by Eric Jussaume | Nov 8, 2016 | News
Scientists at the Australian National University have set a world record for efficiency for a solar thermal dish generating steam for power stations. The team halved energy losses and achieved a 97 percent conversion of sunlight into steam through a new receiver for a...
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 4, 2016 | News
A project in Missouri will test whether highways can become a new source of power. BY KEVIN J. RYAN Reporter, Inc Until now, capturing solar energy generally has meant placing panels on roofs or, at the industrial level, in large open fields. That might be changing....
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 3, 2016 | News
Solar energy certainly has come a long way in being a reliable source of energy in its own right. Going from being a novelty resource tapped by climate change advocates to increasingly being used by individuals, cities, and even whole countries. Indeed, more and more...
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 2, 2016 | News
“There’s no reason why the cost of solar will ever increase again,” former Masdar Clean Energy director Frank Wouters has told Electrek. The cost of building solar power has plummetted 25% in five months, according to low construction bids on solar projects in China...
by Eric Jussaume | Oct 31, 2016 | News
Last year was a huge turning point for clean power, with renewable energy surpassing coal to become the largest source of power capacity in the world for the first time, according to a new report. And not only have renewables now overtaken coal, but the rate of their...
