Neighborhood Solar » Solar Research Projects http://neighborlysolar.com/blog A Bulk Purchasing Program for Residential Solar Installations Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:04:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Solar powered cars http://neighborlysolar.com/blog/solar-research-projects/solar-powered-cars/ http://neighborlysolar.com/blog/solar-research-projects/solar-powered-cars/#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 22:04:48 +0000 admin http://northpeaksolar.com/research-projects/solar-powered-cars/ Robert Palumbo, professor of Mechanical Engineering and Frederick F. Jenny Jr., Professor of Emerging Technology at Valparaiso University have recently embarked on the Solar Thermal Electrolysis Project, a five-year research project funded by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

The researchers are currently working on improved ways to run cars on solar energy by concentrating sunlight to heat a solar reactor that converts zinc oxide into metallic zinc, which would be utilized as a storable, transferable fuel to be used when & where it’s needed.

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