Using the Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) instruments on board NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft, a consortium of scientists has seen, for the first time, large waves of solar material sweeping past Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A smelly Polynesian fruit nicknamed the 'vomit fruit' drives away most predators, except a species of fruit fly. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Solar power is improving and some of the projects using solar are pretty awesome and surprising. picked by deepcleanfun 5 months ago

Translucent solar panels with designs printed in them. Now you can be green and pretty! They apparently don't work as well as the plain-Jane type, though. picked by haven 5 months ago

Researchers from Wake Forest University (WFU) in the U.S. report that they have developed flexible organic solar cells with an energy efficiency surpassing 6 percent, more than double the 3 percent efficiency they reached two years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new energy concept called a solar tower could generate enough electricity for 200,000 homes. Looking like a giant smokestack, it would release no noxious fumes — just sun-heated air. picked by deEPCHIll 2 days ago

A solar-powered barbecue has gone on sale in the UK, allowing fans of outdoor cooking to enjoy summer without fear of harming the environment. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists warned. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Adding solar cells on top and handles on the base that can rotate the canopy to get the most efficient orientation in relation to the sun, these canopies can provide at the same time shade and energy.

Here you can see how these canopies look on a school yard: picked by leehblanc 1 month ago

This solar powered laptop features powerful batteries that are recharged by wide Solar Panel attached to the computer. picked by thinkpozzitive 4 months ago

Incredible solar powered aircrafts ready to change the way we’ll fly in the green future...... picked by yashibn 1 year ago

A groundbreaking took place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Solar Tower is Europe’s first commercially operating power station using the Sun’s energy this way and at the moment its operator, Solucar, proudly claims that it generates 11 Megawatts (MW) of electricity without emitting a single puff of greenhouse gas. This current figure is enough to power up to 6,000 homes picked by Betmenko 1 year ago

World First "solar light energy" Handphone picked by 1fcuk 1 year ago

Silicon Valley startup Nanosolar has shipped their first product - *$1/watt* panels! This makes solar *cheaper than coal* for the first time ever. Those of us who follow these sorts of things have been watching Nanosolar for a while now and wondering when they would ship – looks like the day has arrived! 18-month backorders though :( This is immensely huge news, but of course the news ... read full post picked by belvario 7 months ago

Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Solar lights have come a long way and this Halloween, they've become super fun as well as green picked by deepcleanfun 9 months ago

University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics the process of evolution. Theirs is the first model to simulate every step of the photosynthetic process. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Yay! for more renewable energy, and an initiative taken by the government to make it work! picked by Muppetmaker 7 months ago

Seems an obvious solution.

Gigantic satellites orbiting the Earth, equipped with solar cells, could collect enough energy from the sun every year to power the world seven times over.

This is not science fiction. This is our future. picked by deepcleanfun 9 months ago