Solar system moving 100000 mph faster than thought; 15% speed increase translates to doubling of mass of Milky Way

It turns out that our solar system is moving nearly 100,000 m.p.h. faster than previously thought — revolving around the center of the Milky Way at 568,000 m.p.h., announced Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Monday at the American Astronomical Society's conference in Long Beach, Calif. Since velocity is related to mass, the 15% increase in solar-system speed translates into a near doubling of mass of the Milky Way, according to Reid's group — and all of that newfound bulk is composed of dark matter.
Original estimates of the solar system's speed were based on what Reid calls "one- dimensional velocity" obtained solely from Doppler shifts. "Now," he says, "we have three-dimensional velocity and more exact measurements" — a huge advancement in the field. The findings debunk the notion that the Milky Way is a little-sister galaxy to her neighbor Andromeda. "They're more like fraternal twins," Reid says. And the fact that they are of equal size increases the likelihood that the two will someday collide.
But humans needn't flee the galaxy anytime soon. First, there's so much room between stars that Earth likely wouldn't feel any effects of a galactic collision, though our constellations would certainly change. And second, a crash is still about 3 billion to 5 billion years away, by which time our sun will have transformed into a red giant and turned the Earth into a smidgen of charred dust.

Welcome to our 2012 information Page

Our solar system appears to be undergoing some significant changes that are reflected by the latest measurements taken by NASA with the recent spacecraft sent from earth. What does the evidence have to tell us as we move boldly into the new century. Considerable research and time has been spent on the ancient myths and mysteries - their meaning - and how they may apply to our modern age as we move into the age of Aquarius.
  Have our traditions and science kept pace? Or is it time to take a long look at some of the many ideas and theories that have been proposed and then discounted by the main stream science and thinking - is it possible that these ideas were purposely suppressed.

A Buenos Aires landmark, the solar powered Floralis Generica.

A bidding process will begin in June of this year, and Brazilian, German, and Spanish companies are expected to invest in the project, which has an estimated price tag of $120 million dollars. The provinicial government of San Juan has already agreed to invest between $15 and $20 million.
According to the spanish news source cronista,the planned solar park would produce between 1500 and 2400 megawatts of energy, which would make it the biggest single producer of solar energy throughout all South American and Latin American countries, and not to mention quite a large producer in comparison to other facilities throughout the world. A pilot project will first test a number of solar panel technologies on about 12 acres of land.
Construction on the project is hoped to begin in September of this year, and last for a period of 8 to 10 months. The governor of San Juan, José Luis Gioja said of the project “We are promoting the use of alternative, renewable energies to change the electrical matrix of our country, which needs clean energy for a better quality of life. The idea is to generate energy using the heat of our earth, that we will be implementing in gradual form, as things are completed.”

The electric Bentley Incense GT, luxury for the future

 Bentleys of the future will have a very different look from the one’s we see the rich and fabulous driving around in today and will sure be a lot greener too. The super-luxury cars we see today are plain gas-guzzlers, who drink up as much as their owners can afford. But this might just not be the case in the future! We just stumbled across this design for a Bentley, the Bentley Incense GT. Now this one sure doesn’t give out any smoke, despite its name, instead choosing to keep its act and drive a lot more environment friendly, using and electric motor. The car looks like a vehicle a superhero would probably choose to drive! Inspired by designing from the past with an added touch of the future, the Bentley Incense GT design uses those good old closed-cap rear wheels. A car like this might just show up far away in 2030 though, so you’ll just have to wait and drool at these images for the next two decades.
Bentley of the future! We await thou arrival!

SOLAR OOWER RICHSHAWS REMAIN PARCHED OF JUICE DUE TO LAKE OF CHARGES

A job half done is useless. Probably the UT administration in Chandigarh ought to realize this by now. The solar powered rickshaws unveiled a while ago amidst applause are now biting the dust at the municipal corporation, forgotten. Now we’ve seen a few SOLAR POWER RICKSHAWS before, destined to play a part of the 2010 Common Wealth Games. We haven’t heard much of those either after that. As for these rickshaws in Chandigarh, they haven’t quite hit the roads yet, due to the laziness on part of the MC authorities, who’ve forgotten to put up chargers for them. Powered by solar batteries that run70 km or six hours on a single charge, these rickshaws touch speeds of 15 to 20 km per hour and take five hours to charge up using solar panels that are to be connected to the charging unit.

