Green Options » cell http://greenoptions.com/tag/cell Posts tagged 'cell' Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Almost Half of U.S. Consumers Would Choose a Green Cell Phone http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/almost-half-of-us-consumers-would-choose-a-green-cell-phone/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/almost-half-of-us-consumers-would-choose-a-green-cell-phone/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:22:09 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/almost-half-of-us-consumers-would-choose-a-green-cell-phone/

A major new survey has revealed that nearly 50% of all US consumers would consider buying a ‘green’ cell phone, but only if key factors such as the price, features, and performance were equivalent to other phones.

According to the poll of 1,000 American adults carried out by ABI Research, just 7% would be willing to pay a premium to go green, a figure that may cause cell phone companies to think deeply before investing heavily in environmentally friendlier models.

Speaking about the findings, industry analyst Michael Morgan said, “These survey results mean that almost half of those surveyed were at least committed in principle to use of a green handset. However the public is largely uninformed about their availability: only 4% said they were ‘very familiar’ with green handsets.”

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/19/almost-half-of-us-consumers-would-choose-a-green-cell-phone/feed/ New Lithium-Air Battery Has Huge Storage Capacity http://gas2.org/2009/07/28/new-lithium-air-battery-has-huge-storage-capacity/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/28/new-lithium-air-battery-has-huge-storage-capacity/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:56:21 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/07/28/new-lithium-air-battery-has-huge-storage-capacity/

A team of Japanese scientists have developed a new type of lithium-air battery cell with an ultra-large capacity, and say that it holds great potential for the next-generation of electric cars.

Researchers at the country’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) predict that at a filling station, the driver of a vehicle equipped with the new battery could make use of a revolutionary new cassette refill system, and then continue driving without waiting for batteries to be recharged.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/28/new-lithium-air-battery-has-huge-storage-capacity/feed/ New Thin Film Process Takes Solar Another Step to Affordability http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/20/new-thin-film-process-takes-solar-another-step-to-affordability/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/20/new-thin-film-process-takes-solar-another-step-to-affordability/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:49:47 +0000 Tina Casey http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/20/new-thin-film-process-takes-solar-another-step-to-affordability/ New thin film technology could boost solar collection on cloudy daysA new piece of thin film manufacturing equipment with the unlikely name of Viper (TM) could help bring solar energy to the masses.  Viper (TM) was developed by Sencera, a North Carolina company that got its start supplying thin film hardware for manufacturing transistors and integrated circuits.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/03/20/new-thin-film-process-takes-solar-another-step-to-affordability/feed/ Hot Hot Heat: U.S. Solar Costs Going Down http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/hot-hot-heat-us-solar-costs-going-down/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/hot-hot-heat-us-solar-costs-going-down/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:53:00 +0000 Matthew Phelan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/hot-hot-heat-us-solar-costs-going-down/ Nellis Air Force Base Solar Power

According to a new study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The average installed costs for photovoltaic cells (in real 2007 dollars) went down from $10.50-per-watt in 1998, to $7.60-per-watt in 2007.

What’s most amazing about this report is that it appears to validate a whole slew of state and local solar initiatives. The researchers found that—despite the many, many reported advances to solar cell efficiency—most of the savings during this nine year period came from reductions to installation and external hardware costs.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/hot-hot-heat-us-solar-costs-going-down/feed/ Can the World’s Worst CD and DVD Manufacturer Do Better with Solar Energy? http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/can-the-worlds-worst-cd-and-dvd-manufacturer-do-better-with-solar-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/can-the-worlds-worst-cd-and-dvd-manufacturer-do-better-with-solar-energy/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:44:35 +0000 Matthew Phelan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/can-the-worlds-worst-cd-and-dvd-manufacturer-do-better-with-solar-energy/ A broken CD in the dirt

Sun Well Solar—a subsidiary of the notoriously poor CD and DVD manufacturer, CMC Magnetics—has announced today that it is one month ahead of schedule in the ramp-up of its new photovoltaic production line.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/20/can-the-worlds-worst-cd-and-dvd-manufacturer-do-better-with-solar-energy/feed/ World’s First Fuel Cell Tractor Debuts in Italy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/11/worlds-first-fuel-cell-tractor-debuts-in-italy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/11/worlds-first-fuel-cell-tractor-debuts-in-italy/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:33:54 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/11/worlds-first-fuel-cell-tractor-debuts-in-italy/

