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 Eco Factor: Sharp’s new LCD consumes just 60KWh annually.

Sharp has announced an update on its Aquos line of LCD’s with energy-efficiency as the main focus. The new TVs out from the manufacturing line will be more efficient than the predecessors. Sharp claims that the TVs feature a resolution of 1366X768 with a contrast ratio of 3000:1 on the 32” model and 1500:1 on the other 26” and 20” models. The TVs are made from green plastic and consume just 60KWh of electricity annually, which is 6 KWh less than the earlier models of the same range.

The Dark Side:

Energy savings of just 6KWh annually won’t have much of an environmental impact. However, the TVs are ideal for you to start your green life.

Via: AkihabaraNews 

Japanese homes are already familiar with solar panels and technology thanks to the warm spring, summer and autumn seasons in the country. Still with so many solar panels installed in the country, it still contributes 12% of the global greenhouse gas emissions. But now a new innovation by Sharp will drastically change these statistics. The company has partnered with Eliiy Power to create the world’s first storage battery for household electricity systems.

These cells will store the electricity that is generated by normal roof top solar panels and will be so efficient that they will be able to run the house for a day and a half. With this system Sharp has addressed the main problem with solar panels that they themselves cannot store any electricity and hence provide power just for half of the day. Sharp’s new lithium-ion cell based system, which costs about ¥500,000 (£2,350) will surely refine solar technology. This system is expected to debut next year.

Via: Tech.co.uk

Sharp has plans to go sharper, the plan is to boost thin-film Si (silicon) solar cell output at its Katsuragi Plant. Investing approximately ¥22 billion the idea is to increase the present output that stands at15MW to 160MW. Sharp initiated volume production of tandem thin-film solar cells with a tandem-junction structure (amorphous Si and microcrystalline Si) in September 2005. Then the company started mass-production of “triple type” thin-film solar cells with a triple-junction structure, in which the number of amorphous layers is increased to two, in the fall of 2007. Triple type solar cells feature high module conversion efficiencies of about 10%, said Sharp.

Via: TechonNikkeibp