Solar energy is gaining popularity as a renewable power source for homes and businesses worldwide. At the heart of this technology are solar panels, which come in four distinct varieties, each with ...

New solar power technologies are hitting the market each year — either as a next-gen model of the existing types or as altogether new technology. Either way, the new options are lighter, more ...

Levante is a unique solar panel that has been inspired by both origami and the folding solar panels on satellites. Launched via Kickstarter last month the project has already raised over $100,000 and ...

Unique usage of power with solar photovoltaics. Power efficiency assisted via photovoltaics. Designers may not be fully aware of a very powerful technique that can extract maximum power from solar ...

Quantum Solar Designs specializes in residential solar panel design, installation and maintenance as well as HVAC services. Its product offerings include Enphase Energy and Qcells. Its service area ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

An American exchange student's interest in origami has inspired a lightweight, foldable solar panel design modeled after the Japanese paper art. Brian Trease, a mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet ...

Crystalline-silicon solar panels are efficient, reliable, and dominate the solar-panel market. However, new third-gen solar technology could do what c-Si solar panels cannot, including flexible, ...

Could we redesign solar panels so we can harvest crops and renewable energy in the same space? Solar energy production and farming land benefit from flat, open, sunny fields. But solar panels and ...