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Renewable energy at a turning point
Posted in Business on 28th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Forming over half of the new energy capacity added in the world in the past 3 years, renewables have reached critical mass, lowering costs through technological innovation.
MIT invention turns salt water into drinking water using solar power
Posted in Science on 26th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Winners of the Desal Prize have been announced, part of a competition to see who could create an affordable desalination solution for developing countries.
Elon Musks SpaceX buying $90 million of Elon Musks Solar City solar bonds
Posted in Business on 31st Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
SolarCity, one of the worlds largest installers of solar panels, said today that SpaceX is investing in $90 million worth of its solar bonds.
Solar Impulse plane begins epic global flight
Posted in Featured, Hardware on 9th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi.
Bionic leaf: using bacteria to convert solar energy into fuel
Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
Harvesting sunlight is a trick plants mastered more than a billion years ago, using solar energy to feed themselves from the air and water through photosynthesis.