I am wondering if I could pick up some piece of trash appliance or electronic gadget at a garage sale and pull a good DC motor out of it to use in experimental wind power projects. The motor would need to contain magnets, and generate a current at relatively low RPM. Do VCR’s or blenders or tape decks or vacuums or shavers or ??? have any good DC motors in them for this kind of application?
NanoSolar News- PV-Tech.org: Nanosolar Rising August 6, 2010Nanosolar Communications PV-Tech.org has posted a two-part series on recent developments at Nanosolar. Read the blog posts here: Nanosolar rising, Part I—One-time thin-film PV lightning rod gets its focus on Nanosolar rising, Part II—The ‘I’ in CIGS also stands for thin-film PV innovation […]jake
- Nanosolar Exhibits at Intersolar Europe June 24, 2010Attached Images: Nanosolar Communications Graciously hosted by Beck Energy and its affiliates Blitzstrom and Belectric, the Nanosolar Utility Panel made its first public debut earlier this month at Intersolar Europe 2010 in Munich, German […]aloe
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Nanosolar HQ March 23, 2010Attached Images: Nanosolar Communications Senate Bill 71 Exempts Green Tech Companies from Sales Tax on the Purchase of Manufacturing Equipment in California Building on his commitment to clea […]admin
- Semiconductor Veteran Geoff Tate Named CEO of Nanosolar, Inc. March 22, 2010Nanosolar Communications Nanosolar Committed to Meeting Its Customer Demand for Cost Efficient Solar Panels Today, Nanosolar announced that we have named Geoff Tate as our chief executive officer. Mr. Tate is the former CEO of Rambus, Inc. and former senior vice president and corporate officer of Adva […]admin
- Nanosolar Completes Panel Factory, Commences Serial Production September 9, 2009Nanosolar Communications Today Nanosolar demonstrated the completion of its European panel-assembly factory as part of an inauguration event attended by Germany's Minister of the Environment, the Governor of the State of Brandenburg, and a host of other leading public officials. Located in Lucken […]
- Nanosolar Unveils Nanosolar Utility Panel Technology September 9, 2009Nanosolar Communications In conjunction with today's inauguration of our panel-assembly serial-production factory, we today also unveiled the technology behind our first product, the Nanosolar Utility Panel, and its unique features and benefits. The Nanosolar Utility Panel is the industry’s firs […]aloe
- NREL Certifies 15.3% Nanosolar Foil Efficiency September 9, 2009Nanosolar Communications We are pleased to announce that our low-cost printed-CIGS-on-metal-foil cell stack and process produces highly efficient cells: Earlier this year, NREL independently verified several of our cell foils to be as efficient as 15.3%. At 15.3% efficiency, are most efficient pr […]rmr
- Nanosolar on NOVA / PBS - "The Big Energy Gamble" January 20, 2009Nanosolar Communications On the evening of Obama’s inauguration, PBS aired the fourth chapter of its NOVA program “The Big Energy Gamble” with the following topic: “NUCLEAR TO THE RESCUE? While California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore wants the state to build more nuclear power plants, a company called Nano […]rmr
- Named Best Invention of the Year 2008 by Time Magazine October 30, 2008Nanosolar Communications Time Magazine just published its list of the 50 best inventions of the year 2008 and named Nanosolar’s thin-film technology one of them. Time Magazine Best Inventions 2008: Nanosolar Thin-Film Technology […]rmr
- Nanosolar Ups Funding to $0.5 Billion; Partners for Utility Power August 27, 2008Nanosolar Communications As part of a strategic $300 million equity financing, Nanosolar has added new capital and brought its total amount of funding to date to just below half a billion U.S. dollars.Last December, we introduced the Nanosolar Utility Panel(TM) to enable solar utility power — i.e. givi […]rmr
- PV-Tech.org: Nanosolar Rising August 6, 2010