Apple's New Patent Analysis - iphone Will Use Solar Cells

Apple solar cell patent plans

Recently, Apple's patent for a new solar cell that its ongoing application development, If everything goes smoothly, the future of Apple's iPhone mobile phones and players, notebooks and other products will be efficient use of solar energy to power the green.

The patent called "solar cells on portable devices", the programme is to design integrated solar panels in the LCD panel. From the patent map, we can call it the popular "sandwich programme", solar battery panels and components in the circuit boards between. This design is very sophisticated, on the one hand can be very good to maintain the original linear design of the phone, the phone does not damage the appearance of the other can use the screen and a larger opening for a better battery panels receive sunlight.

Source: IT168 May. 28, 2008

Solar Is Expected To Replace Oil

View of the current international oil prices jumped, the Nikkei BP's article published recently that the future of solar energy is expected to replace oil. The report pointed out that with the 1973 oil crisis a temporary different, it has yet to be found to resolve the rising price of fossil fuels means. To solve the problem completely, probably can only rely on increased solar power, wind power, nuclear power and other alternative energy sources.

Reported that, recently, solar power generating capacity in the cost and efficiency in three areas of development far exceeded most people's imagination. First, power generation, the 2007 production of solar cell modules in accordance with the module may be the largest conversion capacity, about 3.7 GW. Four years later in 2012, is expected to reach 15 GW / year. In accordance with the average, one of the largest nuclear power plant generating capacity is only 1 GW.

The cost of solar power may also be in the near future to be resolved. Solar cells have over the past 30 years of rule of thumb is that "cumulative production doubled, reduce the cost of generating 20%." In 2006 the global total solar cell output of about 5.7 GW, power generation cost about 46 yen / kWh, taking into account the current trend of production of solar cells, if this experience is correct, then to 2011, power generation costs will now Family tariff level. This NEDO "facing the 2030 blueprint for the development of solar energy (PV 2030)" set out in the 2010 annual cost of solar power generation targets - 23 yen / kWh basically the same.

Source: 广州日报 May. 26, 2008

South Korea Sogang University Built The First Operation Of The Solar Power Station

South Korea's Sogang University, construction of solar power plants operating - Wen-solar power stations and the recent completion of the ceremony was held. It is said that the University of operation of the solar power station built in South Korea is the first. The power station built in South Korea's North Gyeongsang Province, Wen Qing City.

Wen-solar power stations, covering about 10,000 square meters, has two sets of solar power generation equipment, power generation size of about 1,000 kilowatts, for the 1500 average household electricity consumption. Power station construction with a total investment of 8 billion won. Sogang University is expected, so the school can benefit from each of 1 billion won. As an incentive the development of clean energy and conservation of oil policy, the Government will row 15 year to purchase electricity from solar energy power station.

Source: 中国电力新闻网 May. 22, 2008

IBM's Convex Lens Concentrating Solar Power System

IBM's use of Convex Lens a condenser and then be exposed to the solar panel to increase the intensity of sunlight, thereby increasing the generating capacity of solar cells. Through this method, the success of the 230 watts of solar energy will be transformed into 70 watts of electricity, conversion efficiency of traditional solar system is about five times.

Many people may be worried about the excessive solar heat will melt. Do not worry, IBM in the system of integrated temperature control system. In general through the PV solar cell panel joined the liquid metal cooling system. When the temperature rises rapidly, can be as high as 1,600 degrees lower the temperature to 85 degrees, so as to avoid burn solar cells. IBM plans to sell the technology to solar energy enterprises, to help them improve product efficiency.

Source: 专利之家 May. 21, 2008

China's Solar Thermal Power Generation Technologies And System Model

Solar thermal power generation at the power plant model.

May 17 morning, "jointly building an innovation-oriented country" as the theme of the 2008 science and technology activities week, the China Science and Technology Museum opened.

China's Ministry of Science and Technology in the "11th Five-Year" Plan period to establish 863 key projects - "solar thermal power generation technologies and system model", the establishment of MWe-class solar thermal power generation experimental demonstration tower system. Beijing City Power Station was built in Yanqing County, Badaling town of Tingri-field a total area of 10,000 square meters, 8.83 MW power collector. Solar tower 100 meters high. Tower power station using "light - heat - electricity" generation, through the 10,000 square meters Tingri will mirror the sun to heat accumulation on the solar energy absorption tower, a steam turbine operation to promote power generation. Yanqing in accordance with the direct solar radiation of local resources, the power station, power generation capacity up to about 1.95 million, compared to traditional fire power plants, annual savings of 663 tons of standard coal and reduce emissions CO2 2336.6 tons, SO2 17.5 tons, NOx 7.8 tons. 136.3 tons of dust particles.

Source: 新浪科技 May. 18, 2008