Tag: solar technology

First Solar’s Thin-Film PV Modules Chosen For Largest Urban Solar Power Plant In Europe

This week, First Solar shared that JP Energie Environnement (JPee) has decided to use First Solar’s Series 6 solar modules for its 59-megawatt (MW)DC Labarde solar power plant built on a former...

Could ‘Robotic Ant’ Solar Tech Put Humans out of a Job?

Osoji Solar seems to think so – it says its dust-cleaning devices could significantly boost solar efficiency. Could ‘robotic ant’ solar tech put humans out of a job?Osoji Solar seems to think so – the...

Sol Voltaics Raises $21.3m to Roll Out Solar Efficiency Breakthrough

Swedish solar technology firm Sol Voltaics has raised $21.3m to help commercialise its new technology for boosting solar panel efficiency, delivering the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company since...

Deep-Sea Mining Could Help Develop Mass Solar Energy but Only at a Cost to the Environment

Scientists have just discovered massive amounts of a rare metal called tellurium, a key element in cutting-edge solar technology. As a solar expert who specialises in exactly this, I should be delighted....

Solar Is Booming… Costs Keep Falling

Today, solar power is everywhere. It's on your neighbor's roof and in tiny portable cellphone chargers. There are even solar powered roads. And as solar power heats up, prices are going down....

Solar Power Boosts Food Production & Fights Poverty

We all know that solar power offers myriad health and environmental benefits over traditional energy sources — including reduced emissions and improved air quality — but the social benefits it offers are...

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