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10 Solar Panel Innovations That Increase Reliability
Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images As attention on global warming grows and its impact becomes more apparent, renewable sources of energy are becoming more and more critical. 2025 was one of the warmest years to date, and it's only getting worse, a…
The 20 percent rule for solar panels can help you save money in the long run
Building your system with some extra capacity makes managing it a bit easier. If you own a solar system, there's a good chance you'll have heard of the 20 percent rule. And if you haven't, it can be explained easily enough. 'n essence, it means…
More than half of every new solar panel rolling off a factory line today runs on a hidden layer thinner than a strand of DNA, and the quantum trick it performs is now reshaping a Texas-sized race to build America's next manufacturing giant
Rooftop or field, a solar panel looks the same as it did a decade ago, dark glass, aluminum frame, a grid of silver lines. But the cell underneath that glass has quietly been transformed from the inside, at a scale most people never think about:…
Wind Or Solar: Which Energy Source Is More Efficient?
Wind energy and solar energy are the twin standard bearers of the renewable energy movement. They are both in abundant supply and produce no greenhouse gases once installed, leading to better air quality and paving the way to curbing global…
Blame popular culture for the fear of AI
Even before Colossus: The Forbin Project, an episode of Star Trek entitled “The Ultimate Computer” and the film 2001: A Space Odyssey depicted AI computers going rogue and murdering human beings. The 1980s, with War Games and the…
As Zimbabwe's raw lithium ban pays off, ambitions grow
Buoyed by the development, the small southern African country is determined to go much further in its drive for local processing of its resources, even eyeing its own production of rechargeable lithium batteries. It is part of a push by the country…
Eight new or expanded solar factories opened in a single quarter of 2025, and the one small component those gleaming assembly halls still cannot make at home runs the whole industry's math
Walk into one of the eight brand-new or expanded solar factories that drove a manufacturing surge across Texas, Ohio and Arizona in the first quarter of 2025 and the scale is genuinely hard to take in. Panels move down assembly lines the length of…
Can Zimbabwe's mineral ambitions benefit smaller producers?
Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe wants to move beyond being a supplier of raw minerals and build industries that process and manufacture from its own resources. But as the government tightens restrictions on unprocessed mineral exports, smaller…
Robert Bryce: 'Yes, solar is growing at a rapid clip. But nearly all that growth is occurring in wealthy countries, bypassing the places where low-cost electricity is desperately needed'
Excerpt: For decades, pundits and politicos have been telling us that solar energy is right on the cusp of global dominance. For instance, way back in 1978, the year I graduated from high school, Ralph Nader claimed that “everything will be…
Are Aliens Harvesting the Spin of Stars?
One of the challenges of searching for “technosignatures” (i.e. signs that intelligent life somewhere in the universe has created technology) is understanding what to look for. Technology is a very broad area, and different types…
NASA is preparing astronauts for Mars' dusty hazards
One of the most memorable scenes in The Martian (2015) comes just minutes into the film, when a violent dust storm forces NASA astronauts to abandon their though to be lost crewmate. While author Andy Weir has noted that Mars' thin atmosphere…
Home buyers offered three-month mortgage break and energy-efficient living
Blenheim Estate Homes is offering a three-month mortgage holiday and energy-efficient living at its Hill Rise site, with payments deferred until 2027 for buyers who complete in 2026. Karis McMahon-Lane, marketing manager for Pye Homes and Blenheim…
Plan for town's derelict landmark revised as issues emerge
'Deterioration, extensive asbestos and rising costs' have forced changes to a £20m regeneration scheme after it was deemed 'no longer viable' in its current form. Somerset Council secured nearly £20m in November 2023 in the third and…
I'm not an astronaut, but I went to the International Space Station (sort of)
NEW YORK — I'm the kind of person who, every so often, falls into accidental daydreams about the concept of space. Usually because I'm listening to some sort of sad girl Spotify playlist, I start feeling infuriated that we may never learn…
How next-generation photovoltaics could contribute to electricity storage
Due to the falling price of silicon solar cells, as well as their manageable size, the sight of solar panels on household rooftops has become a familiar one. However, solar energy, as many other sustainable forms of energy, is intermittent. At peak…
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