energy

Hurdle cleared on road to printable, low-cost perovskite solar cells

Posted in Hardware on 18th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

A manufacturing breakthrough that allows for lower cost and higher efficiency perovskite solar cells to move forward.

US Solar Market Grows 95% in 2016, Smashes Records

Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

The United States solar market nearly doubled its annual record, topping out at 14,626 megawatts of solar PV installed in 2016.

Increacing numbers of people now believe human-made climate change is happening

Posted in Science on 15th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

The proportion of people who accept climate change is happening and is largely human-made has risen to almost two-thirds, a survey shows.

Solar can already generate more energy than oil, says scientific review

Posted in Business on 13th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

While the world has been going crazy, solar has quietly tipped over the edge and kicked oil and gas off the cliff of history.

Japan is building the worlds largest floating solar power plant

Posted in Hardware on 12th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

Japan doesn't have much land to spare. Tokyo Leasing Corporation along with Kyocera Corporation have announced a project to built the Worlds Largest Floating Solar Plant.