Qatar bids for the 2022 Soccer world cup with the solar powered Lusail Iconic Stadium.

Just when you though that the soccer world cup was history, its back making waves again. As Qatar gets ready to bring the frenzy to home turf in 2022, they have thought far off to ensure green and architecturally advanced designs for the world to savor. The energy efficient world-class football stadium called the Lusail Iconic Stadium is being developed with the help of Foster and Partners. Keeping in mind the extremely arid condition of the Middle East, the stadium will powered using solar energy. However the stadium with a seating capacity of 86,000 will be cool and will generate additional power from the parking lot canopies

Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi to use solar energy

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacturer, announced its selection by Aldar Properties PJSC to supply over 1,120 solar panels for a 292 kW solar system for The Shams Tower, an iconic building on Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi based solar power system integrator, Enviromena, will design and install the solar system and Aldar,Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company will develop the project.
The 2500 sq meter building with the integrated solar array on the 60-metre high Shams Tower, will provide shade for the car park underneath and simultaneously produce 450 megawatt hours of clean, solar electricity annually. Power generated will certainly offset electricity needs during motorsports events, and also power the Yas Marina Circuit facility for decades, saving 400 tons of greenhouse gases annually.

Samsung Solar Powered Mobile Phone comes to Pakistan

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, unveiled its first ever solar powered cellular phone; “Solar Crest” in Pakistan, emphasizing Samsung’s vision and its pioneering efforts for environmental sustainability. As a global leader in cutting-edge technology, Samsung is leading the way into a greener future by utilizing sources of renewable energy. This innovation is a quantum leap towards technologies that will minimize reliance on ecologically harmful sources of energy.
This handset is designed with integrated solar panels, thus it operates and recharges without any ecological deterioration. Solar Crest has been designed to create unmatched convenience for the customers; its solar technology has a special utility for cell-phone users residing in countries where electricity shortages are experienced quite frequently. Therefore, the Pakistani customers will get the maximum benefit from Solar Crest. Elsewhere, the vast Indian population can also seek relief from the electricity crisis through Samsung’s Solar handsets.
Sung Woo Han, Country Manager Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, expressed his views and stated, “Samsung’s Solar Crest phone reflects our commitment to global eco-friendly products, being the first ever solar powered device, which will help consumers charge their phones without electricity. This revolutionary phone will benefit consumers everywhere, especially Pakistan, by enabling significant conservation of energy.”

Allco Wants to Turn Former Toxic Waste Dump into solar energy farm

New York-based Allco Renewable Energy wants to build the largest solar energy farm east of the Mississippi river. Their chosen location is in Coventry, Rhode Island, on land that gained infamy in the 1970s as an illegal hazardous waste dump and which became a Superfund site in the 1980s.
At first the solar energy farm would have 8 megawatts of production capacity, but Allco is also considering installing wind turbines if the site is suitable. But there is already some controversy: Allco wants some guarantees that it will be able to sell its power to the local utility for a certain time and at a certain rate, something that is not yet certain.

World’s Largest Solar Stadium

No one has ever attempted to power an entire stadium with solar energy before, but Japan-based Toyo Ito Architects are using solar energy beyond all conventions to power the main stadium built for the World Games. The $150 million stadium can house 55,000 spectators and can power 80% of the surrounding neighborhood if it‘s solar array is connected to the grid during days when the stadium is not being used. Every inch of the stadium’s incredible 14,155-sq-m roof area is covered with 8,844 solar panels that could potentially generate a whopping 1.14GWh of electricity annually. The record braking stadium is touted to be the world’s largest solar-powered stadium.

Solar Powered Boats - clean and efficient

Solar powered boats get their energy from the sun.  Using electric motors and storage batteries charged by solar panels and photovoltic cell solar powered boats can significantly reduce or eliminate their use of fossil fule  Solar boats are uniquely suited to transform light energy into movement. Environmentally friendly solar energy is an energy efficient way to power commercial oceangoing vessels as well as leisure boats. 

