Findings show carbon pollution from power plants can be cut cost-effectively by using wind, solar and natural gas

On a 1.8-hectare grassy plot of land in a mountainous area, a 15-minute drive from JR Odawara Station in Kanagawa Prefecture, development work is under way on a solar power plant with a design output of 1 megawatt.

Arizona Public Service Co. (Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) reports that the Solana Generating Station in Arizona has begun production of electricity on a test basis.

Thông qua việc sáng lập Solar Sisters – một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận sử dụng cách tiếp cận dựa vào thị trường và nguồn lao động nữ, bà Katherine Lucey (doanh nhân Mỹ) đang từng bước đưa điện mặt trời giá rẻ “thắp sáng” từng mái nhà châu Phi.

North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells,

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University developed self-healing solar cells, which reinvigorate themselves as their performance decreases with time in a very effective, cheap and environmentally friendly manner.

Everyone knows energy storage is the key to unlocking renewable energy’s full potential, right? Well, not always, says new research from Stanford University.

New research conducted by NPD Solarbuzz and featured on their blog this past week shows that Japanese solar photovoltaic “PV” installations have now passed 10 GW for cumulative PV capacity, only the fifth country to reach the mark

Australia faces at least another year of policy uncertainty and stagnation in the renewables sector, Brazil has attracted a huge amount of interest from the developers of wind farms and solar farms for a government auction in November.

According to PV Magazine, 313 MW was added in July. This year alone 2,110 MW of new solar capacity have gone up in the European country.

Solar panels, when mounted on a building roof, not only generate electricity, but they also create a cooling effect, according to researchers from University of California, San Diego.

The world's largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.

Modern water purification methods exist that can easily get rid of water contaminants, even salt and bacteria, but some organic toxins and toxic metals, such as arsenic and hexavalent chromium need special processing to be removed.

Last year, photovoltaic solar power in Italy accounted for some 5.6% of the total energy mix produced, and the number is only increasing.

A three-dimensional chessboard-like structure that may soon harness the sun to create power for your toaster, television, or the city you live in.

Morocco said Tuesday it is "very confident" of finding the investment needed to build vast solar power plants in its southern desert regions and become a world-class solar energy producer.

Bosch Solar Energy (Arnstadt, Germany) and the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH, Emmerthal, Germany) have produced a 22.1% efficient crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar photovoltaic (PV) cell using ion implanted interdigitated back junction back contact (IBC) technology.

Germany, where solar rulz and carbon drools (generally speaking), has more rooftop solar than any other country, and now it has a rooftop system the likes of which it has never before seen.

A lot happens in America every four minutes. During that short time period, 30 babies are born, 4,080 McDonald’s Big Macs are consumed, and 48,000 tons of CO2 are emitted.

Researchers at MIT have come up with a new design for a rechargeable flow battery that does away with the expensive and ineffective membrane of previous designs.