The first wave of solar innovation was focused on getting costs down. Now, the industry must look to software and automation to unlock the next phase of growth. My team at Energize Ventures is doing a ...

Chattanooga, Tennessee’s airport to be first in US to meet its energy needs with 100% solar power. New software aims to simulate how solar panels will interact with the grid. The new Affordable Clean ...

Canadian solar simulator developer G2V Optics and Sinton Instruments, a US-based PV characterization specialist, have created a solar simulator for solar cells and modules. The new instrument supports ...

Large-area solar simulation systems specialist Eternal Sun has supplied the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) with a solar-PV testing laboratory that includes a hot-spot measuring ...

New research from IBM and NASA has used AI to power a new and improved simulation of the Sun's activity, allowing marked improvements in the prediction of solar activity. The project, called Surya, is ...

Australia's Gridcog has revealed that solar fences – effectively, bifacial panels oriented east and west at 90-degree tilt angles – demonstrate promising yield and revenue potential, based on ...

Semitransparent solar cells with natural looking color and strong heat blocking offer a realistic way for windows to generate ...

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