Engineers have developed a new type of hybrid solar energy converter, which uses energy from the Sun to create both electricity and steam. The device reportedly has high efficiency and runs at low ...

A growing global water crisis is forcing scientists to rethink how fresh water is produced. Across the world, billions of ...

A new solar-powered technology is offering a glimpse into a cleaner industrial future. Researchers at the University of ...

The proposed converter is also aimed at acting as a protective layer for solar cells. It relies on a glass-ceramic material that can reportedly absorb UV photons from solar radiation and re-emit them ...

CARLTON, Minn. — It was fitting when talking with Kevin Browne about his new residential solar array earlier this month that the sun would finally come out as he strolled in the yard. “I love it,” he ...

Over the past decade, photovoltaic cells (PCs) have garnered much attention worldwide as promising sources of renewable energy. However, PCs still have not achieved light-to-electricity conversion ...

Valmont acquired Convert Italia in 2018, and the launch of Valmont Solar combines the strength of both brands to strategically deliver products and services that support resiliency to climate change ...

Photovoltaic (PV) installations tied to the grid are usually built with arrays of modules connected in series to string inverters. An emerging system architecture to harvest more energy per module by ...

Researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from such a ...