September 2007
HelioVolt - Solar Power. From the Ground Up - Home
HelioVolt’s FASST™ technology produces high-performance solar thin-film with pioneering time and materials efficiencies. 10 to 100 times faster than current processes. 100 times thinner than traditional silicon.
Technology Review: Making Cheaper Solar Cells
Powered by $77 million in new investment, startup Heliovolt, based in Austin, TX, will build a factory next year for mass-producing a new type of solar cell that could, in much of the United States, make solar electricity as cheap as electricity from the
June 2007
Solio - Portable Hybrid Solar Charger
cool flash app with photos that you can click on and expand... also a cool solar charger for your phone, ipod or laptop
July 2006
Treehugger: 800 Watt Hours A Day! The Most Efficient Modern House?
This house has the conveniences of a modern house, but consumes only 800Whr on average per day. Compare this to a typical U.S. suburban house that uses 45 kilowatt hours (kWh) per day. How is this reduction possible? It's through the strategic use of ultr
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