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Researchers Find a Way to Heal Defective Solar Cells With Light

Perovskite is a material that could be the next big thing in the solar industry . Researchers have now discovered how to heal defects in the…

UM Solar Car Race Team Wants to Win The American Solar Challenge With Novum

The solar race car team from the University of Michigan has won the last six *American Solar Challenges and in the last 27 years of worldwide races…

Want Solar Power But on a Budget? Use Blu-Ray Discs Instead!

Blu-rays have a great color to them that makes them perfect for capturing light. Physicists call this structural color as is not created from actual…

Capturing Solar Power in Space, Then Send it Down to Earth

It’s a concept that’s been around for quite some time now but has never really taken form. But now, with the help of the advancement of technologies…

Solar Cells Get Another Efficiency Boost by Up to 18%

Solar electricity is becoming a very popular form of renewable energy that is being used not just by businesses, but by a large proportion of…

Solar Parking Brings More Business to Parking Lots

There are lots of electric vehicles appearing on the roads today, but there are still three main problems with them: their short driving range, their…

A Better Material Has Now Been Discovered for Use in the Solar Industry

Solar power is big business at the moment, and various companies are jumping onboard with this type of renewable energy, either selling or reap the…

Adding Fluorine Atoms to The Solar Cells Could Help To Improve Its Performance

Solar energy gets a boost this week as RIKEN researchers have now discovered that adding fluorine atoms to light harvesting polymers improves their…

Solar Power Comes To Sub-Saharan Africa

You may not even consider Africa when thinking about all the places that make use of solar power technologies, and before now, you were probably…

Out with Dow Solar Shingles and in with Elon Musk’s Solar Roofs

After just five short years of selling their Powerhouse shingles, Dow Chemical has decided they are done with the solar shingle business and have…

Solar Power Set To Reach Record Levels in Next 15 Years

Solar power has been getting cheaper and more efficient since it was first introduced, and that trend is showing no signs of slowing down anytime…

Why Use Nuclear When We Have Wind and Solar Power?

The Hinkley Point nuclear project has been a topic of discussion recently with the time getting closer for a decision to be made about the future of…