Stephanie on September 7th, 2011

One of the biggest questions people have when they are considering solar power is, how do clouds affect solar panels? For a definitive answer, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (“NREL”) recently published a study after extensive research on the effect of cloud cover on solar power installations.  NREL is a national laboratory that is part [...]

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Most photovoltaic solar cells can only hope to achieve about 15-20% efficiency.  Much of the solar energy that strikes the cells is either reflected away or lost as heat energy.  But solar collectors at Kalahari Greentech have achieved 74% efficiency. The energy company that specializes in solar technology and wind energy research had its solar [...]

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