Solar Energy News

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Floating Solar Panels: Solar Installations on Water

Posted February 24, 2011:

• Solar Experts Detect Waves in Giant Magnetic Holes the Size of the UK

Posted February 23, 2011:

• New Stretchable Solar Cells Will Power Artificial Electronic 'Super Skin'

Posted February 20, 2011:

• New Technology for Cheaper, More Efficient Solar Cells

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Mimicking Photosynthesis Path to Solar-Derived Hydrogen Fuel

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Oxygen Levels in the Air Do Not Limit Plant Productivity, Researchers Find

Posted February 11, 2011:

• System for Heat Collection from Asphalt Pavements Under Development

Posted February 7, 2011:

• First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun

Posted February 4, 2011:

• High-Efficiency Photovoltaic Cells Developed

Posted February 3, 2011:

• 'Tall Order' Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms

Posted February 1, 2011:

• First Mission to Mercury

Posted January 26, 2011:

• Alternative Energy Use at Forward Operating Bases Can Save Dollars, Lives, Say US Military Researchers
• World Can Be Powered by Alternative Energy, Using Today's Technology, in 20-40 Years, Experts Say

Posted January 25, 2011:

• Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer

Posted January 20, 2011:

• Insect Eyes Inspire Improved Solar Cells: Anti-Reflective Film Based on Moth Eyes Increases Efficiency of Photovoltaics

Posted January 19, 2011:

• New Reactor Paves the Way for Efficiently Producing Fuel from Sunlight

Posted January 18, 2011:

• ESA’s Mercury Mapper Feels the Heat

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Improved Measurements of Sun to Advance Understanding of Climate Change

Posted January 11, 2011:

• Engineers Give Solar Power a Boost
• New Method for Reporting Solar Data

Posted January 4, 2011:

• NASA Checking on Rover Spirit During Martian Spring

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Debunking Solar Energy Efficiency Measurements: Physicist 'Recalculates' Efficiency Paradigm for Thin Film Solar Panels
• New Insights Into Sun's Photosphere

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Longstanding Mystery of Sun's Hot Outer Atmosphere Solved

Posted January 5, 2011:

• Is the Hornet Our Key to Renewable Energy? Physicist Discovers That Hornet's Outer Shell Can Harvest Solar Power

Posted January 4, 2011:

• Solar Research Instrument 'Fills the Gap,' Views Sun's Innermost Corona

Posted December 28, 2010:

• New Technology Improves Greenhouse, Plant Microclimates

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Stellar Success for Unprecedented Close-Up Image of the Sun's Fiery Atmosphere

Posted December 15, 2010:

• European Space Agency Makes the Sun Available to Everyone

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Microchip Harvests Its Own Energy

Posted December 13, 2010:

• NASA Probe Sees Solar Wind Decline En Route to Interstellar Space
• Global Eruption Rocks the Sun: Scientists Re-Evaluate Ideas About Solar Storms
• Which Methods of Heating Are Most Efficient?

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Duelling Dipoles: In Search of a New Theory of Photosynthetic Energy Transfer

Posted December 2, 2010:

• More Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Fabricated

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun

Posted November 17, 2010:

• A New Twist for Nanopillar Light Collectors

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Carbon Dioxide-Free Energy Can Meet the World’s Energy Needs in 2050, Danish Report Finds

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Saturn Is on a Cosmic Dimmer Switch, Cassini Reveals
• New Ultra-Clean Nanowires Have Great Potential in Solar Cell Technology and Electronics

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Researchers Aim to Harvest Solar Energy from Pavement to Melt Ice, Power Streetlights

Posted November 8, 2010:

• Solar-Powered Device Affordable, Reliable Tool to Measure Blood Pressure
• Power Grid of the Future Saves Energy
• Coronal Mass Ejections: Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Exploding Plasma Clouds on the Sun

Posted November 5, 2010:

• NASA Extends TIMED Mission for Fourth Time
• Offshore Wind Farms: Low Loss Solutions for Transferring Current

Posted November 4, 2010:

• Easy Fabrication of Non-Reflecting and Self-Cleaning Silicon and Plastic Surfaces

Posted November 3, 2010:

• Transparent Conductive Material Could Lead to Power-Generating Windows

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Scarcity of New Energy Minerals May Trigger Trade Wars, Expert Suggests

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Current Loss Tracked Down by Magnetic Fingerprint; Researchers Solve the Case of Lost Current in Organic Solar Cells

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