" This morning, at a press conference in Buffalo, New York, with New York Governor David Paterson and Senator Chuck Schumer, we took another big step forward in addressing climate change. We announced plans to build one of the greenest, most energy-efficient data centers in the world.
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Here’s what makes us so proud of our future New York data center plans. First, it will be powered by one of the cleanest utilities in the country ? fed predominantly by renewable hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls. And second, a record 90% of that energy will power the servers. To put that in context, the industry average is 50% or lower, with the other half dedicated mostly to keeping the servers cool.
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he following quotes were provided in support of the Yahoo! announcement:
Congressman Brian Higgins said: “Western New York’s access to hydropower makes this announcement possible and this region’s future hinges on our ability to see much greater benefits from this unique resource moving forward. Our lake, that feeds our river, that drives the Niagara power plant, holds great potential to replicate economic development and job success stories like this in Western New York again and again, but to do this we must be given the opportunity to reclaim what is naturally ours.”
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これまでソーラーカーのレースと知られていたオーストラリアのWorld Solar Challengeは、今年度からハイブリッドカーや電気自動車部門も加え大々的に拡大してエコカーのレースとして開催されることになりました。ワールド・ソーラーチャレンジの名は残されるようですが、総称としてGlobal Green Challengeとなったこのレースに、南アのソーラーカーレースで優勝した東海大学チームが、シャープから提供された最新の太陽電池を搭載して挑みます。
① 木質バイオマス燃料の流通過程を高度化する取組み
② 木質バイオマス燃料の流通拡大を促す取組み
③ 本事業による実証内容が、他地域において模範となる取組み
（4）事業の実施内容について
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3. 助成内容
木質バイオマス燃料の流通に関する課題対策について実証内容の検討・実施計画の立案・実証・評価等の実施に必要な人件費・リース費等の経費を助成します。
平成21年度の事業規模は91,090千円以内となっており、5課題程度の採択を予定しています。
" Summary
Turbine Size: 8 x Proven 6
Tower height: 9m
Wind regime: 90 m/s
Sector: Education/ research
Grants/ Funding: No
Benefit: The turbines produce full power in the most extreme conditions "
" Eight wind turbines in Antarctica are withstanding temperatures of -60 degrees Celsius and winds of over 90 m/s.
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The turbines will endure the most severe weather conditions on Earth. They will be operating in average winds of 53 mph and winter gusts of over 200mph, while still providing 230V electricity for the stations heating, computers, lights and scientific instruments. The electricity generated is expected to be the highest output of any small wind power system in the world.
Proven Energy, a Scottish based small wind turbine manufacturer, supplied the 6kW wind turbines. The turbines are designed to work in extreme environments. Previous installations have weathered ice storms in Slovenia and typhoons in Japan.
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プレスリリース / Sunfilm,Applied Materials,April 20, 2009 (Business Wire版）
・サンフィルム社とアプライド マテリアルズ社、世界初の多接合SunFab?製造ラインの認証を受け、太陽電池産業の進展に貢献-----E
-----image[”Sunfilm and Applied Materials announced that the world's first tandem junction SunFab Thin Film Line installed at Sunfilm's Grossroehrsdorf facility achieved factory acceptance. Applied's SunFab Thin Film Line features a PECVD system for depositing critical light-absorbing silicon layers on 5.7m2 glass substrates. (Photo: Business Wire)”] : 同リリースより
Solyndra Reshapes Solar Panels for Commercial Rooftops
(BusinessWire,2008年10月06日)
" Proprietary panels designed to provide higher electricity output per rooftop and significantly reduced installation costs.
Company announces more than $1.2 billion in customer contracts.
Solyndra, Inc. today announced a new solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the commercial rooftop market.
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THE NEW SHAPE OF SOLAR
Solyndra's panels employ cylindrical modules which capture sunlight across a 360-degree photovoltaic surface capable of converting direct, diffuse and reflected sunlight into electricity. This self-tracking design allows Solyndra's PV systems to capture significantly more sunlight than traditional flat-surfaced solar panels, which require costly tilted mounting devices to improve the capture of direct light, offer poor collection of diffuse light and fail to collect reflected light from rooftops or other installation surfaces.
Conventional flat PV panels must be mounted at an angle and spaced apart for optimum energy production. The sunlight striking the spaces between the panels is not collected and thus is wasted. Solyndra's panels perform optimally when mounted horizontally and packed closely together, thereby covering significantly more of the available roof area and producing more electricity per rooftop on an annual basis than a conventional panel installation.
