PSC SOLAR UK Talks About The Advantages Of Using Solar Street Lights Over Traditional Street Lights PSC SOLAR UK, one of the Africa’s leading manufacturing companies of solar street lights,…
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Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford
A team of engineers at Stanford University have developed a solar cell that can generate some electricity at night. The research comes at a moment when the number of solar jobs and residential…
WaterLight is a portable lantern that can be charged with salt water or urine
WaterLight is a portable lantern that can be charged with salt water or urine Colombian renewable energy start-up E-Dina has developed a cordless light that converts salt water into electricity…
About 500,000 Nigerian Households Use Solar Energy—Study
About 500,000 Nigerian Households Use Solar Energy—Study A study carried out by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and All-On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, has shown that about 500,000 Nigerian households…
Batteries get hyped, but pumped hydro provides the vast majority of long-term energy storage essential for renewable power – here’s how it works
Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University, Matthew Stocks, Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, and Bin Lu, Research Fellow, Australian National University…
When the solar wind hits Earth’s magnetosphere, a surprising stillness ensues
Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric ‘bubble’ around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand still. This new finding, from research led by Imperial scientists,…
New imaging system reveals solar panel defects even in bright sunlight
The researchers used an InGaAs detector with a very high frame rate to acquire a sequence of images of solar panels as a modulated electric current was applied. The very…
What happens to interstellar objects captured by the solar system?
What happens to interstellar objects captured by the solar system? by Evan Gough, Universe Today Now that we know that interstellar objects (ISOs) visit our solar system, scientists are keen to…
Tesla reveals Megapack prices: starts at $1 million
Tesla has revealed more detailed pricing for the Megapack, its commercial and utility-scale energy storage product. It starts at $1 million which may sound high, but it’s actually a good…
Machine learning models based on thermal data predict solar radiation
A research team at the University of Córdoba has developed and evaluated models for the prediction of solar radiation in nine locations in southern Spain and North Carolina (USA). Measuring solar…