A novel thin-film technology enables solar panels to generate electricity from both sunlight and raindrops.

A new solar breakthrough may overcome a long-standing efficiency barrier. Researchers used a “spin-flip” metal complex to capture and multiply energy from sunlight through singlet fission. The result ...

The singlet fission experiment captured energy with high efficiency. (Kyushu University) Scientists are always pushing the ...

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Technological advances such as the one discussed here are only furthering the potential for clean energy production.

As the costs of solar energy generation have dropped, installations have boomed around the world. However, there's work to be done in optimizing the efficiency of photovoltaic technologies and ...

A bill making its way through the Colorado legislature would legalize balcony solar, expanding lower-cost panels to renters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Solar cell scientists working with two-dimensional structures have announced a breakthrough that greatly ...

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Scientists achieve ‘impossible’ solar efficiency in renewables breakthrough - ‘Spin-flip’ technique promises to shatter ...

Explore the concept of space-based solar power and the challenges of harnessing energy from the moon and beyond.

Revamped orbital technology can potentially send steerable microwave beams to Earth, capable of jamming or securing military ...