COST-EFFECTIVE INSTALLATION
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”By eliminating the need for roof-penetrating mounts and wind ballasts, PV arrays with Solyndra panels can be installed with one-third the labor, in one-third of the time, at one-half the cost," said Manfred Bachler, Chief Technical Officer at Phoenix Solar AG, one of the largest solar power integrators in Europe and a Solyndra customer. "For commercial rooftops, PV module installation time can now be measured in days, not weeks. For flat commercial rooftops this is game-changing technology.”
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データーシートのスペックによれば、1パネルの大きさは1.82 m x 1.08 mで、直径5cmほどのチューブが40本並んでいます。重さは、31kg。出力は、150Wpから200Wpまでの7種類。電圧は、65.7Vmpから78.3Vmp。このスペックから割り出してみた変換効率は、200Wpのパネルで10%少々です。かりに、直径5cmで長さ1.08mの円筒部分の面積は、40本とすると約6.3平方メートルにもなります。これだけ本来大きなCIGS太陽電池を2平方メートルのモジュールに集約することできると考えることができるかが、この太陽電池の評価が今後どのように判断されるかを分けることになりそうです。本体の価格は、調べがつきませんでしたが、最近政府からの資金調達に成功していますので、一定の評価は受けているようです。(t_t)
" REpower Systems AG (WKN: 617 703) has just completed erection of the first wind farm consisting exclusively of REpower 6M turbines. The three turbines, installed in the Westre civic wind farm close to the German-Danish border, each have six megawatt rated power and a rotor diameter of 126 metres, making them some of the biggest wind turbines in the world. The new turbine was developed by REpower engineers for offshore deployment at a later stage and assembled at the company’s manufacturing centre in Bremerhaven. In the Westre civic wind farm, the first three turbines of this type are to be tested extensively for offshore operation and will also be subjected to a type certification.
In January, the nacelles of the three 6Ms were shipped from the REpower plant in Bremerhaven to Dagebull in Schleswig-Holstein and transported to the construction site from there. The rotor blades, each one 61.5 metres in length, were transported as a wide load directly from Denmark. The hub height of a 6M in the Westre civic wind farm comes to 100 metres: a crane with a boom height of 132 metres assisted in erecting the turbines.
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" Kyocera Solar, Inc. is pleased to announce that TESSCO Technologies Incorporated has become its official distribution partner for a new line of standard solar power systems targeted to the railroad market. Kyocera’s standard railroad solar power systems, RR 24/7, have undergone recent design enhancements providing even higher quality, ease of installation, and product performance longevity.
With over 20 years of railroad product design and installation experience, Kyocera Solar, Inc. developed the RR 24/7 product line to meet the unique demands of the railroad industry. These upgraded systems come as part of Kyocera’s market initiative, “Sunlight to Service,” to provide quality off-grid solutions for the industrial market. Kyocera’s solar panels and all components of the RR 24/7 product line are UL certified, backed by warranty, and specifically designed and engineered to ensure the quality and performance of the product. "
" Power PlasticR’s low light performance enables a range of indoor wireless applications. By capturing artificial light and converting it back to electricity, Konarka’s technology can power sensors, smart tags, smart cards, and electronic shelf labels.
Sensors
Wireless occupancy and motion sensors for energy management and building security.
Smart tags
Active radio frequency identification (RFID) tags allow real time communication between packages and inventory tracking systems, reducing human labor requirements.
Smart cards
Used to identify people or to store financial or personal information. With a Power Plastic surface, smart cards could be held under a light to bring up, for example,the remaining balance on a gift card.
Electronic shelf labels
In grocery stores or big box retailers, Power Plastic integrated into a flexible display and data interface would allow real-time remote display and pricing changes. "
" SiGen sets a new wafer thickness record with 20um mono c-Si PV foil
Silicon Genesis, a leader in process and technology for engineered substrates announced today that it has produced the first ever 20um thickness solar-cell foils. The 125 mm square monocrystalline silicon (mono c-Si) foils were found to be robust and highly flexible. Neither a thin-film nor a wafer, the new form-factor was named a “foil” to better describe its unique physical characteristics as a thin, flexible yet free-standing material. This achievement represents an important milestone in the development of SiGen’s PolyMax. kerf-free wafering technology.
