Solar Farms Help Bees: Solar Installations for the Bees

Solar farms help bees: Solar farms emerging as sanctuaries for declining wild and honey bee populations. In an unexpected turn, solar farms help bees and are emerging as potential sanctuaries for declining bee populations, providing a secondary purpose beyond clean energy generation. A recent study reveals that strategically planting native flowers and grasses around solar […]

New York State’s Largest Rooftop Solar Installation Ever

New York State has taken a big renewable step forward with its largest rooftop solar installation yet. Recently, the state unveiled its largest rooftop solar project stationed atop the Medline Industries distribution center. This landmark achievement not only fortifies New York’s commitment to green energy but also serves as a beacon for other states to […]

Transparent Solar Panels: a Powerful Alternative to Glass

In the foreseeable future, transparent solar panels hold the potential to take the place of conventional windows, although several challenges must first be overcome. Transparent solar panels are crafted from materials that permit visible light to pass through while capturing the sun’s energy to generate electricity. This unique feature grants them an aesthetically pleasing advantage […]

Baking Bread in a Solar Oven

Since 2019, Lebennon has been facing an economic crisis. Following decades of corrupt government financial mismanagement, banks started to impose restrictions on withdrawals. They stopped giving short-term loans to businesses and no longer provided them with US dollars for imports. As a result, this reduced the country’s ability to pay for imports, including essentials such […]

Space-Based Solar Power Works!

The concept of space-based solar power (SBSP) has been around for over five decades, but it’s only now that scientists have achieved a major milestone in its development. In June 2023, scientists at the California Institute of Technology successfully transmitted solar power to Earth from space using a prototype spacecraft called Maple. This breakthrough could […]

Solar-Powered Honey: How Agrivoltaics Can Help Restore Pollinators

The plight of pollinators. Climate change and human development have greatly impacted large varieties of plants and animals. From big to small, no species has been entirely safe from the consequences of our actions. Pollinators, in particular, have seen a large decline over the past twenty years. As habitat loss has accelerated, climate change has […]

Solar panel efficiency to increase 50% with “miracle” cells

A South Korean company has made a groundbreaking achievement as they unveiled the world’s first production line dedicated to perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. These innovative solar cells have the potential to boost efficiency by 50-75% compared to standard solar panels. The commercialization of perovskite-based solar cells marks a significant milestone after years of advancements with […]

Centrica plans battery storage, solar and hydrogen at former gas power plant

British Gas owner Centrica has today (24 January) confirmed that it has acquired the four-acre site for the former Knapton Generating Station, near Malton in North Yorkshire, from Third Energy. Gas-fired power generation ceased at Knapton in late 2019, as Third Energy had fired the plant using fracked gas before the UK Government imposed a […]

‘No time to waste’: Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for nearly all new homes

Nearly all houses in Tokyo will have to install solar panels after April 2025. The regulation – passed by the Japanese capital’s local assembly on Thursday – requires 50 major construction firms to equip homes of up to 2,000 square metres with renewable energy power sources. The rule will help the city transition to green […]

How automotive batteries are being turned into solar power storage

As concern over climate change and the need for clean energy sees an increasing number of people switch to electric cars, these vehicles are fast gaining a larger market share. But some experts are asking how green the batteries that run them really are? They’re raising questions about the environmental impact of lithium mining, respect […]