Renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9 percent of the time by 2030 at costs comparable to today's electricity expenses, according to new research by the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College.

Hệ thống Siêu thị Big C và Scheneider Electric Việt Nam vừa ký kết hợp đồng hợp tác dự án “Năng lượng mặt trời (Solar PV) 212 kWp” với tổng giá trị hơn 11 tỉ đồng.

A proposed “Solar Zone” could be coming to California, if the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has it’s way.

Solar-cell fabrics may soon be a reality, thanks to new research from Penn State.

Covering nearly 300 football fields in a remote patch of desert, the Shams 1 solar project carries off plenty of symbolic significance for the United Arab Emirates.

Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 chỉ tương thích với các thiết bị của Apple như iPad; iMac hay iPhone và có thể hoạt động trong 3 tháng liên tục ngay cả khi không được tiếp thêm năng lượng.

Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam.

Fifteen solar panel vehicles, some that look like small space ships, raced across Chile's Atacama desert as part of a contest to build low-cost environmentally-friendly cars.

Hai sinh viên của Đại học Oregon (Mỹ) đã thiết kế một loại túi xách chứa nước đặc biệt có tên Solar Bag. Nó có khả năng lọc nước bằng ánh sáng mặt trời, với giá chỉ 5USD.

Embattled photovoltaic solar power manufacturer Amonix announced on Tuesday that it has broken the solar module efficiency record, becoming the first manufacturer to convert more than a third of incoming light energy into electricity – a goal once branded "one third of a sun" in a Department of Energy initiative. The Amonix module clocked an efficiency rating of 33.5 percent.

Solar power will eclipse nuclear energy in 2016 in Romania if investment in photovoltaic plants continues at the current pace, official figures released on Monday showed.

Morocco's pioneering 160-megawatt solar power plant took a step forward on Monday, securing European financing agreements worth 300 million euros ($385 million), or nearly half of the project's cost.

Trong nhiều năm qua, nhiều nhà khoa học đã cố gắng chế tạo pin quang điện (pin mặt trời) hữu cơ dựa trên vật liệu polymer (OPV - organic photovoltaic solar cell) có hiệu suất đạt mức 10%, mức danh định được cho là đủ để phục vụ các ứng dụng thương mại, nhưng chưa có nhóm nào thành công.

India’s largest photovoltaic solar power plant, located in the western state of Rajasthan, has started generating clean energy that will provide electricity to thousands of households and businesses in Mumbai.

Creating fresh water from sea water using solar energy is a new success for the scientists from the Institute for Hydropower and Renewable Energy under the Vietnam Academy for Water Resources.

A revolutionary new way to create steam simply by using sunlight, has been discovered by researchers. The method is able to bring an entire container of fluid to boiling point, even a container of icy cold water.

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Critics of solar and wind power often point out they are intermittent power sources, and they are correct about that. Cloudy and still days mean low or no energy and that is the major drawback of solar and wind power. However, new hybrid solar and wind power systems in California may offer a viable alternative.

Germany installed nearly 1,000 MW (1 GW) of new solar power in September, bringing its total for the year up to 6,200 MW (6.22 GW). These statistics were provided by the German Federal Network Agency, The Bundesnetzagentur (or BNetzA). The solar industry there also saw solar generation growth of over 50% in the first 9 months of 2012.

US solar and wind developer Lincoln Renewable Energy announced Monday that it has entered into a 20-year power sales agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE) to deliver electricity sourced from two upcoming solar projects located in San Bernardino.