The 20um solar-cell foil combines the advantages of the low poly utilization of thin-film PV with the high efficiency potential of mono c-Si PV.
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" ACME Invests $30M into eSolar For Exclusive to Key International Market
Pasadena, Calif. ? March 3, 2009 ? eSolar, a producer of modular, scalable solar thermal power plants, today announced an exclusive licensing agreement with the ACME Group, a leader in the field of energy, environmental and telecommunications infrastructure solutions in India, to build up to 1,000 MW of solar thermal power plants over the next 10 years. eSolar names ACME as a master licensee of its modular, scalable technology and grants the company the exclusive right to represent eSolar in India developing its own utility-scale solar thermal projects and working with other companies that want to build solar thermal power plants in India using eSolar technology. The agreement combines both companies' resources to enable complete project capabilities, ranging from technology development and component manufacturing to power plant construction and operation. Additionally, ACME will make a $30 million equity investment in eSolar.
”eSolar has produced the first solar energy that is competitive with fossil fuels,”said Bill Gross, CEO of eSolar. "ACME's $30 million commitment demonstrates their confidence in eSolar's technology. We are committed to working with the very best partners, such as ACME, to scale deployment as quickly as possible around the world.
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関連情報、記事
・Acme / 4 March, 2009- eSolar Signs Exclusive License with ACME to Construct 1 Gigawatt of Solar Power Plants in India
/ 04 March, 2009- E-Solar gets $30 mn to help build solar plants in India
eSolar Uses Mirrors and Sun to Wish Founder Bill Gross a Happy Birthday
プレスリリース / Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation（CSIRO）、19 February 2009
・Powering the future ? solar cells by the metre
-----image（”World leading research aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells.
Photo by: CSIRO”） : 同リリースより
" Trials commencing today promise a new era of solar cells that are printed like money.
World leading research from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship as part of the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) aims to develop flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells.
Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor, announced today the start of printing trials by Securency International, a banknote printing company.
“The production of these film-like solar cells will be literally as easy as printing money,” Mr Batchelor said.
“These solar cells are cutting edge technology and offer advantages over traditional solar technology because of the potential to mass produce the cells cheaply and install them over large areas such as rooftops.
“The technology used for these cells is still in its infancy, but this project aims to speed-up the development of this technology and take it from research to rooftops as quickly as possible.”
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-----image(”Flexible organic solar cells on printing press”) : 同リリースより、Image credit -Tracey Nicholls, CSIRO "
プレスリリース / City of Newark,Delaware,January 12, 2009
・Press Releases / City of Newark, Delaware, First in Nation to License Electric Cars to Provide Power(PDF)
" On Friday, January 9, 2009, the City of Newark became the first electric
utility in the United States to approve the use of an electric vehicle to store and provide power for the
local electric grid.
The vehicle, which runs on electricity alone, is specifically designed to store energy and improve grid
reliability. University of Delaware researchers helped develop the concept, called Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G),
by working with a consortium of industry partners over the past decade to establish the
communications protocol between the vehicle and the grid operator. Industrial partners in the
consortium include Delmarva Power and its parent company Pepco Holdings Inc; PJM, the regional grid
operator; California-based electric vehicle manufacturer AC Propulsion; and others.
With the City of Newark’s approval, the UD team is now conducting V2G testing at two outlets within
the City’s service territory.
Associate Professor of Marine Policy Willett Kempton explained how the technology benefits the grid
operator. Currently, there is no energy storage built into the electric grid system, meaning that
electricity usage and electricity generation must be simultaneous. As fluctuating, non-dispatchable
renewable sources, such as solar and wind power, become a larger fraction of our electric generation,
energy storage will help grid operators smooth power output fluctuations.
“Wind tends to blow stronger at night when the electric load is low,” he said. “If electric vehicles
charged at night with wind power, the grid operator could use the energy in the batteries, when vehicles
aren’t needed for driving and are plugged in, to help maintain grid reliability. The vehicle owner would
then be paid for providing these energy services at a greater value than what they paid for the
electricity.”
