be replaced with photovoltaics.

It will be composed of flexible layers integrated with photovoltaics to generate solar energy.

One is to fill some of the sensor area with photovoltaics.

Not exact matches

Thus, the solar electricity producer with storage might have a total cost of 5.5 cents per kWh, assuming no further improvements in the photovoltaic cells.

That policy change has since sparked a solar boom, setting up Japan to surpass Germany as the world's largest photovoltaics market by revenue this year, with sales nearly doubling to $ 20 billion, according to an IHS report.

Initial prototypes are not dissimilar to crude displays on pocket calculators, but electrochromics promises ultra-thin full - colour displays complete with integrated microprocessors, batteries, photovoltaics, wireless antennas and other components, printed out much like paper documents.

Bob Johnson, director of photovoltaics at research firm Strategies Unlimited, in Mountain View, Calif., says PV cells may drop below their current price by 30 % or more by 2010, even without big technological advances, making the cost of solar energy competitive with conventional sources.

Operated by a team of fewer than 30 employees, the Kapolei, Hawaii - based company has fueled growth through major deals inked within the last year alone: the building of a $ 260 million plant in Idaho, a $ 370 million contract with Sanyo Electric Co. and a $ 678 million contract with Suntech Power to deliver polysilicon, as well as an agreement to provide the second - largest photovoltaic power system in Hawaii.

But we also have an opportunity to enhance our competitiveness in next - generation automotive technology and advanced trains and jets, and could take the lead in emerging markets with solar photovoltaics, bioenergy, unconventional hydro and energy efficiency.

Audi will be pairing with Altra Devices, a Chinese photovoltaic cell developer, to produce solar energy - capturing glass roofs for the luxury car brand...

NEC partnered with FLS Energy to finance solar photovoltaic projects throughout North Carolina.