Solar Energy News

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Chemists Describe Solar Energy Progress And Challenges, Including The 'Artificial Leaf'

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Toward Home-brewed Electricity With 'Personalized Solar Energy'

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Hidden Solar Cells: 3-D System Based On Optical Fiber Could Provide New Options For Photovoltaics

Posted November 2, 2009:

• 'Ultra-primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Installed Cost Of Solar Photovoltaic Systems In United States Fell In 2008

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Solar Cell Efficiency Increased By Incorporating Ionic Salts

Posted October 12, 2009:

• Toward Better Solar Cells: Chemists Gain Control Of Light-harvesting Paths

Posted October 7, 2009:

• High-efficiency Low-cost Silicon Solar Cell Demonstrated
• New Designs For Smarter Buildings: Small Solar Decathalon Home Inspires Big Ideas On How To Live More Sustainably

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Silver Nanoparticles Give Polymer Solar Cells A Boost
• Spray-coating Technique Holds Promise For Cheap Fully Solution-processed Organic Solar Cells

Posted September 29, 2009:

• New Nanostructure Technology Provides Advances In Eyeglass, Solar Energy Performance

Posted September 22, 2009:

• Promising Mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge Multijunction Solar Cell Unveiled
• Large Area Solar Cells With 18.4% Conversion Efficiency, Featuring Cu-plated Contacts

Posted September 20, 2009:

• Rare Meteorite Found Using New Camera Network In Australian Desert

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Looking Deeply Into Polymer Solar Cells
• Gold Solution For Enhancing Nanocrystal Electrical Conductance

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Efficient Solar Cells

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Thin Films Showing Promise For Solar Applications

Posted September 7, 2009:

• US Energy Use Drops In 2008

Posted September 1, 2009:

• Signs Of Ideal Surfing Conditions Spotted In Ocean Of Solar Wind

Posted August 25, 2009:

• Lower-cost Solar Cells To Be Printed Like Newspaper, Painted On Rooftops

Posted August 19, 2009:

• Renewable Energies Will Benefit US Workers' Health, Expert Predicts

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Plastics That Convert Light To Electricity Could Have A Big Impact

Posted August 1, 2009:

• Actions Taken Over Next Decade To Demonstrate And Deploy Key Technologies Will Determine US Energy Future

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Solar Lantern: Students Design More Efficient, Affordable Lighting For Sub-Saharan Africans

Posted July 27, 2009:

• Dye-sensitized Solar Cells To Power Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Ways To Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Transport

Posted July 24, 2009:

• New Generation Of Solar Cells Promises Efficiency
• Fuel Cells, Energy Conversion And Mathematics

Posted July 21, 2009:

• Virtually Engineering Power Plants

Posted July 17, 2009:

• Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

Posted July 11, 2009:

• Inexpensive Solar Cells: Low-cost Solution Processing Method Developed For CIGS-based Solar Cells

Posted July 10, 2009:

• Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Breakthrough In Development Of Tiny Biological Fuel Cells

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Flexible Solar Strips Light Up Campus Bus Shelter

Posted June 24, 2009:

• New 'Electronic Glue' Promises Less Expensive Semiconductors

Posted June 17, 2009:

• How To Get Wind Turbines To Work Harder

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Transparent Solar Cells Made For Windows

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Drinking Water From Air Humidity
• Flexible Solar Power Shingles Transform Roofs From Wasted Space To Energy Source

Posted June 4, 2009:

• The Green, Green Technology Of Home
• Lasers Are Making Solar Cells Competitive

Posted May 21, 2009:

• Low-cost Materials For Capturing Solar Energy

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Concentration Solar Power Module Integrates Into Side And Roof Of Buildings

Posted May 8, 2009:

• Will America's Power Grid Be Able To Keep Pace With Future Demand?

Posted April 28, 2009:

• Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor

Posted April 27, 2009:

• Polymer Solar Cell Plant Hooked Up To Grid In Denmark

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