Solar Impulse Takes Off from Madrid to Complete 1,550 Miles of Solar Powered Trip
Last week we've been telling you that Solar Impulse, world's first airplane powered solely by solar power had landed in Madrid, the only stop...
Sharp Achieves Highest Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency: 43.5%
This one is worth paying attention to: the March 2011 record for solar cell efficiency held by Solar Junction has been broken last month...
Germany’s Solar Power Plants Set New World Record
If somebody's crying after nuclear energy, it sure isn't Germany: the country scored 22 GW of solar electricity per hour a week ago, the...
Swiss Solar Airplane Lands in Madrid, Halfway Through to Morocco
Solar Impulse, world's first and only aircraft powered solely by the 12,000 solar cells mounted on its wings started a journey to Rabat in...
New Type of Highly Efficient Grätzel-Like Solar Cells Don’t Leak
A research group from Northwestern University has unveiled a new type of dye-sensitized (organic) solar cell that is a technological leap forward and that...
Graphene Solar Cells Reaching Record 8.6 Percent Efficiency
A new efficiency record for graphene solar cells has been established by University of Florida in Gainesville researchers. The new solar cell, made of...
Solar Powered Cement Production Technology Takes Off at George Washington University
Right now, cement production accounts for 5 to 6 percent of total man-made greenhouse gases. Producing lime, its key ingredient, uses an energy-intensive process...
California Leads in Green Energy Sector, Reduces Greenhouse Emissions
When the independent nonprofit group Next 10 recently released the 2012 California Green Innovation Index put together by Collaborative Economics, they knew it was...
Strathclyde Scientists Design Small Satellites to Gather and Beam Solar Power to Earth
Forget about silicon-based solar cells or other improvements in the solar energy area: researchers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow have something better for...
Organic Solar Cells Market to Skyrocket in 10 Years, Report Says
If you are about to invest in silicon-based photovoltaics, please stop for a moment and read this. IDTechEx, a market research company, has published...
