Scientists are borrowing a NASA dust-zapping trick to keep solar panels cleaner in dusty places like the American Southwest, India, and the Sahel, and the payoff coul…

Discover how NASA's innovative dust-clearing technology is being adapted for solar panels, potentially solving the costly ...
Carnegie Mellon University

Dirty Solar Panels Are Less Effective. CMU Researchers Want To Fix That Problem

As more solar power is added to the energy grid in Western Pennsylvania and across the world, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are thinking about what comes next: how to maintain those solar ...
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Strain “trick” improves perovskite solar cells’ efficiency

Solar energy is one of the most promising solutions for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. But making solar panels more efficient is a constant challenge. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been ...

Solar power is getting a new physical test, and the land beneath the panels may matter more than expected

Sheep are helping solar farms thrive! See how agrivoltaics turns renewable energy sites into unexpected havens for local ...

New Colorado law expands access to plug-in solar panels: "A power source that we can all use"

A new law in Colorado expands access to solar panels by legalizing small, portable plug-in units.