Panasonic has announced it is winding down its involvement in Tesla’s solar factory in Buffalo, NY as there are increasing signs of a detonating partnership.
Bill Gates Backing Tech That Could Replace Fossil Fuel For Manufacturing
Despite the many alternatives to fossil fuel, one segment of the market that has struggled to embrace them is manufacturing. Thanks to a company Bill Gates is backing, that may be about to change. Heliogen is a solar-energy company that…
How Tech Startup Raycatch is Revolutionizing Solar Efficiency
Raycatch Founder Michael Goldstein says that his VC backed software startup is using artificial intelligence to bring significant efficiencies to solar projects all over the world. Their DeepSolar solution captures data, does an AI-powered analysis, and then provides action items.
Google’s Project Sunroof Will Tell You If Solar Is Right for You
Google (not Alphabet) has just unveiled what it’s calling a “treasure map of solar energy.” If you’ve ever thought about installing solar panels on your house, the first thing comes to mind is probably that would be quite the hassle.…
Apple Puts $848M into Solar Farm, the Current Largest Commercial Clean Energy Deal
Apple has announced plans to construct a giant solar farm that it says will power all of its California operations – and then some. Apple is partnering with First Solar, the company behind Monterey County’s California Flats Solar Project. The…
NASA Telescope Finds Evidence of Solar Braiding
NASA this week announced that it has found the first clear evidence of energy transfer from the sun’s magnetic field to its corona. Called “solar braiding,” the process was only a theory until these new observations. The evidence comes from…
NASA Shows Off Its 4K Sun Images
There’s a cost associated with being an early adopter, and it’s not just the higher prices. New media formats consistently outpace the rate at which content creators can adapt to the new formats. As a result, early adopters pay exorbitant…
Solar Eruption Rang in the New Year, Shows NASA Video
While people across the world were celebrating or preparing to celebrate the arrival of the year 2013, the sun was putting on a New Year’s show of its own. On December 31, a massive solar eruption twisted up from the…
Solar Cells That Make More Power
Scientists have developed a new kind of solar cell which could capture significantly more of the energy from the sun than current cells. These new solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to…
Nanowelding With Light – Amazing Possibilities
A team of engineers at Stanford has demonstrated a promising new nanowire welding technique that harnesses plasmonics to fuse the wires with a simple blast of light. At the heart of the technique is the physics of plasmonics, the interaction…