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16-08-2015 | I repaired a chinese grid tie inverter for small solar systems, Input 50-100V, Output 230V 300W. The failure was in the reference voltage in...

16-07-2015 | During the most recent leg of its circumnavigation of the globe the solar powered Solar Impulse 2 suffered what was termed "irreversible" ba...

1-07-2015 | This circuit exploits the unique ability of the LTC3129 and LTC3129-1 to start up and operate from an input power source as “weak” as 7.5 µW...

6-06-2015 | MPPT – Maximum Power Point Tracker

20-08-2014 | This little idea came about when I was thinking about an accurate way to constantly measure the voltage of each battery in my solar battery...

1-07-2014 | The author designed this tester for IR-remote controls as an excuse to experiment with a GoldCap. Of course there are simpler ways to test a...

26-06-2014 | Over 90 % of the worlds solar cells are made from silicon but they are not particularly efficient at converting light to energy. They are ma...

5-06-2014 | The latest version of a solar powered aircraft made a successful maiden flight in Switzerland earlier this week. Solar Impulse 2 is designed...

25-03-2014 | The organic solar film producer Heliatek based in Dresden, Germany have announced an improved type of solar cell which gives a transparency...

3-01-2014 | A group led by Hendrik Bolink of the Instituto de Ciència Molecular (ICMol) at the University of Valencia together with colleagues at the Éc...