Next-Gen Solar Cells Designed To Handle Heat Without Sacrificing Efficiency
Iowa State University engineers have designed a new type of solar cell that is durable, lightweight, and cost-efficient.
Volunteers Light Up The Himalayas
A group of volunteer engineers have used solar power to bring light into a remote corner of the Himalayas.
Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home Power Systems
Solar energy is getting a new business model -- one that lights up the darkness for a fraction of the cost.
Streetlights Powered By Footsteps Lighting Up Las Vegas
A new form of clean energy in stepping out in the city of Las Vegas, and lighting up the night in the process.
Sleek Solar Energy Roofs Light Up The Homes Of The Future
Elon Musk is ready to give solar energy a stylish makeover by ditching those clunky solar panels and introducing the world to the sleek style of solar tiles.
New Material Chemically Stores Solar Energy for Later
Solar thermal fuel polymer film comprising three distinct layers (4 to 5 microns in thickness for each). Cross-linking after each layer enables building up films of tunable thickness.
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Large, Flexible Solar Cells Developed
A European research team of six partners joined forces to develop solar energy products for the renewable energy development. The project, FabriGen, combined flexible photovoltaic materials with tensile fab... Read More...
Scientists Find Way to Store Solar Energy More Effectively
MIT and Harvard University Scientists had developed a way to use molecules to store solar energy that can later be used to heat homes or water. These molecules have the ability to store heat forever and be used without emitting any greenhouse gases.
Nanotechnology To Bring Significant Benefits to Energy Market
A study conducted by the IEC and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) has found that nanotechnology will change the future of energy storage and solar energy technology.
MIT Researchers Increase Solar Panel Efficiency by Capturing More Sunlight
Testing has begun on solar cells that contain a layer of carbon nanotubes in hopes to increase the efficiency of solar cells by capturing more of the sun’s rays that usually go to waste.