The growth of the solar power industry in recent years has brought about a number of different devices for consumers, from portable chargers to a variety of different devices that run entirely off of integrated solar photovoltaic cells. One of these new devices due to hit the shelves this month is a...

With the overwhelming cost of solar photovoltaic cells being the primary limiting factor behind large-scale solar cell production researchers at the University of California Berkley’s Chemistry Department have developed a new form of solar cell that would both greatly reduce costs as well as help...

In an effort to fully bring renewable energy into the urban setting, Philips has developed a new form of sustainable energy street lamp that is both artistic as well as environmentally friendly, helping to beautify cities while reducing overall energy usage. The latest line of street lights from Philips...

It seems as though the climate is ripe for the growing solar energy market in the US as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has ignited and renewed solar energy projects across the country. This has been underscored by Venture Capital rising exponentially during the second half of 2009 resulting...

Renewable energy has become a topic of hot debate recently, with such high-profile governmental conferences as Kyoto and Copenhagen looking into issues of climate change and alternative energy production methods with the aim of decreasing dependence of the use of fossil fuels for energy production in...