V3Solar Spin Cells: Solar Power at Its Cheapest
Electricity generated from solar cells has been the subject of debate for quite some time now. As clean and as environmentally friendly it can...
Audi’s Synthetic Fuel Produced With Solar and Wind Power
Audi is set to release a number of natural-gas powered vehicles this year, such as the Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. It can run...
New Study Indicates Sunlight Could Power All Our Energy Needs
The chief concern with renewable energy has always been the argument that renewable sources would never be able to power all of the energy...
Solar Cell Efficiency Boosted By Light-Trapping Nanoantenna Array
The efficiency of photovoltaic cells must be improved to further renewable energy science, but the endeavor has so far eluded scientists.
To date, under controlled...
Nanowire Technology Used for More Efficient Solar Cells
Silicon solar cells currently are, at a maximum, between 19% and 50% efficient converting solar energy into electricity. The rest of that energy is...
Artificial Photosynthesis Could Generate Hydrogen Fuel
Hydrogen could be the perfect zero-emissions fuel, if only the generating process could eliminate its carbon-footprint. There are a couple of ways to produce...
Giant Solar Field Launched in Saudi Arabia by Suntech
The president of Saudi Aramco, Khalid A. Al-Falih recently inaugurated a 3.5 MW solar field. The project in Riyadh is for the King Abdullah...
Black Silicon Makes Solar Cells More Efficient
Aalto University scientists have achieved an improvement in light absorption and surface passivation of silicon nanostructures after applying an atomic layer coating.
This finding may...
Solar Stirling Engine Efficiency Records Broken by Ripasso Energy
Solar Stirling engine efficiency has been topped this year by Ripasso Energy, a solar technology company based in Sweden.
They have designed a Solar stirling...
US Army Goes Green, Creates Largest Solar Array in the World
The US Army has just unveiled its brand new White Sands Missile Range Solar Power System in New Mexico. This system is the largest...
