A single gold nanoparticle tends to absorb within a narrow band. Much of its strongest response sits in visible wavelengths.

Sunbeams contain a lot of energy. But current technology for harvesting solar power doesn't capture as much as it could. Now, ...

Solar, wind, and batteries are set to supply virtually all net new US generating capacity in 2026, according to the latest ...

A research group from Ghana has developed a solar PV-powered steam cooker (ISESC) with sand-based thermal energy storage (TES). “The potential of sand, given its thermal stability and low cost, has ...

An international research term investigated the feasibility of converting solar energy into chemical energy with the design of a hybrid device featuring a solar energy storage and cooling layer ...

An innovative hybrid solar device that combines a PV panel and energy storage has achieved record levels of energy storage efficiency for such a device. And unlike conventional batteries, the ...

When it comes to solar power, solar cells and panels tend to get all the attention. But there's a different kind of solar power generator known as a STEG, and researchers have just figured out a way ...

After Storm Fern cut power to millions, GoodPower CEO Leah Qusba explains what really failed on the grid, and why wind and solar weren’t to blame.

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...