Solar generators are increasingly replacing noisy and dangerous gasoline/diesel-powered generators for emergency use. And unlike those fossil fuel-powered generators, solar generators have the added benefit of being great for daily use as well. Now the portable power station company Jackery has just announced its largest solar setup yet, the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro. The […]
In a new study, researchers from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, have now developed an eco-friendly method that eliminates the use of toxic cadmium in the production process to produce cost-effective, efficient, and eco-friendly solar cells. Credit: Ritsumeikan University Climate change, one of the major global concerns today, has made it clear that fossil fuels are detrimental […]
The city of Boundiali. Image: Saft. A lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) made by Saft will be installed at a 37.5MWp solar PV power plant in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It is the African country’s first-ever large-scale solar project and the batteries will be used to smooth and integrate the variable output of the […]
Generator company Jackery on Tuesday introduced the Solar Generator 2000 Pro. This battery- and solar-powered portable power station comes bundled with six of Jackery’s SolarSaga 200W solar panels. The Solar Generator 2000 Pro costs $6,199 and will be available beginning May 12 at Jackery, Home Depot, Amazon and other large retailers. Jackery sells a variety […]
Enlarge / NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter has been flying across the red planet for more than a year. NASA The achievement of powered flight on another world is one of the great spaceflight feats of the last decade. Since its first brief hop on April 19, 2021, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter has subsequently made an […]
A Turkish academic and her team are working hard to create the technology of processing the solar cell, which they embroidered on fabric and successfully managed to turn led lamps on and charge a battery, into disposable bioplastics that can be dissolved in water, in a goal to charge mobile phones with wearable and organic […]
