solar energy

Using solar energy to improve desalination process

An Aston University academic has proposed a new process to decompose waste desalination brine using

This Combination Wind And Solar System Perches On the Edge Of A Building’s Roof

Most urban wind turbines don’t do much but putter in the breeze. This idea puts

UNSW researchers set world record in solar energy efficiency

UNSW‘s solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into

IBM “sunflowers” to supply off-grid energy, water, and cooling

Using a number of liquid-cooled microchannel receivers, each equipped with an array of multi-junction photovoltaic

Solar energy that doesn’t block the view

A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar

On the left, a representative structure for localization of heat; the cross section of structure and temperature distribution. On the right, a picture of enhanced steam generation by the DLS structure under solar illumination. Courtesy of the researchers
Steam from the sun

New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam. A new material structure developed at MIT

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Australia: ‘Critical Steam’ Solar Breakthrough

For the first time ever scientists have managed to use the Sun’s rays to create

Concentrating solar power (Photo credit: Tom Raftery)
Study shows greater potential for solar power at costs comparable to gas-fired power plants

“Solar energy systems can satisfy much more of our hunger for electricity, at not much

Dual-stage optics, consisting of a molded 2 X 2 cm primary lens and a secondary, 2 mm ball lens (inset) focus incident sunlight by more than one thousand times.
Industry experts project solar energy electricity generation costs can be lower than coal, natural gas, and nuclear

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign use a printing process to assemble tiny

Picture 1: A comparison of the reflection from a cover glass on a crystalline Silicon cell with and without the multilayer AR coating.
Scientists come up with method of reducing solar panel glare

The glare from solar farms could be a thing of the past, thanks to scientists

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Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials

In a recent advance in solar energy, researchers have discovered a way to tap the

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Ecoppia Announces World’s First Completely Autonomously-Cleaned Solar Energy Park

 “Ketura Sun” solar park in Israel’s Negev desert is the first utility-scale solar energy production

How to make a “perfect” solar absorber

  New system aims to harness the full spectrum of available solar radiation – “This is

How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light

New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. A

A Solar Boom So Successful, It’s Been Halted

Photovoltaics proved so successful in Hawaii that the local utility, HECO, has instituted policies to