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MIT Creates Sun-Free Photovoltaic Power

1:00PM July 30, 2011 | Alyssa Bereznak

Oh MIT, we can always count on you to come up with the most clever, little inventions. Just the other day you created goo-powered batteries to replace lithium-ion and now you’ve gone and found a way to make photovoltaic electricity without sunlight! More »


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How Do Photovoltaic Solar Cells Work?

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12:30PM April 22, 2011 | Nick Broughall

When you think renewable energy, chances are your mind fills with the image of solar photovoltaic cells adorning rooftops. But how do they work? How do the bluey-grey panels convert sunlight into electricity? We’re glad you asked… More »


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A Traditional Terracotta Roof That Happens To Harness The Sun

1:36AM June 20, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

There are plenty of technical hurdles keeping the masses from decking out their roofs with solar panels, but their general ugliness doesn’t help much either. Tegolasolare puts their photovoltaic panels second to the surrounding architecture, not the other way around. More »


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Obama $US8b Plan To Modernise The US Power Grid

4:15AM October 29, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Oh, Sr. Presidente, you look so goooood in the middle of the largest photovoltaic farm in the country — the 180-acre DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy centre in Tampa, Florida. Maybe that’s why you want to put solar panels everywhere. More »