Large-Scale Solar Collectors
Just as there are huge wind farms now providing backup power for conventional electricity generation, central solar power towers will likely do the same in the future. The facilities generate electric...
View ArticleStocking Stuffers for the Planet
Smart Water A standalone desalinator needs 17 gallons of diesel fuel and 66.5 kilowatts of electricity to make 1,000 gallons of freshwater, but now, the Solar Cube, (made by Spectra Watermakers in...
View ArticleNew Solar Cell Design Could Reach 40% Efficiency
A team of researchers at Ben-Gurion University of Negev (BGU) has created what appears to be a solar cell that has unusually high conversion rates when exposed to sunlight at a wide angle. This wound...
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