Solar marketing costs remain a major headache for solar installers and the industry as a whole. One of the facts that makes this problem so clear revolves around how Germans pay… Read more »
UCLA researchers have improved upon their previous research by building a transparent solar film that is twice as efficient as the one they produced a year ago. Read more »
Down the road, the utility sector could be totally fracked (power joke) if they don’t embrace and enable new cleaner, distributed, and digitally-managed technologies for the grid. Read more »
Stanford researchers found gold nanoparticles 14 nanometers tall can absorb 93 percent of reddish-orange light, making them an interesting candidate for use in solar cells. Read more »
Implosions in the electric vehicle space dominated news in the cleantech area just as new EV darling Tesla became the first major success story. Solar, meanwhile, showed signs of a rebound… Read more »
It’s strong, conductive and flexible, and research continues to find more applications. Will graphene catch on or travel the same path as carbon nanotubes? Read more »
On the two year anniversary of the Material Genome Initiative, the White House announced several new initiatives to push material research forward. Read more »
New Yorkers soon will start seeing strange kiosks popping up in parks and other public places. They should be welcome sights, though, since anyone can plug their phones into them for… Read more »
SolarCity is one of the leaders when it comes to installing solar panels on home owner’s rooftops. But the company’s $31 million loss, in its latest quarter, shows the growing pains… Read more »
This week’s podcast stars our gadget reporter, Kevin Tofel, who helps me figure out a few tips for consumers thinking about buying connected devices to build out an internet of things… Read more »