Researchers at Swinburne, the University of Sydney and Australian National University have collaborated to develop a solar absorbing, ultrathin film with unique properties that has great pot... Read more
A Low-Cost Method for Solar-Thermal Conversion That’s Simpler and Greener Researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering... Read more
Combining Concentrating Solar and Thermoelectric Materials Raises Efficiency Researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported a substantial ad... Read more
Energy storage is crucial for taking full advantage of solar power, which otherwise suffers interruptions from cloudy skies and nightfall. In the past few years, concentrating solar power pl... Read more
A new wrinkle on an old technology – solid-state thermophotovoltaics (TPV) – could provide a high-efficiency alternative for directly converting high-temperature heat from concen... Read more
Engineers at Oregon State University have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make it more practical for wider use. Concept... Read more
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency... Read more
Developed by British engineer James Bentham, the Solar Kettle can boil water simply by using sunlight. The portable thermos-like product uses a special thermal technology to boil water witho... Read more
Today on Earth Day, scientists have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000 times and converting 80 percent of t... Read more
