Our heavy reliance on oil and coal in the U.S. is proof that old habits die hard. But with new technology on the horizon for solar power, this would be as good a time as any to move on to greener pastures. (more…)

One way to make solar panels available to the masses is to find a way to significantly drop the price. That was the goal behind research conducted by scientists at the University of Oxford.

Their results may surprise you. (more…)

A team at Stanford University has made a new discovery in solar power: a lower-cost generation of “plasmonic” solar cells that may actually compete with top silicon panels on the market. The means to this breakthrough, oddly enough, was what engineers are calling a solar “waffle iron.” (more…)