A new report from GTM Research predicts that the cost of solar PV panels will drop by 36 cents per watt by 2017. The PV Technology and...

A team of Australian scientists have made the largest plastic, flexible solar cells ever produced in the country. At the size of an A3...

A new collaborative research project could develop a solar power system that concentrates sunlight 2000 times and converts 80 percent of...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and the University of Singapore have found a way to make ultra-thin, flexible photovoltaic...

Solar Impulse, the photovoltaic solar powered plane from Swiss duo Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, will today depart from San...

The Department of Energy is developing a way to use solar power to make natural gas power plants more energy-efficient. The system...

The creators of the Solar Impulse, a plane that runs completely on solar power, have announced a cross-country tour called Across America...

A new study has found that using nanowires in PV cells, rather than regular metal conductors, could increase PV cell efficiency...

Researchers at Australia’s Newcastle University are closing to producing PV solar cells that can be painted onto rooftops. Professor Paul...

This week, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirmed a new world record in dual-junction solar cells of 30.8% efficiency. The...

This week, First Solar set a new world record for  cadmium-telluride thin-film solar cell conversion efficiency. The 18.7 percent...

If the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI) is successful, the cost of solar thermal energy will halve by 2020. Dr....

Japan-based solar company Solar Frontier recently created a record-setting thin-film solar cell that converts 19.7 percent of solar...

Scientists at New York-based Natcore Technologies have developed the ‘blackest’ solar cell  ever that reflects just 0.3 percent of...

Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered deep-sea bacteria that convert all light absorbed into electricity, through a process...

A portable compact solar charger – capable of charging virtually any type of smartphone or tablet – has been developed with thanks to the...

Researchers at Texas A&M University’s campus in oil-rich Qatar have found a new use for the country’s plentiful solar power – to break...

A new world record in solar cell efficiency of 44 percent has been set by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory...

Stanford University scientists have developed a flexible, decal-like thin-film solar cell that can be attached to almost any kind of...

In a possible breakthrough in aviation history, two Swiss men plan to fly across the United States next spring, and around the world in...