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Wind-driven tech powers solar panel dust removal without external electricity
Jul 22, 2025 (SPX)
Dust buildup on solar panels can drastically reduce their efficiency. EDS technology, which uses electric fields to dislodge dust, has proven valuable in remote...
Solestial to Accelerate Space Solar Array Production with $12M SpaceWERX Contract
Jul 22, 2025 (SPX)
With the grant, Solestial plans to optimize its lightweight, radiation-hardened solar cells and modules for rapid production and integration. The effort include...
Japan sees bright future for ultra-thin, flexible solar panels
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
Pliable perovskite panels are perfect for mountainous Japan, with its shortage of flat plots for traditional solar farms. And a key component of the panels is i...
NASA completes solar panel installation for Roman Space Telescope
Jul 14, 2025 (SPX)
"With the panels in place, the observatory is about 90% complete," said Jack Marshall, who leads the Solar Array Sun Shield effort at NASA's Goddard Space Fligh...
EU climate VP seeks 'fair competition' with China on green energy
Jul 14, 2025 (AFP)
Deep frictions exist over economic relations between the 27-nation bloc and China. Brussels is worried that a manufacturing glut propelled by massive state subs...
Solar becomes Europe's main energy source in June: consultants
Jul 10, 2025 (AFP)
The Ember group that researches the clean energy transition said that 22.1 percent of Europe's power in June came from solar panels. That came ahead of nuclear ...
China speeds up renewables building spree: report
Jul 09, 2025 (AFP)
China emits more than twice as much planet-warming greenhouse gas than the world's next biggest polluter, the United States, though its historical contributions...
New method boosts solar cell efficiency by fine-tuning nanorod spacing
Jul 08, 2025 (SPX)
Led by Prof. Wang Mingtai at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, the researchers achieved precise control over nanorod density using a refined growth proc...
Atomic 6 receives 2M Space Force award to advance next generation solar arrays
Jul 07, 2025 (SPX)
The all-composite Light Wing array offers more than four times the power-per-kilogram of current systems, optimized for high-energy orbital tasks including comm...
Sierra Space opens Power Station solar tech center in Colorado to boost defense production
Jun 30, 2025 (SPX)
The $45 million Power Station features cutting-edge tooling, thermal vacuum and air chambers, and a full dynamics lab for vibration and pyroshock testing. With ...
Bangladesh pushes solar to tackle energy woes
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
The South Asian nation of 170 million people has set itself a target of generating 20 percent of its power from renewable energy by 2030 -- a four-fold increase...
Charging indoor devices with light from lamps and LEDs
Jun 26, 2025 (SPX)
Unlike rigid, heavy silicon-based solar panels commonly used outdoors, PeSCs are thin, lightweight, and flexible, opening possibilities for integration into wea...
Breaking symmetry to boost solar cell performance
Jun 26, 2025 (SPX)
The phenomenon involves shift current, a steady electrical flow resulting from asymmetric electron excitation. It emerges in systems lacking space-inversion sym...
Energy transition: how coal mines could go solar
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
Hundreds of decommissioned surface coal mines worldwide offer an alternative to tracts of land that might be needed for food or housing, according to Global Ene...
Shape-shifting hybrid materials offer bright future for solar and LED innovation
Jun 17, 2025 (SPX)
Recent research led by University of Utah graduate student Perry Martin in the Bischak Lab, housed in the Department of Chemistry, utilized temperature-dependen...
Shape shifting perovskite materials show promise for LEDs and solar power
Jun 16, 2025 (SPX)
Graduate student Perry Martin, working in the Department of Chemistry's Bischak Lab, led a study employing temperature-sensitive spectroscopy and X-ray diffract...
Molecular relay structure enables faster photon upconversion for solar and medical use
Jun 16, 2025 (SPX)
Photon upconversion, a process where two low-energy light particles combine into one higher-energy particle, holds promise for applications from photovoltaics t...
ABC Solar Marks 25 Years With Grand Opening at AltaSea
Jun 13, 2025 (SPX)
The event will take place on Saturday, June 21, from 3 p.m. to sunset at AltaSea's Berth 58, located at 2451 Signal St. in San Pedro. Founded in 2000, ABC Solar...
Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
"Letting them grow too high impairs the panel performance," the 52-year-old explains, wiping sweat from his brow. Once a centre of agricultural production, the ...
UK plans solar 'revolution' for new homes
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's party wants 1.5 million new homes built by 2029 amid a housing shortage -- a figure many experts believe is optimistic. Energy Sec...
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