SolarFuel. Smart Energy Conversion.
SolarFuel, a Stuttgart, Germany-based startup, is developing a Power-to-Gas (P2G) technology which converts wind and solar-generated electricity into “storable” synthetic CO2-neutral natural gas. The...
View Article3-D Solar. Up to 20x more power than flat panels.
Numerous companies – 1366, Bandgap, Twin Creeks, and more – are striving to optimize solar cell efficiency or manufacturing to bring down solar costs. Regardless of the innovative process, the...
View ArticleSolarCity. Make the switch to better energy.
Founded in 2006 in San Mateo, California, the rockstar company SolarCity provides (among many offerings) the opportunity for homeowners to switch to solar – wait for it – for free. Even with generous...
View ArticleBrightSource Energy. A future for CSP?
When you hear solar power, you’re probably thinking photovoltatics (PV) . In fact, all but one* solar projects documented on Watt Now have been PV technologies. And solar PV has dominated the media...
View ArticleSolar Impulse. The revenge of Icarus.
I was inspired to approach the topic of low-carbon travel, after reading Sustainable Energy – without the hot air and realizing that no matter how much effort you make in your daily life to reduce your...
View ArticleEight19. Transforming lives with flexible solar technology.
Cambridge, UK-based Eight19 combines an innovative technology (organic solar PV) and an innovative business model (pay-as-you-go solar electricity system) to provide a low-cost solution for clean...
View ArticleMera Gao Micro Grid Power. Solar-powered network systems for rural off-grid...
The world’s off-grid population – who are also the world’s poorest – not only rely on dirty and unsafe sources for their energy needs (kerosene for lighting, charcoal for cooking), but they are also...
View ArticleThe Solar Pocket Factory. Micro-solar manufacturing that is better, cheaper,...
From some of the same guys that brought Humdinger (micro-wind) and B-Squares (portable solar), comes the Solar Pocket Factory, a mini ‘solar factory’ for fabricating and assembling micro-solar products...
View ArticlePeppermint’s Forty2. The solar microgrid – made portable and accessible.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Peppermint Clean Energy is a cleantech startup developing the Forty2, an integrated solar “Utility in a Box” – powerful enough to run an emergency disaster-relief...
View ArticleCanopea at the Solar Decathlon 2012
I will be at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 tomorrow, supporting the Canopea project which has integrated DualSun’s hybrid solar panels onto their “nanotowers”. The Solar Decathlon is an international...
View ArticleSunFunder. Invest in Solar Energy. Light up the World.
SunFunder, based in San Francisco, is a social enterprise building a crowdfunding platform for individual investors to finance solar projects around the world. To put it briefly, over 1.5 billion...
View ArticleFord with SunPower. Let the sun in.
Did you hear? Ford revealed its new Ford C-Max Solar Energi concept car at CES 2014 ; a car equipped with 300W of semi-flexible rooftop solar (Sunpower) that can run quasi-entirely on solar charging...
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