Researchers at Swinburne, the University of Sydney and Australian National University have collaborated to develop a solar absorbing, ultrathin film with unique properties that has great pot... Read more
Engineers at Oregon State University have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make it more practical for wider use. Concept... Read more
For the first time ever scientists have managed to use the Sun’s rays to create the same energy that is currently produced in coal or gas-fired power stations. The breakthrough in Aust... Read more
Today on Earth Day, scientists have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000 times and converting 80 percent of t... Read more
Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new “solar steam” method from Rice’s Laborato... Read more
“Solar has dropped like a stone” About a year ago the CEO of power company NRG Energy, David Crane, said he thought that the future of the green technology industry would rest on consumers,... Read more
Monarch hopes that an installed cost of under US$9,000 per Lotus can be achieved This rather novel solar collector draws inspiration from the lotus flower to provide small-scale solar... Read more
“We believe this is the first working system of its kind anywhere in the world,” Given that it typically gets hottest outside when the sunlight is most direct, it would make sens... Read more
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight — an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 pe... Read more
High-performance nanotech materials arrayed on a flat panel platform demonstrated seven to eight times higher efficiency than previous solar thermoelectric generators, opening up solar-therm... Read more
Researchers at Wake Forest University have developed a new type of polymer solar-thermal device that combines photovoltaics with a system that captures the Sun’s infrared radiation to... Read more
When most of us think of sunlight being used to generate power, we likely picture photovoltaic cells. Concentrated solar power plants however, use lenses or mirrors to heat fluid – such as s... Read more
Image via CrunchBase Google “green czar” Bill Weihl has just reported that if all things go as planned, we could see Google rolling out breakthrough solar thermal technology within 1-3 years... Read more