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Cheap perovskite boosts commercial solar cell energy conversion by 20%

Posted in Science on 2nd Sep, 2018
by Alex Muller

UCLA created a double layer solar cell by spraying a thin layer of perovskite onto a commercially available solar cell.

By 2023, the World Will Have 1 Trillion Watts of Installed Solar PV Capacity

Posted in Hardware on 26th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

It's time for our check-in on where solar PV installations are headed: Prices are still going down and capacity is going up around the world.

Texas is going green: 86% of future capacity solar or wind, zero coal

Posted in Science on 24th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

The Texas power grid is going green, and at an increasing rate.

Solar and Wind has to increase 5 times to provide all of annual increase in electricity

Posted in Hardware on 17th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

The power that is added in Asia will determine the energy production mix for new power for the world.

Airbus has solar powered stratosphere drone that has flown for nearly 26 days

Posted in Hardware on 15th Aug, 2018
by Alex Muller

It will offer local satellite-like services and runs on solar power. It flies in the stratosphere at an average altitude of 70,000 feet.