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- 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…
- Coloured Solar panelsSoluxa develops coloured solar panels that function both as energy-generating systems and architectural elements for building façades. The terracotta panels deliver a peak output of 185 Wp/m² and are specifically designed to harmonise with brick façades and terracotta roofing.
- Evalon SolarThe Evalon Solar PV-cell by Alwitra are placed on a flexible backing. They contain no glass and they produce only one third of the reflection of glass. The Evalon Solar PV-cells are very light in weight and can be glued onto a roof just like ordinary roof coverings.
- 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…
- A solar oven for the production of steel and cementUS clean energy company Heliogen developed a commercial method to concentrate solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius, potentially replacing the…
- Wooden and glass Seine Musicale powered by moving solar sailShigeru Ban is perhaps best known for his use of paper and cardboard in architecture, but he is also not averse to using wood.…
- Material Xperience 2017 exhibits transparent solar panels LumiductThe Lumiduct transparent solar panels are one of the special items exhibited at Material Xperience 2017. Lumiduct enables transparent glass façades to generate more…
- Wattway: a solar road to clean energy in NormandyAn average road is used only about ten per cent of the time, which means that ninety per cent of the time, it is…
- Modern Stained Glass Generates Solar Electricity While Charging Your PhonePowered by the sun, Current Window is a modern version of stained glass that can charge your phone and electronic devices. Beauty meets clean…
- Transparent Solar Cells Move Closer To Commercial RealityResearchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have achieved a record light utilisation efficiency (LUE) of 6.05% with semi-transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs). This milestone brings…
- Fastned’s Solar Trees: Nature-Inspired Infrastructure for EV ChargingFastned’s Solar Trees redefine the electric vehicle (EV) charging experience by combining functionality with nature-inspired architecture. Each station features a timber structure with a…
- A solar charged car with moss interiorGerman car company Sono Motors recently revealed the first images of the interior of their solar charged Sion car, which includes a natural air…
- Solar and wind energy generated by fabricCharging your phone because the wind makes your curtains move, generating electricity. Today, it is possible. Not one, but two separate research groups have…
- Solar GlassblockSBskin developed and patented a series of novel glassblock configurations with the aim of optimizing their energy performance. These photovoltaic and highly insulating glassblocks are integrated with third generation solar cells (DSCs) and suitable for outside installations (roofs and facades).
- Solar-Powered Refrigerator Uses Bacterial Cellulose InsulationXero Cool is an experimental refrigerator that combines solar-powered cooling with insulation made from bacterial cellulose xerogel. Developed by designer Audrey Levy during her…
- After solar panels, now rain panels?A team of researchers developed an alternative to the solar panel, which harvests energy from raindrops. Water is already used in the energy transition…
- Solar Design panelsSolarix works on innovative developments for the colouring of energy-generating facade panels, paying a lot of attention to the correct structure and materialization of the colours in combination with high energy yields.
- Increasing solar panel efficiency with algaeSwedish company Swedish Algae Factory developed a method to use the silica shells of diatom algae, which can enhance the efficiency of solar panels.…
- Solar charged jacket glows in the dark like kryptoniteWhether you like to jog, hike, cycle or climb, being visible in the dark helps you stay safe. Light colours or reflective materials can…
- Source: solar panels that extract water from the airAccess to clean drinking water seems to be a privilege rather than a right. Deserts are expanding and draughts are happening because of climate…
- Onyx Solar Thin FilmSolar thin film glass by Onyx is an energy producing glass available in a range of colours, sizes and translucencies. The glass is a structural silicate PV glass in simple configuration. The thin-film building integrated PV glazing is useful in many kinds of exterior building application.
- Turning CO₂ into Solar Fuels: New Material Breakthroughs with Design PotentialResearchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), working with Stanford University, Antwerp University and Hasselt University, have achieved an important step in the development…
