“Mi Teleferico” – The Cable Car With Clean Air and Solar Powered Lighting
Another creative and environmentally friendly way to commute is available to residents of La Paz, Bolivia. Called Mi Teleferico, which translates to "My Cable...
Solar Modules Have Great Efficiency Potential, NREL Director Says
All solar modules and solar cells have the potential to get a boost in efficiency, especially thin-film solar and concentrated photovoltaics. This is according...
New Polymer Synthesis Cuts Plastic Solar Cell Production Time by 50%
Their discovery drastically reduces the reaction time (99% faster). In the past, the reaction that took place in 48 hours, now only lasts 30 minutes and increases the average molecular weight of the polymer by a factor of more than three.
Shape-Changing Solar Lamp is a Robot Claw Look-alike
Lenka Czereova has designed a rather interesting-looking solar lamp. The design will be most appealing to those with a taste in futuristic gadgets. The...
47% Efficiency for Solar Cells With Microscopic Folds and Wrinkles
Researchers have so far bent over backwards to find the best way to make solar cells as efficient as possible and just when you...
World's Most Efficient Solar Water Heater Made by Surface Power
Surface Power received an independent certification from TUV Rhineland that their solar water heaters are at least 131% more efficient in the morning and evening, and 76% more at midday than other solar heaters.
Side-Illuminated Solar Cell Boosts Energy Efficiency
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have created new concentrator solar cells that have a solar conversion efficiency of more than 40%...
Transparent Solar Concentrators to Produce Electricity Unnoticed
The time when solar concentrators can be placed on the surface of windows or cellphone screens, without disturbing their initial purpose, has finally come....
The Solar Table That Powers Your Laptop!
Sudia Design Labs, located in New York, has created a table that you can put out in the sun. What for? To charge it,...
U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to Have the Army's Largest Solar Installation
The U.S. Marines are one step closer to a clean energy future. Camp Pendleton, a major West Coast base in the United States has recently installed a new 1.4 megawatt solar array.
