New type of photovoltaic device harnesses heat radiation that most solar cells ignore
About 40 percent of the solar energy reaching Earth’s surface lies in the near-infrared region of the spectrum — energy that conventional silicon-based solar...
Apple goes green due to a 20MW solar array
Apple goes green after they has announced the construction of its US biggest end user owned solar array which will produce every year 42...
MIT energy initiative for an efficient solar cell in the future
Solar energy can fulfil us, as humanity, our long term energy needs. This could offer the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions by developing lower...
Solar Energy an Ingredient for Soft Rocker Outdoor Chairs Already Mounted in MIT Campus
These days the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT - campus was equipped with some functional art installations (outdoor chairs running on solar energy)...
Lightyear One widest range solar energy car runs for free
Lightyear One and its performance
An interesting piece of information caught my attention, a new electric car called Lightyear One that runs only on solar...
Toshiba’s New Grid Charging Systems for EVs
Toshiba Corporation is proposing the development of an electric vehicle charging system—the Toshiba Charge Grid —that features the deployment of its Li-ion battery storage...
Solar Power Plant Commenced by Scatec Solar in Iron County
Scatec Solar, a Norwegian company plans to set up a solar power plant in Iron County which would be the largest of such projects...
The Solar Reactor To Produce Hydrogen Fuel From Sunlight
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide—or ceria—and...
The Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer
Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different...
Hybrid solar-thermoelectric systems – A new approach to solar power
Systems to harness the sun’s energy typically generate either electricity or heat in the form of steam or hot water.
But a new analysis by...