"Experimental system setup of the foam-based floating PV system."

Floating Solar PV on Foam with Air Bubblers

6 hours Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Floating solar PV power has been one of the most interesting and fun segments of the global solar power industry in the past decade. When it started popping onto the scene, it was catchy, but one wondered, was it really practical and cost effective? As it turns out, the benefits … [continued]

Graphic showing global population growth bending toward peak and plateau by 2100, contrasting the 20th-century doubling pattern with slower 21st-century demographic growth. The 21st-century population story is peak, plateau and divergence, not a second 20th-century-style doubling.

2100 Transition Scenarios Need A Better Population Denominator

10 hours Michael Barnard 0 Comments

One of the easiest ways to get 2100 wrong is to carry the 20th-century population curve forward as if it still defines the future. The world went from about 2.5 billion people in 1950 to more than 8 billion today, and that expansion shaped modern assumptions about food, energy, cities, … [continued]

"For the manufacturing process of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, Fraunhofer ISE focuses on the so-called “hybrid route,” a combination of vacuum and wet chemical processes."

Fraunhofer Wants Solar Cells On Vehicles — To Help The Grid

1 day Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

The idea of putting solar panels on vehicles has been around for decades. I can’t say how many companies I’ve seen come and go that planned to produce and sell solar-powered cars. It’s just not the safest and most efficient place to deploy solar panels. However, I’ve never really seen … [continued]