Technology Hot Solar Cells: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 By converting heat to focused beams of light, a new solar device could create cheap and continuous power. by James Temple 2017-02-22T07:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: SolarCity’s Gigafactory A $750 million solar facility in Buffalo will produce a gigawatt of high-efficiency solar panels per year and make the technology far more attractive to homeowners. by Richard Martin 2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Tax Credit Extension Gives Solar Industry a New Boom With the extension of the investment tax credit, previously set to expire at the end of 2016, solar developers get renewed incentives. by Richard Martin 2015-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
News A Cheap Material Boosts Solar Cells by 50 Percent Researchers have found a way to augment ordinary silicon solar cells with a material called a perovskite. by Kevin Bullis 2015-01-30T12:00:00-05:00
News Chip-Making Tools Produce Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells Equipment for making microchips has led to solar cells that are twice as efficient as conventional ones. by Kevin Bullis 2014-12-16T14:56:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Exotic, Highly Efficient Solar Cells May Soon Get Cheaper A new way to make the most efficient and powerful types of solar cells could help solar power compete with fossil fuels. by Kevin Bullis 2014-06-09T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Cheap Solar Power—at Night New solar thermal technologies could address solar power’s intermittency problem. by Kevin Bullis 2014-04-08T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy News of Acquisition Caps a Bad Year for Alta Devices The reported acquisition by the Chinese company Hanergy is another sign lean times for Alta Devices, but it could ultimately help the technology. by Kevin Bullis 2013-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Colored Plastic Doubles Solar Cell Power Using plastic to absorb light could lower the cost of solar power. by Kevin Bullis 2013-12-03T12:35:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy A New Solar Material Shows Its Potential A material described in Nature could help lead the way to high-efficiency, inexpensive solar cells. by Kevin Bullis 2013-11-10T13:00:00-05:00