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Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are on the rise, some proponents even claiming that with enough sunlight and land, CSP could power the entire United States... Read More »

A small company is taking an unusual tack to produce cheaper wind energy.

It is understandable why most people believe solar power is more of a futuristic technology than a modern one. Solar power is still prohibitively expensive... Read More »

Marcelo da Luz, the founder of Power of One (Xof1) Solar Car Project, has driven his solar car to world record fame. He more than doubled the previous driving... Read More »

Photosynthesis directly converts solar energy into storable fuel using just water and carbon dioxide. Scientists have long tried to mimic the underlying natural... Read More »

Ultrafast lasers, which pulse at durations of 100 femtoseconds, or quadrillionths of a second, and cause electrons to reach temperatures above 60,000 degrees Celsius, ... Read More »

Someday, doing laundry may be as simple as leaving your smelly socks out in the sun. Researchers at China’s Hubei University for Nationalities have created... Read More »

  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia is set to unlock more than A$13 billion in government funds for clean energy that could boost investments for large solar... Read More »

  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A row between China and the United States over imports of cheaper solar products won't be the sector's death-knell but... Read More »

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Desertec, the world's most ambitious solar power project, is to start building its first power plant next year, a 500 megawatt (MW)... Read More »

  (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc plans to release a portable household solar power system that will cost about 100,000 yen ($1,315), the Japanese business daily... Read More »

In 1879, Edison invented the light bulb, and now, almost one and a half centuries later, it has become almost a neglected piece of invention in most parts of the... Read More »