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- Organic solar cells made of woodResearchers at Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) have now shown that lignin can be used to make solar cells even…
- The world’s first long-range solar car unveiledDutch tech company Lightyear, a spin-off company of the Technical University of Eindhoven, introduced the first long-range solar car this morning in Katwijk, the…
- New solar panel generates energy from raindropsSolar panels are becoming increasingly popular for generating clean energy, but there is one major drawback to these devices: they need sunlight to work.…
- Scrap yard solar powerWhen exposed to visible light, iron oxide (more commonly known as rust) produces a small electrical current. The energy that this creates also has…
- Coloured Solar Films Enable Custom Patterns on Photovoltaic ModulesResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have developed a new way to integrate photovoltaic (PV) systems into architecture. They use…
- Weather-Resistant Perovskite Solar Cells Move Closer To Real-World ApplicationPerovskite solar cells are one of the most promising innovations in renewable energy. They offer high efficiency and low production costs. However, their use…
- World First: Solarge Launches Cradle to Cradle Certified Circular Solar PanelSolarge has reached a global milestone in sustainable energy technology. Its SOLO solar panel is the first photovoltaic panel worldwide to receive Cradle to…
- Sun Rock: Solar-Optimised Facility for Renewable Energy OperationsSun Rock, currently under construction in Changhua County, Taiwan, is an operations and maintenance facility for Taipower, the government-owned power company. Designed by architecture…
- Tensile solar panelTensile structures have long been a fascination to architects, as they combine very light-weight construction with exquisite design. Now, an inspiring team of architects,…
- Origami window blind generates solar energySolgami is an origami window blind that ensures privacy, while also generating solar energy. The mastermind behind the solar blinds is Ben Berwick, who…
- How to recycle solar panelsVeolia opens the first European plant dedicated to recycling end-of-life photovoltaic panels, with a 95 per cent recovery rate. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are…
- Innovation: Thin Film Solar Cells at MX2016Sustainable energy sources such as sun or wind energy have the drawback that they are also highly visible elements that are often considered eyesores.…
- The Solar Highway“Make no little plans”, said Daniel Burnham, the mastermind of the 1893 world’s fair in Chicago. American designers have a penchant for big ideas.…
- Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells Enable New Design ApplicationsTNO has announced the launch of Perovion Technologies, a spin-off focused on scaling up a new generation of solar cells. These cells are lightweight,…
- A solar panel that looks like a ceramic roof tileItalian company Dyaqua developed solar panels that look like real terracotta roof tiles. While solar panels are necessary for the energy transition, their aesthetics…
- New efficiency record for colour-neutral, transparent solar cellsResearchers at the University of Michigan in the US developed colour-neutral transparent solar cells that set a new efficiency record of 8.1% efficiency with…
- Sailing the galaxy with a graphene solar sailThe European Space Agency (ESA) developed a tiny sail made of graphene that has passed initial tests to one day function as solar sails…
- Stronger perovskite solar cells thanks to fluorideResearchers at Eindhoven University of Technology, research centre Differ, University of Twente and Peking University found a way to make perovskite solar cells more…
- Stretchable solar cell can even be washedWe have seen flexible solar cells, but the main thing preventing us from incorporating them into our clothes is that they couldn’t be stretched…
- ‘Living’ wallpaper has integrated printed solar panelSolar panels come in all shapes and sizes, whether they are printed, sprayable, flexible, or integrated in the pavement, roof tiles or windows. Generally,…
- Solar-Integrated Electric Vehicle Produces More Energy Than It ConsumesGraduate students at Clemson University have created an electric car that can produce more energy than it uses during a typical day of urban…
- Solar-Absorbing Façades: Turning Buildings into Energy SourcesA new solar façade technology developed by AkzoNobel, Emergo, and TNO is transforming the way buildings generate and store energy. Known as Calosol, the…
- The world’s first self-charging solar cargo e-bikeDutch company Need The Globe (NTG) developed what they say is the first-ever solar cargo e-bike, called SunRider. The cargo bike was developed as…
- Solar panels made with waste crops generate energy even without sunlightCarvey Ehren Maigue, student electrical engineering at Mapua University in the Philippines, designed a new type of translucent solar panel that combines organic luminescent…
