More about Solar Energy (142)

6-06-2015 | MPPT – Maximum Power Point Tracker

20-08-2014 | This little idea came about when I was thinking about an accurate way to constantly measure the voltage of each battery in my solar battery...

1-07-2014 | The author designed this tester for IR-remote controls as an excuse to experiment with a GoldCap. Of course there are simpler ways to test a...

26-06-2014 | Over 90 % of the worlds solar cells are made from silicon but they are not particularly efficient at converting light to energy. They are ma...

5-06-2014 | The latest version of a solar powered aircraft made a successful maiden flight in Switzerland earlier this week. Solar Impulse 2 is designed...

25-03-2014 | The organic solar film producer Heliatek based in Dresden, Germany have announced an improved type of solar cell which gives a transparency...

3-01-2014 | A group led by Hendrik Bolink of the Instituto de Ciència Molecular (ICMol) at the University of Valencia together with colleagues at the Éc...

10-12-2013 | Researchers Steve Dunn at Queen Mary University and James Durrant at Imperial College London have been experimenting with a new design of th...

10-12-2013 | Researchers at Stanford University (USA) have developed novel peel-and-stick thin-film solar cells. Unlike standard thin-film solar cells, t...

10-12-2013 | Heliatek has announced a record breaking 12 % cell efficiency with its organic solar cells in tests performed in cooperation with the Univer...