With the development of nanotechnology, researchers using nanowires in solar cells are finding that solar cell efficiency limits may be higher than they previously thought possible.

By using social media the Washington D.C. start-up is bringing more transparency to the process of solar installation for homeowners

Biomimicry run amok can be a beautiful thing, and that’s the driving force behind a new portable solar power canopy called Lotus Mobile.

BioSolar Inc. maker of solar panel components has announced it has made its first sale of a new product it calls the BioBacksheet—an all natural material that can be used as a backsheet (cover) for solar panels.

Germany and the United States have been powerhouse names in the solar industry for the last couple of years, but a new player is slowly emerging thanks to a healthy feed-in tariff (FIT): Japan.

Providing up to 15 square feet of light, the Luci can be attached to a wall or ceiling and is said to be durable in tough weather situations.

The German Federal Ministry of the Environment has announced that new incentives for energy storage systems for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will begin in February 2013.

Two long years after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, signs of life are beginning to return.

The Hoa Binh provincial Science & Technology Analysis, Testing and Service Center has received the technology transfer to implement the project on using solar energy and diesel engine to generate electricity for remote areas.

Scientists at Stanford University established that installing new solar and wind farms in order to meet the increasing energy demands in the U.S.

One wonders what sometimes drives the success of a novel item on Kickstarter while other ones with perhaps more noble goals end without their funding needs being met. Such may well be the case of Suntrunks, designed to be self-contained, portable solar electric power systems for remote or emergency power needs.

PUNE: A solar research and technology park may come up at Chakan.

My how things can change. Do a Google search on the terms Suntech and Goodyear and one of the top returns is a bubbly press release from Jan. 27, 2010, in which Arizona Gov.

A skincare company has launched a social campaign named 'PowerLight a Village' with the hope of providing solar power to villages that do not have electricity.

Like the semiconductors silicon and gallium arsenide, graphene absorbs photons, but unlike these, the photon forces multiple electrons from their orbits, instead of just one.

A new statewide public opinion poll has produced data showing most of Ohio voters agree there should be laws requiring some portion of local energy to be generated from clean sources, such as wind and solar.

Swiss energy company Viteos has announced that it is to build three floating solar arrays on Lake Neuchâtel.

Report concludes that global installed capacity for utility-scale solar farms will top 12GW by the end of the month.

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology, together with colleagues from the U.S.

A new world efficiency record has been set for thin film silicon solar cells by EPFL’s Institute of Micro-engineering, reaching an impressive 10.7%.