Energy Production
How Two Overhyped Materials Could Change Solar Forever
What if solar panels could generate twice the power for a fraction of the cost, making them cheap enough that you’d actually want ...
Energy Production
Why Space Solar Might Finally Work (But Not How You Think)
Thanks to reusable rockets that fly, land, and fly again, launch costs are coming back down to Earth. And that’s revived a ...
Energy Production
How Hydrogel Can Double Solar Panel Lifespan
Why are the world’s most efficient solar panels learning to sweat? When it comes to solar, you’d assume more sun equals more power, ...
Energy Production
How This Bifacial Solar Panel Reaches 91% Efficiency
What if I told you there’s a way to get up to 30% more power from the same solar panel footprint? No breakthrough ...
Renewable Energy
How the U.S. Just Handed the Renewable Future to China
This summer, the United States made a $559 billion decision. The consequences of that decision could make your next car $7,500 more expensive ...
Energy Production
How Self-Healing Solar Panels Could Change Everything
Solar panels are built to last around 30 years, weathering all kinds of abuse during that time.1 That’s a solid run for any ...
Energy Production
The Genius of a Hybrid Solar Tile + Heat Pump
Believe it or not, solar panels aren’t exactly pros at handling the sun. Sounds backward, right? But it’s true — excess heat can ...
Energy Production
How Record Breaking Perovskites Are Here NOW
Believe it or not, the long-promised next generation of solar panels are here. A tandem perovskite solar panel with higher efficiency than silicon ...
Renewable Energy
What I Learned After 1 Year with New Solar Panels
So, it’s been a full year since I installed these solar panels and a large home battery on my new house … and ...
Renewable Energy
The Crazy Science of Three Dimensional Solar … and More
Recently, some pretty strange solar tech has caught my eye. Before you lies three new contraptions for every kind of conjurer: a coating ...