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波力・潮汐・潮流発電の分野では、現状アメリカも含めてそれほどの投資を集めているわけではなかったが、ここにきて注目される動く、システムが現れています。
MITの研究者が取り組むOWC（oscillating water column）は、波の圧力で棒が振動する力を利用して発電しようとするもので、潜在的には1kmの海岸線で100 から200MWもの発電量をもっているというもの。現状ではそれほど発電効率が良くはないが、改良は可能ということ。今後は、より大きな装置で実験し実用化を進めるということです。
クリッピング / MIT News Office,December 17, 2008 Catch the wave
Researchers eye clean energy possibilities along Portuguese coast
-----image（”Schematic of an oscillating water column. Waves enter through a subsurface opening into the chamber with air trapped above. The wave action causes the captured water column to move up and down, pushing the trapped air into an electricity-generating turbine. The turbine turns continuously, despite the changing direction of the air stream as the waves come in and out. ”） : 同リリースより。 MIT Energy Initiative
" MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to power an electricity-generating turbine.
Wave energy is a large, widespread renewable resource that is environmentally benign and readily scalable. In some locations -- the northwestern coasts of the United States, the western coast of Scotland, and the southern tips of South America, Africa and Australia, for example -- a wave-absorbing device could theoretically generate 100 to 200 megawatts of electricity per kilometer of coastline. But designing a wave-capture system that can deal with the harsh, corrosive seawater environment, handle hourly, daily and seasonal variations in wave intensity, and continue to operate safely in stormy weather is difficult.
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The Portuguese plan is to integrate the OWC plant into the head of a new breakwater at the mouth of the Douro River in Porto, a large city in northern Portugal. Ultimately, the installation will include three OWCs that together will generate 750 kilowatts -- roughly enough to power 750 homes. As a bonus, the plant's absorption of wave energy at the breakwater head will calm the waters in the area and reduce local erosion.
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" The MRELab is dedicated to developing technology to harness the abundant, clean, and renewable marine energy in an environmentally sustainable way and at a competitive cost. The current focus of the MRELab is to study the underlying science ... "
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・太陽電池のご案内-2008/12月更改分よりPDF書類をダウンロードしてください。なお、2枚以上で最大出力追尾型のコントローラーNODA Solar System FNCC-150を同時にお求めいただける場合には、さらに、値引きまたは接続ケーブルをサービスさせていただきます。（詳しくは、shop@greenpost.jpまでお問い合わせください。
IBMが発表してきた”今後5年間に生活を一変させる5つのイノベーション Next 5 in 5”に、2008年は「歩道や車道、側道、塗装、屋根、窓など」どこでも張るように使える太陽電池がリストに加わりました。その意味は、薄膜モノの太陽電池が、コスト、量産技術や寿命も含めた信頼性を実現するようになるということです。今回で三回目となる、同発表はIBMの企業としての戦略だけでなく、社会的なヴィジョンも反映しているということです。
住宅の屋根に太陽電池を取り付け、電力とともに、電気自動車も使って移動のためのエネルギーも自給してしまう、そんなプランがあちこちで作られるようになってきました。電気自動車が身近になるにつれ、この傾向はますます顕著になっていくに違いありません。
今回ご紹介するのはGridPoint社の提案するrenewable energy houseです。負荷の精密な把握とコントロールのためのソフトウェアや制御機器を家庭が装備することで、発電、電力の利用のあらゆるシーンで無駄をはぶき、省エネを徹底することで、連系している場合には電力会社への売る電気の量を増やすことができます。バッテリーありの独立系までは踏み込んでいませんが、電気自動車のバッテリーを生かすことで、発電、消費、蓄電といった流れを一般家庭でも省エネを意識して設計されたITビルなみのマネージメントを提案しています。太陽電池だけでなく、風力発電などの他の発電ソースも加え、これまでにないくらい立体的に一般家庭の電力をみようとしているような姿勢がとても印象的です。
車は、GMのプラグインハイブリッド車のVoltが同社の資料では採用されていました。プラグインハイブリッド車にしろ、電気自動車にしろここ数年で勢いがつくならば、再生可能エネルギーを利用して、ほぼ自給した暮らしをする人がそれほど珍しくない、という社会の到来は案外早まるのかもしれません。
" GridPoint, Inc., a leading clean tech company whose smart grid software platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, will demonstrate its “smart charging” capabilities at the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference today in Washington, D.C.
At EDTA, GridPoint will demonstrate the ability to actively manage plug-in vehicle load. In real-time, GridPoint technology will simultaneously manage the power flow to a fleet of plug-in vehicle resources, including a Chevy Volt battery pack located at GM’s Battery Lab in Warren, Mich., and a pool of simulated electric vehicle resources.
