In the future, photovoltaic cells could be “worn” over clothes, placed on cars or even on beach umbrellas. These are just some of the possible developments from a study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the Physics Department of the Politecnico di Milano, working with colleagues at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Imperial […]
Floating solar farms could help to protect lakes and reservoirs from some of the harms of climate change, a new study suggests. However, given the complex nature of water bodies and differing designs of solar technologies, there could also be detrimental ecosystem impacts of deploying floating solar arrays. Conventional solar […]
Perovskites, a class of materials first reported in the early 19th century, were “re-discovered” in 2009 as a possible candidate for power generation via their use in solar cells. Since then, they have taken the photovoltaic (PV) research community by storm, reaching new record efficiencies at an unprecedented pace. This improvement has […]
What are the highest quality solar panels? In general, SunPower, LG and Panasonic produce the best solar panels in 2020 thanks to the high efficiency, competitive prices and the extraordinary 25-year warranty offered by each brand … The best solar panels for home installation SunPower. LG. Panasonic. Silfab. Q CELLS. Canadian Solar. JinkoSolar. Trina Solar. […]
What is the target deployment of solar power by 2022? The Indian government has set a goal of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from biopower and 5 GW from small hydropower. In 2018, solar generated approx. 1.5% of US […]
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. Their latest research breakthrough paves the way for essentially ‘massless’ energy storage in vehicles and other technology. The […]
