| The global market for solar cells is growing explosively, mainly thanks to lavish subsidy schemes. Is solar power the wave of the future – o...
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| It takes only a handful of components to build our intelligent regulator. It uses a PIC 12C671 microcontroller, which has the double advanta...
| This ‘solar’ PSU having been designed for this purpose right from the start, the elements it composes are integrated to a higher extent, lea...
| This project is intended for use in conjunction with existing or still-to-be-built garden lighting systems. The circuit cannot operate alone...
| David Corchia manages EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary company of the power giant EDF. In early 2000, EDFEN began expanding its wind ene...
| The Club of Rome is calling for a billion-euro program to supply Europe with solar power from the African desert – but how high does Brussel...
| The power supply system of zBot1 consists of two parts, the main accumulator and the auxiliary battery. The main power source was realised w...
| Small solar systems have a lot to offer where mains power is unavailable. Installing standalone systems is by no means difficult, using eith...
| This circuit was designed to ‘baby-sit’ SLA (sealed lead-acid or ‘gel’) batteries using freely available solar power. SLA batteries suffer f...
| Complicated charge controllers and inverter circuits can be used to squeeze the last drop of energy out of a solar panel. Contrary to popula...