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Politics | Climate Change

Solar Panels Don’t Help the Environment; They Help Our Enemies

A new report reveals that solar panels are nearly as carbon-intensive as natural gas, while investment in solar benefits America’s number one enemy.

News | Clean Energy

Revolutionary new solar panels don’t need sunlight to generate energy

New solar panels that don't need sunlight have been invented and could revolutionize the green energy initiative.

News | Clean Energy

Scientists Finally Uncovered a Major Efficiency Flaw Holding Back Solar Cells


Perovskite has a lot going for it in our search for a cheap, efficient way to harvest solar energy. With a dusting of organic molecules, these crystalline structures have been able to convert more than a quarter of the light falling onto them into

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Can Solar Energy Be Cleaner? Israeli Researchers Develop Process To Reduce Solar Panel Waste

Solar tech may be revered as the future, but its emission-free functionality overshadows solar panels’ improper disposal when they expire.

Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

A Huge Solar Plant Caught on Fire, and That’s the Least of Its Problems

Ivanpah, the world’s largest solar plant, is a glittering sea of mirrors that concentrate sunlight into three blindingly bright towers. Too bad it's so expensive.

News | Clean Energy

The coming era of unlimited -- and free -- clean energy

Guest Post Inexpensive renewable sources will provide more energy than the world needs in less than 20 years. Even then, we will be using only one part in 10,000 of the sunlight that falls on the Earth.