Window Socket Sticks to Windows and Solar-Powers Gadgets
Ever wanted to harness that free energy coming from the Sun and put it into your gadget? If this project succeeds, all you have...
Sunseeker Duo: The Fastest Two-Seater Solar-Driven Airplane
This year’s AERO Global Show for General Aviation held in Friedrichshafen, Germany has witnessed the launching of the world’s fastest solar-driven two-seater aircraft –...
California’s Solar Jobs More Plentiful Than Actors
Today, the Solar Foundation released an interactive map that details where in the United States solar jobs are located. No surprise, the leader was...
Solar Powered Device Turns Methane into Cleaner Syngas and Diesel Fuel
A new solar-powered device developed at the Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory (PNNL) by researcher Robert Wegeng could reduce the CO2 emissions of natural gas by up...
Atwater’s Light-Splitting Solar Cell Could Be 50% Efficient
The ability to dissociate light into fundamental colors could make today's solar panels 50 percent efficient. If you compare this figure to the 20...
IBM’s Photovoltaic Prototype Can Concentrate the Power of 2000 Suns
IBM Researchers have built a low-cost prototype solar dish that produces electricity and generates heat for desalination or cooling. IBM got the idea for...
Nanotech Hybrid Solar Cell Generates Electricity from Both Light and Sound
A new nanotech hybrid solar cell developed by Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, generates electricity from light as...
Thin Film Solar Cells to Get Printed on Water: New Technology
With the ability to put solar power anywhere just like a bumper sticker, the possibilities for solar power just expanded.
Thin-film solar power, it was...
BYD Expanding Renewable Energy Storage into Australia
By 2030, Australia could be 100% renewable, but without renewable energy storage when the sun goes down, all that development could be a partially...
International Solar Manufacturers Against EU’s Tariffs For Chinese Imports
Over 1000 international solar manufacturing companies have submitted a joint complaint to the European Commission urging them not to continue with their plan to...
