Arable land is at an all-time premium. Since the last ice age, humans have cleared one-third of the earth’s forests and two-thirds of its wild grasslands, much of it for agriculture. And as the world ...

US scientists have discovered that using wavelength-selective, semi-transparent PV modules to absorb the blue light spectrum while transmitting red light onto crops can increase crop yield. “Today’s ...

Researchers have engineered tiny gold nanospheres that can soak up almost the entire spectrum of solar energy, promising a step change in how efficiently we turn sunlight into usable power. By packing ...

The breakthrough surpasses South Korea's Qcells and highlights growing progress in combining perovskite and silicon layers to ...

Solar cells are an increasingly important source of renewable energy, but there’s still room for improvement. Stanford engineers have now developed a pyramid-shaped lens that can focus sunlight from ...

Researchers in Canada have conducted a series of simulations to understand how spectrum splitters may raise the efficiency of two-terminal tandem solar cells and have found that efficiency gains may ...

Technical data reveals how modern monocrystalline solar lights efficiently capture diffuse ambient light to operate ...