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Steve Wozniak is out of retirement and launching his second company, Efforce. The mission is to transform and disrupt energy efficiency. Efforce enables companies to undertake energy efficiency measures at no cost, freeing up liquidity for…

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have checked the results of their research and conclude it is correct. The team’s finding challenges how some of the Earth’s heavy elements are made—specifically ruthenium and molybdenum.…

What if solar cells worked at night? That's no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50…

A clear conductive coating that could protect advanced solar cells and touch screens has been developed by MIT researchers, who believe it should be relatively easy to produce at industrial scale and will produce a tenfold gain in…

There’s one thing you might assume you need for solar energy: direct sunlight. But scientists out of China and Sweden have developed organic solar cells that can convert ambient indoor light to electricity. The cells don’t produce as much…

While irrigation has long been the solution to making land arable in regions susceptible to heat and drought, new research led by geographers at the University of Arizona has found that by co-locating agriculture and solar photovoltaic…

If you’re thinking of investing in solar panels for your home or business, you’re not alone. Solar is the fastest growing renewable energy segment of the past decade, according to the newly released Global Trends in Renewable Energy…

As consumers and businesses, alike, move toward solar power as a way to reduce electric costs and live more sustainably, one challenge has been the efficiency of today’s solar panel designs. Now, researchers at the University of Waterloo…

University of Warwick chemists have developed an innovative way to pattern metals— which could make the next generation of solar panels more sustainable and cheaper—by using cheap organofluorine compounds without toxic chemicals. The…

Multi-junction solar cells are both the most efficient type of solar cell on the market today and the most expensive type of solar cell to produce. But now, researchers from North Carolina State University put together a proof-of-concept…