Installation Prices for Solar Power Devices Dropped 14% in 2011
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has made public a study regarding the dropping of prices in the case of solar power installations. In 2011...
Green Roofs May Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
Apart from providing improved insulation to buildings, lowering power consumption (by as much as 6%), providing habitat for some animals, filtering out air pollutants,...
World Food Crisis Solved By Desert Farming?
Dreamed up and designed by a 62 year old London theater lighting engineer and led by a 33 year old German former Goldman Sachs banker, Sundrop...
Revolutionary Solar Cell Absorbs More Sunlight, More Efficiently
Based on a computer model developed by MIT engineers, it is possible to capture a broad spectrum of sunlight using a very thin film...
Residential Solar Installations Getting Cheaper
Thousands of homes in the US have already benefited from localized solar installations, and with the help of tax incentives, perhaps millions more could...
New Trend: Pot Growers Using Solar Power Instead of Grid
Solar energy has turned into an off-grid power source for illegal growing of marijuana. Despite the expensive solar panels, increasing number of growers invest...
Concentrated Solar Photovoltaics Reduce Long-term Solar Energy Costs
RayGen Reseources, a company that provides solar power services, based in Melbourne, was granted a funding of $1.6 million to produce a 2kW concentrated...
HydroICE Solar-Powered Engine May Compete with Photovoltaic Panels
Imagine an internal combustion engine that runs on solar-heated oil and water instead of gasoline. Sound crazy? Two Missouri-based inventors Ben Cooper and Matt...
Nanoscale Rainbow Manipulation to Improve Solar Cells and LEDs
Solar cells and LED displays may get new life, thanks to researchers at King’s College London. The Biophysics and Nanotechnology Group can now separate...
Is the Downfall of SolFocus a Harbinger of Doom for CPV Modules?
San Jose-based SolFocus may serve as a harbinger of things to come for the solar panel industry. Admitting financial difficulty, SolFocus has announced that...
