Landing production line for a DuPont film used in solar-power cells brings jobs to Pickaway County
CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO — A decades-old factory can sum up its resurgence with one word: Tedlar. That is the brand name of a film that lines the backs of solar-power cells. Starting this year,the DuPont plant in Circleville became the company’s fourth in the world to make the product. “Our stuff is on the back side,” said William Probert, operations manager for the Tedlarmanufacturing line. “We like to say we are the foundation of the solar cell.” The addition of...
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things are looking up for solar power – both in central Illinois and across the nation. Installations have increased by 69 percent so far in 2012, according to a report from Clean Energy Trends 2012, following a trend. the number of solar energy systems in the United States more than doubled in 2011, fueled in part by declining solar panel costs. Yet solar power currently...
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Silent solar power Solar panels are used on sailing boats so that noisy generators are not required. Solar power generates electricity silently without disturbing the quiet serenity of sail power, the only sounds are the wind in the sails and the bow cutting through the blue water. Tough, waterproof and corrosion resistant solar panels The solar power used on sailing boats need not be different to land-use solar panels in their...
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Politics is generally a short-term business, but energy policy demands long-term thinking and strategic planning. that means a proper commitment to the best technology currently available. It also means backing research that might make that technology obsolete. And, although polls regularly show wind power is more popular than nuclear...
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Introduction to Solar Thermal and Solar Photovoltaic Power Most people don’t even realize that there are two types of solar power. they just assume that solar thermal and solar photovoltaic are two names for the same type of energy. in a way, that’s true. Both types harness the energy of our sun, but are totally different. With thermal, sunlight is concentrated on a working fluid to...
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