You are viewing stuff tagged with solarpower.

Maybe I’m grasping at straws, but this article the most optimistic thing I’ve read in a few years, though of course tempered by the current political disaster:

Instead of relying on scattered deposits of fossil fuel—the control of which has largely defined geopolitics for more than a century—we are moving rapidly toward a reliance on diffuse but ubiquitous sources of supply.
…
In fact, the sheer scope of that potential change seems to be motivating much of the current backlash against clean energy in the U.S.

Continued…

‌

Solar power becoming more affordable - “Last month, Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corporation showed off its new system for focusing sunlight with a fresnel lens (like the one used in lighthouses) onto superefficient solar cells, which are about twice as efficient as conventional silicon cells.”

‌

Stunning solar powered lamp - The genius is Damian O’Sullivan’s use of the solar panels is to enhance and become integral parts of the design, rather than be relegated to incidental afterthoughts.

2 comments left