Chernobyl to Get a Second Life as a Solar Power Plant
Chernobyl gets a second chance as Ukrainian government considers turning the site into a massive solar power plant.
Ever since the nuclear disaster back in...
Solar Roadways to Pave Route 66 in Missouri With Solar Panels
In a section of Route 66 located in Missouri, MoDOT, the Federal Highway Administration, and Solar Roadways plans to install solar panels to serve...
Advanced Solar Cell Resembles Rose Petal Epidermis
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) discovered a cheat for greater organic solar cell efficiency based on the epidermal cells of rose petals.
Rose petals...
Elon Musk’s Tesla Plans to Acquire Elon Musk’s SolarCity, Offer Joint Services
Tesla and SolarCity plan to merge energy-efficient products for consumers. Solar City, which produces and installs solar panels, and Tesla, which produces battery-powered vehicles,...
World’s First Ever Solar Plant Provides Power Day and Night
Crescent Dunes Project, located in Nevada, goes down in history as the first ever solar power plant, which provides clean electricity 24 hours a...
Bionic Leaf Turns Light Into Liquid Biofuel
Scientists at Harvard developed a bionic leaf that can convert light into biomass more efficiently than nature, and then make biofuel.
Artificial photosynthesis has been...
MIT Breaks Theoretical Efficiency Limit of Solar Cells
An MIT demonstration revealed the ability to top the theoretical upper limit of solar cell efficiency which is currently 32 percent.
It was a silicon...
SolSource – Affordable, Eco-Friendly Outdoor Solar Cooker
SolSource is a new type of outdoor cooker, which uses concentrated sunlight to grill your favorite meal faster than ever.
Outdoor cooking is something that everyone...
Futuristic Solar Powered Bus Goes Over Traffic
Solar powered bus goes over traffic, not around it.
Traffic congestion is one of the biggest problems of most cities. The consequences from this go...
New Perovskite Solar Panels from MIT Fix Themselves With Light
Researchers at MIT added to the work on perovskite materials by introducing a light-based method that improves their performance.
Perovskites are compounds often produced as...
