The dramatic drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which has fallen by 99 percent over the last four decades, is often touted as a major success story for renewable energy technology.
Genetically engineered microbes such as bacteria and yeasts have long been used as living factories to produce drugs and fine chemicals.
Analyzing data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, a team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has found that the small regions in the Earth's magnetosphere that energize the polar aurora are remarkably calm and nonturbulent.
Freedom Solar Financial Services LLC, the first solar financial vehicle of its kind in Texas, has raised an initial round of $7.5 million in funding to finance commercial solar projects.
A close study of auroras has revealed new ways of understanding the physics of explosive energy releases in space, according to new UCL-led research.
A Swiss company has developed a concept to make wind and solar energy more stable by a combination of bricks, a crane and gravity.
A new fabrication process for transparent ultra-thin silver films has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the University of Wuppertal.
Organic solar cells that can be painted or printed on surfaces are increasingly efficient, and now show promise for incorporation into applications like clothing that also require them to be flexible.
Tandem solar cells made of silicon and metal halide perovskite compounds can convert a particularly large portion of the solar spectrum into electrical energy.
Demand for electricity is set to explode in the next two decades, which could be good news for the environment but a challenge for governments and power companies, the IEA said Tuesday.
Space weather is no abstract concept - it may happen in space, but its effects on Earth can be significant.
Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have undertaken the largest study to date into the effectiveness of solar panels across the UK and discovered…
Leading renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, is to collaborate with the University of Strathclyde and The Data Lab to jointly sponsor Rosemary Tawn for a PhD in Short-Term Wind and Solar Power Forecasting.
Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan wants to revolutionize energy-producing rooftop arrays.
To battle the summer heat, office and residential buildings tend to crank up the air conditioning, sending energy bills soaring.
Canadian Solar Inc. reports its wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy, LLC has signed a build-transfer agreement for a base purchase price of approximately $138.4 million with Entergy Mississippi on a 100 megawatt solar photovoltaic project.
