Sixtron's Antireflective Coatings Solve Safety and Efficiency Issues in Solar Cell Technology

Up to now, the most used antireflective coating method has been the vapor deposition of a silicon nitride film by using a highly-flamable silane gas, which can ignite when exposed to air. Transporting, storing, ventilating silane gas and other safety-keeping operation make the process very expensive.

Solar Power Gets Cheaper (video)

There have been many trends posted involving solar power but in the US it still only accounts for 1% of the electricity generated. Even...

New Materials Greatly Improve Solar Fuel Cell Peformance

Chemists from University of Texas at Arlington(UTA) have devised new materials of high performance for solar cells to split Carbon dioxide and water into fuels...

Solar Cube: Saving Lives With Solar and Wind Power

What can you buy for $38,000? Two second-hand Priuses? No. A smaller airplane? Neither. I'll tell you what you can have for that money: a solar powered desalination device.

Watly, Solar-Powered Computer that Provides Clean Water, Electricity and Internet

Watly is the world's largest solar-powered computer, which provides clean drinking water, green solar power and internet connectivity. In many parts of the world, access...

NRG Solar to Build a 20MW Solar Power Plant in New Mexico

NRG Solar has great plans for the future. They are planning to build a 20MW solar power plant (Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility) in New Mexico.
World's first glow-in-the-dark Nissan Leaf drives worlds first glow-in-the-dark highway, the Smart Highway, in the Netherlands.

Nissan Leaf “TRON Edition” on Dutch Smart Highway

Here at The Green Optimistic, we love solar power, and it turns out that lots of Nissan Leaf owners love solar power, too. We already...

Perovskite Solar Cells – Bigger, More Efficient and Ready for Accreditation

Scientists have discovered a way to scale up perovskite solar cells so that they can remain stable, and allow to be tested for their efficiency...

MIT Researchers Develop The Perfect Solar Absorber

Advances in the field of solar emerge every day, with new technologies popping up on the market all the time. Arguably, one of the...

SolarEagle: Boeing's Future Unmanned Aircraft Able To Stay Aloft For More Than 5 Years

The US military's DARPA has signed an $89 million deal with Boeing for the development of a solar powered, unmanned aircraft that could stay aloft for more than five years. Of course, the aircraft would be used in espionage purposes, but the concept is also a testing ground for civilian purposes.