The Solar Storm In 2012 Would Destroy The Earth

British "New Scientist" Web site published the text that the sun will enter the event in 2012 the peak period, a year after millions of Americans are dead, the country's infrastructure will become a pile of rubble, all countries are struggling in this disaster.
"The United States warned scientists not an alarmist, but rather built on the basis of the conclusions of scientific research. Before 2012 is 22, Zhou Feng-year solar activity. However, we feel there is no panic necessary."
United Kingdom, "New Scientist" Web site published the text of the Earth in 2012 will be subjected to super solar storm.
"Earth in 2012 will meet with strong super solar storm, the damage will be far greater than 'Katrina' hurricane, and the face of the earth almost all of them will not be able to escape its devastating impact." Recently, the United Kingdom " New Scientist "Web site had such a" sensational "articles.

Eco Cars: Koenigsegg reveals solar-powered supercar with the best of everything

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
Finally electric cars get what they always wanted with Koenigsegg revealing their most-desired car, the Quant. Shaped like a sedan, the Quant is an electric supercar that is powered by the energy it generates from the sun. Fitted with a 512 hp engine, the car propels to 62mph in just over 5 seconds with a top speed of a bone-shattering 171 mph.

Solar Power 101 – Free Juice That’s Green

We’ve all heard about Solar Power’s environmental and energy saving benefits. But with high upfront investment costs for home Solar Systems, many of us are unfortunately not in the financial position to do so, especially under these economic times. Don’t fret though, there may be a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds for us solar dreamers. The Economic Recovery Act that was recently enacted has some incentive goodies for alternative energy such as Solar!Solar electric systems, also known as photovoltaic (PV) systems, convert sunlight into electricity. Solar cells—the basic building blocks of a PV system—consist of semiconductor materials. When sunlight is absorbed by these materials, the solar energy knocks electrons loose from their atoms. This phenomenon is called the “photoelectric effect.” These free electrons then travel into a circuit built into the solar cell to form electrical current. To see a simulation of the photoelectric effect, please view our animation. Only sunlight of certain wavelengths will work efficiently to create electricity. PV systems can still produce electricity on cloudy days, but not as much as on a sunny day.

Toyota Developing Solar Powered Car

Toyota Motor is developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top Japanese business daily reported.
The Nikkei newspaper, however, said it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on the market. Toyota’s offices were closed Thursday and officials were not immediately available for comment.
Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that will get power from solar cells equipped on the vehicle, and that can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on the roofs of homes. The automaker later hopes to develop a model totally powered by solar cells on the vehicle.

Solar Energy System Design

The largest solar electric generating plant in the world produces a maximum of 354 megawatts (MW) of electricity and is located at Kramer Junction, California. This solar energy generating facility, shown below, produces electricity for the Southern California Edison power grid supplying the greater Los Angeles area. The authors' goal is to provide the necessary information to design such systems.
The solar collectors concentrate sunlight to heat a heat transfer fluid to a high temperature. The hot heat transfer fluid is then used to generate steam that drives the power conversion subsystem, producing electricity. Thermal energy storage provides heat for operation during periods without adequate sunshine.

Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems Set New World Record of 31.25% for Solar-to-Grid Conversion Efficiency

On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled on SES’s “Serial #3” solar dish Stirling system at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility.

Greener China Business Awards

At the center of China Solar Valley in Dezhou, Shandong Province, is the Sun-Moon Mansion, the headquarters of Himin Solar Energy. The company was founded in 1995 by Ming Huang, an oil equipment engineer concerned about dependence on fossil fuels. Now Himin is the world's largest make of solar water heaters, and Solar Valley is the world's largest solar park.

China's Suntech Will Build Solar Panels in U.S.

China's solar leader and the world's largest producer of photovoltaics by volume, will build a factory in the United States. "We believe in the outstanding long-term prospects of the solar energy market in the United States," Suntech's CEO (and erstwhile richest men of china. "A number of favorable developments have led us to this decision, including the dramatic growth in utility demand for large-scale wholesale solar projects, the increasing number of states with incentive programs for customer-owned systems and the federal government's recent stimulus package."
This is  that promoting clean energy in the US is going to generate green jobs at home.