Topic: "Solar"

What Will We Do With All Those Solar Panels When Their Useful Life is Over?

by Nate Berg — 2 weeks ago

(University of Minnesota) – As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills. Solar power is having its hockey stick moment. Since the early 2000s, the amount of solar panels... Read more →

California is Throttling Back Record Levels of Solar

by James Temple — 1 month ago

(MIT) – Without big changes, the oversupply of renewables will stall efforts to overhaul the power sector. Californians are enjoying a sunny summer, which means the state’s solar farms and rooftop panels are flooding the grid with electricity.... Read more →

A Tale of Two Technologies: What Nuclear’s Past Might Tell Us About Solar’s Future

by Varun Sivaram — 5 months ago

(The Breakthrough Institute) – In 2011, the nuclear industry had a meltdown. In a literal sense, three reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant melted down after an earthquake and resulting tsunami, forcing mass evacuations... Read more →

Did Trump’s Solar Tariffs Just Launch a US Manufacturing Renaissance?

by Julia Pyper — 7 months ago

(GreenTech Media) – As a broad cross-section of the U.S. solar sector condemned new tariffs on imported solar cells and modules this week, President Trump insisted they would spur new American jobs. “Our action today helps to create... Read more →

Innovations in Understanding Perovskite Materials for Solar Cells

by Lioz Etgar — 7 months ago

(Hebrew University of Jerusalem) – More energy from sunlight strikes the Earth in one hour (4.3•1020J) than all the energy consumed on the planet in a year (4.1•1020J). However, there is a huge gap between our present use of solar... Read more →

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