Wind and solar power are increasingly popular sources for renewable energy. But intermittency issues keep them from connecting widely to the U.S. grid: They require energy-storage systems that, at the cheapest, run…
Category: Solar
A solar cell you can put in the wash
Scientists from RIKEN and the University of Tokyo have developed a new type of ultra-thin photovoltaic device, coated on both sides with stretchable and waterproof films, which can continue to provide electricity…
Solar Glasses Generate Solar Power
Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, and light-weight – and can be manufactured in arbitrary shapes or colors. Thus, they are suitable for a variety of applications that cannot be realized with…
MIT creates Transparent, flexible solar cells using Graphene
Imagine a future in which solar cells are all around us — on windows and walls, cell phones, laptops, and more. A new flexible, transparent solar cell developed at MIT is bringing…
Solar Impulse 2 Completes Historic Trip Around The World Without A Drop Of Fuel
The experimental zero-fuel aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, has completed the final leg of its global circumnavigation attempt. It is the first circumnavigation of the world by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only…