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| You don’t need to cover a whole roof with PV solar panels before the installation becomes both economically and ecologically viable. The ide...

| Although its operating principle is really very simple, the first time you see a solar-powered​ Mendocino motor you can’t help being fascina...

| Japanese researchers have developed a dye-sensitized solar cell using methylene bridged material, fused to the porphyrin core to achieve an...

| There is often quite a difference between the performance figures you can achieve from devices working in laboratory-controlled environments...

| Researchers from the TU Delft have developed a new approach that can calculate the solar energy potential in urban areas quickly and accurat...

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| Even though using the sun to recharge one or more batteries is nothing new, a simple circuit that can be put together quickly on a rainy aft...

| The Dutch start-up Lightyear will develop an exclusive, 5-person, electric car powered from solar energy and with an operating range of 800...

| Perovskites are materials that – with the correct combination of elements – have a crystal structure that makes them eminently suitable for...

| Some years ago I developed a solar-powered surveillance camera with data transmission by Wi-Fi or GSM network with SIM card. However, some u...

| Floating solar on a megawatt scale is gaining momentum. The reason? Solar cell efficiency and reducing land use for clean power generation i...