Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It’s fitting that they can now be made partially from trees. Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural...
ADESCA solar technician Zacharie Sero Tamou explained, “During the dry season, families suffer nutritional deficiencies, which have a negative impact on child and adult health. The Solar Market Garden allows families to have fresh vegetables year round and improves...
Rotating, sun-tracking, solar-power-gathering islands in on Lake Neuchâtel in western Switzerland. This concept was the brainchild of Swiss research Thomas Hinderling at the Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM) back around 2008. The focus then was...
Entrepreneur Juan Fermín Rodriguez is a big believer in leaping over dirty technology and is working to bring solar power to poor rural families in Guatemala, where 20 percent of the population lives without nighttime lighting. His startup company, Quetsol, operates...
A solar power company capable of “printing” colourful glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy announced a £2m funding boost on Tuesday.Oxford Photovoltaics, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, said the investment from...
