solar power

UMass Lowell Students Build Solar-Electric Quadricycle

Students from UMass Lowell designed, built and tested a new sustainable and pollution-free method...

Solar Commuter Bike Path Opens in Netherlands

A 230 foot long section of a new solar commuter bike path is scheduled...

Researchers Develop Ideal Solar Absorption Material

MIT researchers have developed a two-dimensional metallic, dielectric photonic crystal that is close to...

Transparent Solar Concentrator Developed at Michigan State University

Researchers from Michigan State University developed a transparent solar concentrator that produces solar energy when placed on any clear surface. These new solar concentrators have the flexibility to be scaled for commercial and industrial applications at an affordable cost.

Solar Flux from World’s Largest Solar Plant Killing Thousands of Birds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has reported that birds are dying at...

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Engineers Developing Solar Power Devices Using Origami

A research team of engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Brigham Young University...

Construction Begins on Largest Solar Photovoltaic Research Center in the Southern Hemisphere

A 3.275 megawatt, 40,000 solar panel research facility is being built on the University of Queensland in Australia. This center will be the largest solar photovoltaic research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.

Scientists Develop Spray-on Solar Cells

University of Sheffield scientists developed a way to produce perovskite solar cells using a spray-paint process. This process could lead to a reduction in the cost of solar electricity.