Tagged: Solar Energy

Bifacial solar cell breaks records, AirBnB offers free housing to Afghan refugees, New York gets first female governor

Porous pavement prevents floods, dad builds robotic exoskeleton to help son walk, solar-powered restaurant

A new mix of materials makes solar cells a thousand times more efficient, Britain’s first Muslim Olympic flagbearer

Green energy powers ahead in 2020, German Catholics bless gay unions despite Vatican ban

Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity, plasma-powered plant produces fertilizer for small farmers

Australia’s great crime decline, researchers develop foldable solar cells, startup turns hills into batteries

Green ammonia breakthrough, pregnancy test for women with sight loss, Jaguars return to central Argentina

This year’s top sustainability stories

Scientists are doing their best to create a circular, trash-free world.

Solar windows made from rotten fruit, trans candidates secure historic wins in Brazil’s municipal elections

Upcycling plastic into solar roads, world’s largest wildlife crossing, South Australia’s solar record

Company turns old solar panels into new ones, “interface inhibitors” combat neurodegeneration

Researchers Build High-Performing Hybrid Solar Converter, Self-Healing Biopolymer, Wave-Powered Boat

US scientists have developed a solar converter that harvests both sunlight and heat at 85% efficiency and a new type of biopolymer could revolutionise soft robotics as it can reverse any undergone damage within seconds. More good news.

GOOD NEWS

Largest Food Forest in the U.S., Africa’s Elephant Poaching in Decline, Solar-Powered Taxis

Atlanta plans to transform 7 acres of vacant forested land into a public food forest; the illegal killing of elephants in Africa has decreased by 6 percent since 2011; Jacqueville, a small coastal city on the Ivory Coast, is testing solar-powered taxis.

GOOD NEWS

Paris to Create City’s Largest Park, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, Solar-Powered Desalination

Paris is creating the city’s largest garden near Eiffel Tower; the UK government will fund the planting of 130,000 trees in English cities and towns; a new desalination system uses solar power to turn ocean water into drinking water.