“By embedding GridPoint’s software in electric vehicles, we enable utilities to offer reduced charging costs to customers and allow clean energy, such as wind and solar power, to be used as a source for recharging vehicles,” said Tony Posawatz, Volt Vehicle Line Director, General Motors. “Additionally, we help utilities eliminate the need to build new power plants that would otherwise be required to support the mass adoption of electric vehicles.”
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" A Colorado company will break ground early next year on an algae farm that is intended to produce thousands of gallons of substitutes for gasoline and diesel at a rate per acre far higher than current biofuel projects.
Solix Biofuels, of Fort Collins, said on Monday that it had raised $15.5 million in capital and would begin with a five-acre plot to produce “biocrude.’’ That will in turn be shipped to an oil refinery in place of crude oil, according to Douglas R. Henston, the company chief executive.
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-----image(pop up ; ”「プロロジスパーク座間 I 」 完成予想図 （左側は計画中の「プロロジスパーク座間 II 」）”) : プロロジス、2008/11/13発表より
" 日本のプロロジスパーク初、屋根に計1メガワットのソーラーパネルを設置
物流施設専門の不動産開発会社プロロジス（日本本社: 東京都港区東新橋）は、このたび神奈川県座間市に開発中のマルチテナント型（複数企業向け）物流施設「プロロジスパーク座間 I 」において、発電出力1メガワットの太陽光発電システムを導入することが決定したと発表しました。
「プロロジスパーク座間 I 」は現在2009年5月の竣工に向けて開発を進めていますが、同施設の屋根部分の約半分（約12,000平方メートル）の範囲に太陽光発電システムを設置するものです。2009年4月から6月末にかけて設置工事を行い、7月より同システムの稼動を開始し、同施設内で使用される電力の一部を賄う計画です。なお、今回の太陽光発電装置の導入にあたっては資源エネルギー庁の「新エネルギー等事業者支援対策事業」としての申請が認められ、同庁より補助金が交付されることになっています。
プロロジスでは全世界でサステイナブル（持続可能）な施設開発に積極的に取り組んでいます。その一環としてすでにヨーロッパ（フランス、スペイン、ドイツ）と北米において施設に大規模な太陽光発電システムを導入していますが、日本では「プロロジスパーク座間 I 」への導入が初となります。
今回、「プロロジスパーク座間 I 」に導入される太陽光発電システムは、年間で一般家庭約280世帯分の年間消費電力に相当する約100万kWhの発電を見込む大規模なものです。また、この発電システム導入により、原油換算で年間246キロリットルの石油代替効果が期待でき、CO2の削減量に換算すると年間約328トンとなります。これは、東京ドーム約20個分の面積の森林が吸収するCO2に相当します。
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アメリカ版のWired Science : Tapping the Vortex for Green Energyを読んでから、ずっと気になっていたVortex Hydro Energy社の海流から上下振動のエネルギーを取り出し発電に結びつける技術。いつか調べようと考えていたが、今日まで時間がありませんでした。気がついたら、日本語版もアップされていたので、とりあえずメモがてらにアップしておきます。
その仕組みは、同社のサイトに詳しい論文も掲載されています。関心のある方は、是非お読みください。
・Vortex Hydro Energy / News / Vortex Hydro Energy LLC Technical Papers and Presentations
/ EFFECT OF FEE SURFACE ON VIV FOR ENERGY HARNESSING AT 8x10^3 < Re < 1.5x10^5
" Pilot line to provide innovative PolyMax. thin-PV substrates
Silicon Genesis, a leader in process and technology for engineered substrates announced today that it has started production of the first ever kerf-free 150um solar-cell substrates at its new solar development and pilot production facility. Located in San Jose, California, the facility includes over 50,000 square feet of specially designed space to house the company’s PolyMax pilot and prototype high-volume manufacturing equipment.
SiGen’s pilot line started producing 150um thick, full size 125mm wafers and will soon be manufacturing 156mm wafers. The expanded pilot line will be used to produce substrate samples and further develop the PolyMax high-volume manufacturing equipment to efficiently convert silicon ingots into thin silicon wafers ranging from 150um to 50um in thickness. The move to a larger facility will enable the company to better ramp up production of innovative PolyMax thin-PV substrates. The new facility represents SiGen’s continuous efforts
to bring the pilot line to sample production by spring 2009.
