Harvesting Solar Energy from Pavement to Melt Ice
The heat radiating off roadways has long been a factor in explaining why city temperatures are often considerably warmer than nearby suburban or rural...
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...
World Record for Solar Module Efficiency 33.9 percent
The solar company Semprius achieved a world record for photovoltaic module efficiency of 33.9 percent.
This result was externally certified after measurement under standard test...
Harvesting the solar wind to generate power for the entire Earth
Solar power and wind power have long been two of the main contenders in the race to find the next big renewable energy resource....
Quantum dots to increase the efficiency of solar cells up to 45 percent
By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar...
Luci, a solar powered lantern designed by MPOWERD to enlighten people
As a paradox of our century the poverty is growing in the emergent countries and nearly half of the world’s population has no access...
Zoquete Nomadic Light Lamp
Let’s take it as an eco gadget and see the Zoquete Nomadic Light Lamp as a part of an experimental project showed in a...
Dye-sensitized solar cells more efficient than silicon cells
Dye-sensitized Grätzel solar cells have just set a new efficiency benchmark. By changing the composition and color of the cells, an EPFL team has...
Solar inverters improve the profitability of photovoltaic power plants
The Siemens Industry Automation Division is further expanding its product portfolio in the power plants segment by introducing the central inverters Sinvert PVS600, PVS1200,...
Solar Gen2 – Smart solar powered LED street lighting solution
Philips has developed the most efficient and cost effective solar powered LED street lighting solution per km of road.
Solar Gen2 innovation is developed together...