Innovative Solar Power Process Maximizes Energy Content of Natural Gas
The Energy Department plans to use the sun’s heat to increase the energy content of natural gas and is preparing to test a new...
Artificial Leaf Generates Hydrogen, Even in Contaminated Water
Daniel Nocera, previously of MIT and now Harvard, once called the artificial leaf “one of the Holy Grails of science,” but what if it...
“Energetic Energies” Solar Panel Design Unveiled at Milan Design Week
Panasonic will soon be revealing its Akihisa Hirata-designed "Energetic Energies" exhibition during Milan Design Week. The structure, measuring about 30 meters in length, is...
Nanowire Solar Panel More Efficient at No Additional Cost
Solar installation prices continue to fall as solar panel manufacturers add to the glut of solar panels on the market already.
The standard silicon-based solar...
Make a Solar Oven From Cardboard Box in 5 Steps
This is how to make a solar oven using a tempered glass picture frame (or simply a regular glass one), some newspapers, a roll of aluminum foil, duct...
Molten Salt Solar Thermal Power Plant on Track for Completion
This month, workers finished placing receiver panels on top of a 540-foot tower that forms the centerpiece of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant...
Tûranor Solar Boat Has a New Mission Studying Climate Change
What started as a proof-of-concept – PlanetSolar's Tûranor solar boat recently circumnavigated the globe – is now setting sail again on a research mission...
Solar-Powered Wind Turbines: An Idea Developed at Liverpool University
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed the ultimate renewable energy-generating structure, by incorporating solar panels on regular wind turbines.
The team developed the...
Roads Covered by Solar Panels Could Boost Energy Production in India
An initiative to cover main roads and highways with solar power module platforms was proposed by scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute...
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...
