Solar News

NASA continues to assess Solar Sail system progress following deployment by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is advancing through post-deployment testing, with mission operators carefully reviewing data to evaluate the performance of the spacecraft’s composite booms. Following the successful deployment of both the […]

Towards better solar cells through unique electricity generation by Riko Seibo Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 Researchers in Japan have experimentally demonstrated the bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect in alpha-phase indium selenide (a-In2Se3) along the out-of-plane direction for the first time, potentially leading to advancements in solar cell technologies and photosensors. This unusual […]

Space Solar and Transition Labs to bring space solar power to Iceland by 2030 by Sophie Jenkins London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Space Solar, a leading company in space-based solar power, has partnered with Transition Labs to provide Reykjavik Energy with electricity from the world’s first space-based solar power plant. This plant, […]

Mercedes opens electric car battery recycling plant by AFP Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Monday a plant for recycling electric vehicle batteries in Germany, with the luxury carmaker’s boss hailing a “key milestone” in boosting the sector’s sustainability. The plant, in the southwestern town of Kuppenheim, will have […]