Woot via Amazon is offering the Anker 15W Solar Panel with USB for $34.99 shipped. For comparison, it normally goes for $50, today’s deal saves 30%, and it also marks a new all-time low that we’ve tracked. You’ll find that this solar panel has two built-in USB-A ports that can deliver up to 2.1A of […]
TOKYO — A thin, flexible alternative to silicon-based solar cells is set to be produced in greater volumes, opening up more uses for renewable energy such as powering indoor smart devices. Organic solar cells are made by printing photovoltaic material on plastic sheets and other bendable substrates. They are expected to cost half as much […]
NASA’s team handling the Lucy mission is facing major challenges as one of the solar panels, which failed to fully deploy, is still refusing to unfurl completely. Soon after the spacecraft’s launch, which was conducted on October 16 last year, the engineers noticed that one of Lucy’s two solar panels is unfurled between 75% to […]
A Scottish high school has been evacuated after a solar panel on the roof caught fire, with clouds of black smoke seen billowing into the sky. Firefighters are currently on the scene at Hawick High School, in the Scottish Borders, with the call coming in just before 3pm on Friday, June 10. The Record report […]
During an online global premiere today, solar EV startup Lightyear unveiled the final production-ready design of its first vehicle, the Lightyear 0, formerly known as the Lightyear One. After six years of development, the Lightyear 0 is available for order ahead of first deliveries this fall. Lightyear is an EV startup based in the Netherlands […]
POCONO TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Monday night Pocono Township Board of Commissioners voted in favor of conditionally approving the Swiftwater Solar Project. The project involves deforesting nearly 500 acres of land and covering it with solar panels. “By clear-cutting, the mountain and the sheer quantity of earth disturbance, hundreds of animals, hundreds of species of […]
