Revolutionarily Maneuverable Satellite Has Solar Wings
The Supernova satellite bus is the newest development by Seattle-based company Portal Space Systems.
The company’s aim is to solve orbital maneuverability challenges with its...
The New Japanese Mini Space-Based Solar Power Plant That Will Beam...
Japan’s space-based solar-power station is expected to begin testing next year, in a project meant to help the world reduce its dependence on fossil...
Can We Harness Solar Power Directly from Space? This Innovative UK...
The UK-based Space Solar is presenting a breakthrough in wireless power transmission technology, bringing the age of space-based solar power by delivering gigawatts of...
Solar-Electric VTOL Drone Can Fly For 3 Days
The US Navy is going to get KHA’s solar-powered K1000ULE drone, which will be used as part of their Small Unit Remote Scouting System....
New Flexible Solar Cells Technology is More Efficient and Durable
Flexible solar cells are hailed as the future of solar power and have many potential applications in aerospace and flexible electronics, but their low...
These Two-faced Solar Panels Generate More Power at Less Cost
Researchers managed to build a new kind of bifacial (two-faced) solar panel using single-walled carbon nanotubes as both front and back electrodes, measuring just...
Solar Panels in Your Eyes?
Researchers at The University of New South Wales in Australia are working on a device to be implanted in the eye’s retina and restore...
Revolutionary Solar Technology Produces Heat and Clean Energy
A group of international researchers developed a new type of solar module that can produce both electricity and heat from the sun – with...
The Future of Solar Energy in a Heating World
While we accelerate the rate of installing solar panels on rooftops and in grid-scale farms, the world keeps getting hotter and extreme weather arrives...
Can Your TV Remote Charge Itself? The Indoor Solar Revolution
Ambient Photonics is innovating low-light indoor solar cell technology and claims to offer up to three times more power than competing solutions with its...
Stretchable Solar Cells- The Future of Green Energy?
Solar cells as an energy source are integral for building electrical devices, but high-efficiency solar cells often lack flexibility, therefore their application in wearable...
Solar Energy at Night? 24/7 Solar Towers Could Double Energy Output
Researchers from Qatar and Jordan successfully devised a solar energy system that can work at night, which more than doubles the energy output of...
New AI-Based Solar-Powered Robot Boat for Endless Recon
The Royal New Zealand Navy will soon receive its first 6.8-meter renewable-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) for trial. Called "Bluebottle," it is meant to provide persistent...
Meet the World’s Largest Single-Site Solar Power Plant
Abu Dhabi is currently hosting the world's largest single-site solar power plant.
The Al Dhafra solar farm is a 2-gigawatt facility that was inaugurated on...
Indoor Solar to Power the Internet of Things
In today’s age of smart technology, our houses are full of smart devices- from smart Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the Internet...
An Australian Breakthrough Uses Mirrors for Solar Power
Using solar collectors, concentrated solar thermal technology (CST) harnesses solar energy to produce heat or electricity in a process that is simple yet difficult...
Solar Farms in Space- the Future of Sustainable Energy
New research by the Universities of Surrey and Swansea states the possibility of producing low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space.
The...
Sailing Drones are Protecting Marine Life
Offshore wind energy is becoming more and more popular, and experts are worried the noise it causes may interfere with communication between marine mammals....
Floating Solar Panels Could Provide ‘Limitless’ Energy to the World
Imagine dozens of solar panels floating on the surface of the ocean near the Equator, providing a passive source of effectively unlimited solar energy....
China Launches Revolutionary Solar-Paneled Communications Satellite
China recently successfully launched its first communications satellite with flexible solar panels. There were also three remote sensing satellites onboard the Long March-2D rocket...
Solution To Major Problem With IoT Sensors
The industrial and security sectors largely rely on sensors for a vast array of missions, from machine operation control to border security. However, the...
Can We Turn Buildings into Giant Batteries?
With a significant use increase of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, more appropriate energy storage technologies are being developed to...
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