Attention, farmers: New Holland introduced the world’s first fuel cell tractor today in Turin, Italy, and it looks like a fun ride. The tractor’s fuel cell generates 106hp, and its hydrogen tank can hold enough to power the tractor for 1.5 to 2 hours.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/11/worlds-first-fuel-cell-tractor-debuts-in-italy/feed/ Researchers Look to Butterflies for Solar Cell Improvements http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/09/researchers-look-to-butterflies-for-solar-cell-improvements/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/09/researchers-look-to-butterflies-for-solar-cell-improvements/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:09:40 +0000 Michael Ratliff http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/09/researchers-look-to-butterflies-for-solar-cell-improvements/

Solar collectors found on butterfly wings are being investigated as a means to improve the efficiency of a type of thin-film solar cells.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/09/researchers-look-to-butterflies-for-solar-cell-improvements/feed/ Chemical Engineers Build World’s Smallest Fuel Cell http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/23/chemical-engineers-build-worlds-smallest-fuel-cell/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/23/chemical-engineers-build-worlds-smallest-fuel-cell/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:18:10 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/23/chemical-engineers-build-worlds-smallest-fuel-cell/

US chemical engineers have built the world’s smallest fuel cell, clocking in at only 9 cubic millimeters. While the hydrogen-fueled cell is currently a prototype, it could one day replace batteries in portable electronics.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/23/chemical-engineers-build-worlds-smallest-fuel-cell/feed/ Earth to Congressman Massa: That’s Not What “Efficiency” Means http://gas2.org/2009/01/20/congressman-massa-doesnt-quite-get-the-whole-green-concept/ http://gas2.org/2009/01/20/congressman-massa-doesnt-quite-get-the-whole-green-concept/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:44:59 +0000 Jo Borras http://gas2.org/2009/01/20/congressman-massa-doesnt-quite-get-the-whole-green-concept/ Last week, Famous DC was the first to report on New York’s recently elected congressman Eric Massa’s poorly-conceived environmental publicity stunt.  Massa’s plan was to drive from his congressional district in New York to Washington DC in a hydrogen fuel-cell powered car.  In other words:  an efficient, leisurely, and environmentally responsible drive across 300 miles of the American Northeast.

“What,” you may be asking, ”could possibly go wrong?”

Plenty.

More on why we should never, Never, NEVER elect public officials who are bad at math after the jump.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/01/20/congressman-massa-doesnt-quite-get-the-whole-green-concept/feed/ Breakthrough Zinc Oxide Process Increases Thin Film Solar Performance http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/14/breakthrough-zinc-oxide-process-increases-thin-film-solar-performance/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/14/breakthrough-zinc-oxide-process-increases-thin-film-solar-performance/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:54:51 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/14/breakthrough-zinc-oxide-process-increases-thin-film-solar-performance/

Solar PV manufacturer Oerlikon Solar has pioneered a new thin film solar technology process, which it claims has made its solar cells 7 per cent efficient - a 16 per cent energy improvement over its previous technology. The advance has led to a 50 per cent increase in the capacity of its thin film solar fabrication plant.

So, why is this important? Well, thin film cells are typically a lot cheaper to produce than more common silicon solar cells, but often suffer from significantly lower conversion efficiencies. Oerlikon’s breakthrough moves us a lot closer to the day when thin film becomes more cost-effective than silicon-based panels - which could mean a dramatic rise in the adoption of solar power in homes and businesses.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/14/breakthrough-zinc-oxide-process-increases-thin-film-solar-performance/feed/ Australian Scientists Create World’s Most Efficient Solar Cells http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/26/australian-scientists-create-worlds-most-efficient-solar-cells/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/26/australian-scientists-create-worlds-most-efficient-solar-cells/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:11:39 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/26/australian-scientists-create-worlds-most-efficient-solar-cells/

Scientists at the University of New South Wales have set a new world record by creating the first silicon solar cell to achieve 25% efficiency.

Team leader, Prof. Martin Green of the university’s ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence, says their world-beating solar cell is now a massive six percent more efficient than the next best technology. The record edges the current generation of solar cell technology closer to the theoretical limit of 29% efficiency.

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