Solar Power World

Pollution-Free Yacht Powered By Solar Power Unveiled

The world’s largest pollution-free yacht, the PlanetSolar, was unveiled Thursday at the HDW Shipyard in Germany. Designed by a team of international engineers, PlanetSolar is a multihull white catamaran topped by about 5,300 square feet of black photovoltaic solar panels consisting of some 38,000 of SunPower‘s next-generation cells. Each of the cells offers an efficiency of at least 22 percent–the highest-efficiency solar cells commercially available.... Read More

Homeowners In UK Soon To Have Solar Panel Loans

Solar panel loans will soon be available to homeowners in the UK.  These loans will be used to cover the high costs of renewable energy. This became available because of a report that stated solar panels typically cost up to £12,000 to install yet take decades to pay for themselves in energy savings. Starting in April, homeowners who generate electricity from domestic solar panels and wind turbines will be paid hundreds of pounds a year by the Government. The “feed-in... Read More