by Eric Jussaume | Nov 23, 2016 | News
By Katie Fehrenbacher Photograph by Fortune/Katie Fehrenbacher NOVEMBER 17, 2016, 11:28 AM EST On the sleepy Hawaiian island of Kauai sits a first of its kind solar and battery project. The rain pauses, the clouds part, and the sun finally shines down on a sprawling...
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 21, 2016 | News
by Lacy Cooke One of the coolest guys in science, Bill Nye is turning his attention to new solar technology that could cut the cost of panels by 60 percent. Rayton Solar has devised a system that cuts Float Zone Silicon, a crucial component of solar panels, with a...
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 18, 2016 | News
While silicon has long been the standard for commercial solar cells, new research from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Spain has shown that graphene could prove far more efficient when it comes to transforming light into energy. The study found that...
by Eric Jussaume | Nov 17, 2016 | News
Imagine a future where a building’s energy comes from its windows. Many scientists have worked towards that future in the lab, but now five scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated solar window technology can indeed be scaled up. Instead of...
