Solar Power Made Cheaper with ArrayPower's Individual Inverters
ArrayPower's claim that is has produced a "sequenced inverter" design should be met with utter joy and a round of applause, since it's exactly...
Semprius and Siemens Unveil the Most Efficient (Hybrid) Solar Panel Yet
The world’s most efficient solar panel is here to stay thanks to the collaboration between North Carolina’s Semprius Inc. and the German company Siemens....
SolarWorld GT Solar Car Attempts to Break Guinness Record
One day, 30 students from a German university decided to make a solar-powered car. They all put their mechatronics, computer science, mechanical and electrical...
HyperSolar Uses Sunlight to Turn Wastewater Into Hydrogen
It's so interesting how a car can run on hydrogen, but hardly anyone thought about how it is produced. There is no other by-product...
Q-BICs: Quantum Dots With a Built-In-Charge to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency
A few articles back we all agreed that gathering the infrared part of the visible sunlight would do the solar industry a huge amount...
Bankrupt Kodak to Produce Thin-Film Solar Cells In Near Future
Every end is a beginning. We all heard that before. I guess it's not Kodak's turn to test it for itself, as the company...
13 Year-Old Aidan Dwyer Uses Fibonacci Sequence to Improve Solar Power Collection
Inspiration comes in a many forms, or rather at many ages - you just have to recognize it. For example, you can feel inspired...
Spanish Consortium Equips Greenhouses With Photovoltaic Panels
When we hear about solar panels, most of us think about them being perched up high on a roof to generate electricity for people....
Military-Owned Lands in CA and NV Could Yield 7 GW of Solar Power
The military has a few of the United States' largest sun lit areas in its administration. A recent study, performed by ICF International and...
Austin Energy's New 30 MW Solar Plant Inaugurated in Texas
Lately, states across the U.S. and around the world are in competition about which is adding more solar power. With the Webberville Solar Project...
