11 h. ago Solar companies deploy sheep across farms in growing green energy trend

Solar farms are turning to sheep instead of mowers to cut grass under solar panels, lowering costs, reducing emissions and creating new income for farmers.

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3 d. ago Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power

Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels.

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1 week ago Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80%

Space-based solar power has the potential to reduce Europe's need for land-based renewable energy by up to 80%—a potential game-changer for reaching net-zero by 2050.

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1 week ago Pakistan is tapping into solar power at an 'unprecedented' rate. Here's why

Solar experts say there's never been a faster adoption of solar, with panels popping up on rooftops.

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1 week ago Solar trees provide opportunity to meet renewable energy targets without deforestation

With the right technology, solar energy has the potential to meet all of the world's electricity needs, but we are still a long way off from that point. Still, governments around the world are setting high objectives for renewable energy. Many world leaders have set commitments to phase out coal power and transition away from fossil fuels, and solar panel installations are currently one of the top contenders for implementing these plans.

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2 w. ago Sharing is power: Doing the neighborly thing when it comes to solar

Australian researchers have found that households with solar panels could boost their returns by selling surplus power directly to their neighbors, known as peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing, helping to stabilize the electricity grid and negotiating a better price than retailers currently offer.

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3 w. ago Getting solar panels on your roof can be hard. That's where 'balcony solar' comes in

What if you could set up some panels in your backyard or hang them off your balcony and start making a dent in your power bill? Organizations are trying to bring "balcony solar" to the U.S.

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3 w. ago More people in the U.S. are catching on to a European idea: backyard solar panels

What if you could set up some panels in your backyard or hang them off your balcony and start making a dent in your power bill? Organizations are trying to bring "balcony solar" to the U.S.

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3 w. ago Black metal could give a heavy boost to solar power generation

In the quest for energy independence, researchers have studied solar thermoelectric generators (STEGs) as a promising source of solar electricity generation. Unlike the photovoltaics currently used in most solar panels, STEGs can harness all kinds of thermal energy in addition to sunlight. The simple devices have hot and cold sides with semiconductor materials in between, and the difference in temperature between the sides generates electricity through a physical phenomenon known as the Seebeck effect.

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3 w. ago Surprisingly diverse innovations can lead to dramatically cheaper solar panels

The cost of solar panels has dropped by more than 99% since the 1970s, enabling widespread adoption of photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electricity. A new MIT study drills down on specific innovations that enabled such dramatic cost reductions, revealing that technical advances across a web of diverse research efforts and industries played a pivotal role. The research appears in PLOS ONE.

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3 w. ago Surprisingly diverse innovations led to dramatically cheaper solar panels

New research can identify opportunities to drive down the cost of renewable energy systems, batteries, and many other technologies.

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3 w. ago New cooling system patent promises significant boost in solar panel efficiency

Scientists at the University of Sharjah have secured a U.S. patent (US12341471B2) for an innovative cooling system designed to enhance the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.

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4 w. ago Trump admin eyes overturning Biden's green energy legacy to tune of $7B

Trump EPA plans to terminate Biden's $7 billion Solar for All program that aimed to install residential solar panels for low-income households nationwide.

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4 w. ago Agrivoltaics addresses the needs for both clean electricity production and land use for food

As countries race to expand renewable energy infrastructure, balancing clean electricity production with land use for food remains a pressing challenge, especially in Japan, where mountainous terrain limits space. A recent study led by researchers from the University of Tokyo explores a promising solution: integrating solar panels with traditional rice farming in a practice known as agrivoltaics.

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