The production of 150um thick wafers will allow immediate adoption by PV cell manufacturers using existing processes and automation. The kerf-free nature of the PolyMax system will allow a first-order cost savings in cell manufacturing and halve the silicon feedstock material required to manufacture the same amount of MW capacity per year.
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" Largest CPV Deal in EU with Generation Capacity to Power City of 40,000 Residents
SolFocus, a provider of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy solutions, today announced the signing of a $103 million (.80M) agreement with EMPE Solar to install over 10 megawatts (MW) of CPV solar energy projects in several sites across southern Spain by the end of 2010. SolFocus’ CPV systems use a proven combination of high‐efficiency PV cells and advanced optics to provide high solar energy yields at competitive costs for commercial, industrial, and utility applications. This project will be the largest deployment of CPV technology in Europe, and will be capable of meeting the domestic energy requirements for a city of approximately 40,000 residents.
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" Wednesday 3 September will see the official opening of DELTA’s biomass power plant in Moerdijk, The Netherlands, by the Minister of Agriculture Gerda Verburg. The facility is the largest of its kind in the world and the first power station on the European continent to produce renewable electricity from poultry litter on such a large scale. It will bring renewable electricity to 90,000 households.
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" The world's biggest publicly funded project to make transport fuels from algae will be launched today by a government agency which develops low-carbon technologies. "
太陽電池の高い変換効率を追求する研究がアメリカで研究されているようです。研究の音頭をおっているのは、米大統領直轄の軍事関連の先端研究で知られるDARPAで、プロジェクト名は、
VHESC : Very High Efficiency Solar Cells program
ということです。伝えられる情報では集光型で色ごとのことなる分光特性を生かした太陽光発電素子の可能性を追求しているようです。この方式で計算上は、すでに50％以上の発電効率た可能ということのようです。軍事研究で、あまり商用化の見込みを考えていない分野でのこうした研究が、一般の太陽電池になんらかのいい影響を考えるともおもえませんが、実験室レベルでは、50％をこえつつあるのかもしれないということでクリッピングしておきます。
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このプログラムの2007年の研究ではUniversity of Delawareの研究が、変換効率40.8%を結晶系の太陽電池で特殊な光の条件環境での値ながら成功させています。軍事利用が目的で、多くの予算が投じられる研究とはいえ、太陽光発電素子の変換効率は、40％台を越え、50%も伺う段階にまで達しつつあるようです。(t_t)
プレスリリース / University of Delaware ,July 23, 2007
・UD-led team sets solar cell record, joins DuPont on $100 million project
" Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8 percent from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions. "
10月4日まで開催されていたCEATEC JAPAN 2008に登場したTDKの直流電化エコホームの話題がずっと気になっていました。その時期に行った同業者の自然エネルギー屋さんとのミーティングにも話題として登場しましたし、シックハウス対策などの健康を考えた住宅を手がける設計士さんからも、｢電磁波に過敏な人からの問い合わせが、化学物質過敏症の問い合わせが増えるに従い、同じように増えています。交流でなく、直流で暮らせないかという問い合わせもあるのですが、、、。どう思います？｣ なんて、お聞きいただいたのですが、、、、電磁波に過敏で、日常生活に支障がでるという人々の存在も、詳しい情報ははじめてお聞きしましたし、たびたび話題にのぼる、TDKの直流電化住宅についても、ヘッドラインをみた程度の知識しかなかったので、不明を恥じながらも2週間がたってしまいました。先のCEATEC JAPAN 2008にもいかなかったので、なんとか情報を集めようと考えていたところ、YouTubeに動画が掲載されていました。動画は現場の雰囲気をやはりよく伝えてくれます。なんとなくですが、より全体像が見えてきました。
" Today at 11am, a press conference took place in Bern at the Allegro Kursaal Hotel, presented by Raphael Domjan, founder and skipper, and Gerard d'Aboville, co-skipper, as well as Stefan Nowak, co-founder and scientist. The main partner of the project, the new boat design as well as the most recent developments were unveiled. "
*その１ ランク１に選ばれた、薄膜モノの太陽電池を手がけるドイツのOdersun社。同社のサイトには、 Copper-Indium-disulphide semiconductor on long reels of Copper Tape (CISCuT)の太陽電池と記載されています。30MWの工場をドイツで今年の春に運転を開始しているようです。
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