Leonardo David is a writer and energy consultant who has worked on projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. An electromechanical engineer, he has written about solar energy and the ...

Chinese researchers have introduced an innovative solar cell that could serve as an alternative to traditional photovoltaic ...

Like in any purchase decision, each option has pros and cons: Monocrystalline Polycrystalline Thin-film solar Monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar panels use the same material (crystalline ...

But there are also solar dye cells, thin film solar cells, and solar panels made of a different type of crystal called perovskites. These approaches use semiconducting materials to produce ...

The best solar panels for RVs free you from dependency on external power sources, allowing you to truly travel anywhere you ...

The cases are being pursued against JinkoSolar, Canadian Solar, JA Solar, and Trinasolar, some of the world's largest PV ...

Portable solar panels, which could be used on-the-go to charge devices, are being developed by university researchers. At the National Thin-Film Cluster Facility (NTCF) for Advanced Functional ...

First Solar primarily sells to U.S. customers and focuses on utility-scale solar energy projects. Its thin-film PV technology ...

Small spacecraft on deep space missions require more electrical power than what is currently offered by existing technology. The four-petal solar array of LISA-T is a thin-film solar array that ...

Polycrystalline Solar Cells: Polycrystalline panels are made from multiple silicon fragments, resulting in lower efficiency but typically lower cost. Thin-Film Solar Cells: Thin-film panels use ...

The cost to recycle can be even higher for toxic thin-film solar panels made with cadmium telluride, which can be hazardous to human health. In 2021, Gov. Jay Inslee signed HB 1393, giving solar ...