Solar storm 2012: Solar flares can create storm

Solar flares may make news in the year 2012. Meanwhile you can watch solar flare tonight. Many scientists say that it can create storm in the area where it will be visible A NASA report has said that a M2-class solar flare is heading towards earth. This may bring another great moment for sky watchers who spend nights trying to see small meteors on some given days. The solar flare that originated from sun, two days ago may show up on skies tonight. A NOAA report suggests that the flare was caused by Region 1401. Another flare was fired by another region on the sun, but that may not reach the earth. Solar flares send out bursts of electromagnetic energy that can occasionally disrupt communications and electrical systems.

Organic solar cells with improved energy efficiency

The chemist Guillermo Bazan and Alan Heeger of the University of
California at Santa Barbara have developed a novel low molecular
weight compound, is to make the organic solar cells far more powerful,
Technology Review reported in its online edition. The prototype comes
at an efficiency of 6.7 percent. Bazan expects it to increase to 9
percent. Thus the cells would convert light into electricity more than
already on the market products such as "Power Plastic" by Konarka,
whose peak value is currently at 8.3 percent.
Although their efficiency is lower by about one-third than that of
conventional silicon cells, organic solar cells have a major
advantage: The molecules that make up its light-collecting layer, can
be in liquid form inexpensively imprinted on flexible substrate films.
Solar cells are thus possible, which are lightweight, flexible and
versatile.

Solar park goes online Sukow: More renewable energy

Region Parchim | 02.09.2011 - 13:14:51
Parchim / MVticker. With the Solar Park Sukow (Parchim) one of the largest facilities in the country was created to generate electricity from solar energy. After a construction period of about three months the work was completed today. "Renewable energies are a great opportunity for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. With projects of this kind we can push forward the expansion of decentralized renewable solar energy supply and consistently. So the people of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern directly benefit from the expansion of renewable energies, "said Construction Minister Volker Schlotmann Sukow today.

The solar farm was built on a former landfill site and along the railway line from Schwerin to Crivitz and covers 31 hectares. The 48 000 solar panels will generate 10.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. With the power to about 3,700 households. Thus, the solar park is one of the largest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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