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Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but it's also relevant for solar panel efficiency. "A dirty solar panel can reduce its power capabilities by up to 30... Read More »

Photovoltaics are the ultimate source of clean and renewable energy, but today’s technologies utilize relatively scarce and expensive semiconductors that are... Read More »

Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Indium... Read More »

In recent years, China has emerged as the dominant player in green energy -- especially solar power. But despite rapid growth in recent years, solar power is more... Read More »

Outside of a few fake plastic trees, the lobby of a Bank of America branch does not resemble an organic farmer’s market or a warm place for an earth-saving... Read More »

Southern California Gas Co. has launched a multi-year demonstration of an advanced concentrated solar cogeneration system. The project’s goal is to benefit area ... Read More »

Twenty-eight proves tough-for-business... Ever since late last year when we heard about difficulties foundries were having with the latest-and-greatest (and... Read More »

Fundamentally, most of the energy we use on the earth comes from the sun -- from fossil fuels to wind and photovoltaics. Nature has been evolutionarily perfecting... Read More »

The impending scarcity of many valuable resources on our planet has had people searching for and utilizing other energy sources. Although researchers have studied and ... Read More »

In a study published in the Institute of Physics's Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, researchers from Concordia University created this... Read More »

Japan is looking for cleaner and greener ways to produce electricity that won’t explode in the case of a natural disaster. Kyocera Corporation, IHI Corporation... Read More »

Halotechnics has developed two new materials for solar heat energy storage involving new kinds of salt and glass. These allow much higher temperatures than have been... Read More »

The city of Datong in Shanxi Province in China is known for its rich coal resources. Datong has a huge reserve of coal. The total coal output in 2011 was 103.48... Read More »

In June and July 2014, Brazil will be hosting the renowned World Cup. Bold plans are underway for making the month long tournament a sustainable event. Brazil's... Read More »

Reaching grid parity has been regarded as a pivotal milestone in the world of power, solar and renewable energy. Grid parity is the cost of electricity generated from ... Read More »

With approval of the Environmental Impact Review on its 200-megawatt, two-tower Saguache Solar Energy Project, SolarReserve hopes to soon get started on a new pair of ... Read More »

Concentrated solar power (CSP) brings a value to the energy table that photovoltaic technology (PV) just doesn't have. That's the ability to store daytime... Read More »