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Environment

Electricity-free Stanford system cuts cooling costs by beaming heat into space

Over the last few years a Stanford team has been developing a roof-mounted system that cools a building by reflecting heat into space, and the latest test has managed to use solar panel-like devices to cool water without needing any other energy source.

Science

Is there something in the hair? The tale of a solar cell made with human hair

Students from Nepal claimed to have created a solar cell which uses human hair to replace expensive silicon.

The carbon nanotube photodiode forces electrons one by one, resulting in much higher-efficiency energy conversion.

Science

Carbon nanotubes used to build a near-ideal efficiency solar cell

Cornell University researchers have developed a near-ideal efficiency solar cell using a carbon nanotube.

The Solé Power Tile is the first building-integrated photovoltaic roofing product and exclusively available to customers of US Tile

Environment

Not your average solar panel: The SRS solar roof tile

SRS Energy has teamed up with US Tile to offer a solar roofing solution where the solar panels are shaped like a curved tile to seamlessly blend in with similar clay tiles

Environment

World's largest solar panels go into production

Solar Panel Manufacturer T-Solar Global S.A. has just announced that it has begun volume production of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.