Chinese Solar Panels Saturating the Market, Trade War Approaching
Following allegations that Chinese solar panel manufacturers have been unloading their product overseas for lower prices than at home, or even under cost. This...
Abengoa Announces First Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Africa
Abengoa Solar, a world renowned designer of solar power systems, has just announced two Concentrating Solar Power plants to be built in Africa....
Do Gigantic Alien Solar Power Stations Exist? Scientists Look For Them!
Historically, the quest to find alien life by organizations such as Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has involved painstakingly combing through radio signals. But...
Bronx Business Invests In Solar and Saves $50,000 on Electric Bills
GAL Manufacturing Installs One of NYC’s Largest Rooftop Solar Arrays by Partnering with SolarCity and MC Solar Development
GAL Manufacturing, a family-owned Bronx elevator parts...
World’s First All-Carbon Solar Cell Comes from Stanford University
Solar power generation has only a couple of detractors, cost and efficiency. Research companies have been working hard on increasing efficiency while reducing costs,...
Malachite’s Solar Cell 38% Efficient, at Least in Theory
Malachite Technologies, a solar cell startup company based in San Francisco, California, aims to improve solar cell’s efficiency by coating gallium arsenide on silicon.
Gallium...
World’s “Blackest” Solar Cell Absorbs 99.7% Sunlight
Years after attempting to decrease the reflectivity of solar cells even further, Natcore has finally came up with its ‘blackest’ solar cell to date,...
Solar Panel Exceeds Original Specifications After 30 Years of Service
There aren't too many things that we bought in 1980 that are still functioning just as they were when new, much less in existence....
Tiny German Photovoltaic Cells Break Efficiency Record
A tiny photovoltaic cell brought the 2012 German Environmental Award, the largest award for environmental work given in Europe, to Andreas Bett. Together with...
Solar Islands Take Advantage of Wasted Real Estate to Power Cities
We've all heard the argument, “Not in my back yard,” when it comes to energy installations. This seems to apply to even clean energy...
