Solar-powered coating capable of defrosting frozen glass

Solar-powered coating capable of defrosting frozen glass

Recently, researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland developed a solar-activated nanoscale-thick coating with the unique ability to absorb sunlight from glass without affecting transparency, making it perfect for defrosting windows. A paper describing the new ETH...
Solar, wind could power up to 80 percent of U.S. energy needs

Solar, wind could power up to 80 percent of U.S. energy needs

There’s big news coming out of the solar industry! There’s growing promise that we can utilize alternative energy and someday replace our current power consumption sources with clean, renewable energy. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine,...

Critics of job-killing solar tariff have their voices heard

As many of our friends have heard, there is a pending solar panel tariff that has the potential to do some serious damage to the industry. From job losses to skyrocketing prices for solar energy products, the impact will be widespread and deep. Simply put, it’s bad...

Solar power continues upward trajectory

The rapid growth of solar installations continues. Here are some of the key findings from a new Solar Energy Industries Association report about the first quarter of 2017: The U.S. market added 2,044 megawatts of solar PV (photovoltaics). Solar was the second-largest...
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