What if you covered the US highways with solar panels? Well, even if they only absorbed 15% of the solar power they came in contact with they still would produce three times the amount of energy consumed by the entire country. But is this doable? Well that’s exactly what Solar Roadways is planning on finding [...]

Solar Power is having a dramatic impact on the foundation of the Toledo economy with a confluence of industry, academia and government. While like so many other manufacturing hubs if the US, jobs have been lost en mass, the solar power industry has helped mitigate these losses as it’s proving to be fertile, green ground [...]

From the wonderful show on Discovery Channel – How It’s Made – comes this video segment which explores how solar panels are made.

The Solar Roadway is a series of structurally engineered solar panels that idea that will replace petroleum-based asphalt roads with Solar Road Panels that collect and store solar energy to be used by our homes and businesses. The renewable energy replaces the need for the current fossil fuels used for the generation of electricity, cutting [...]

Concentrating solar technology is the new solar technology to be implemented in California, which hopes to generate 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. In concentrated solar technology, reflective mirrors are used to concentrate light onto a liquid to make steam. This steam then converts energy into electricity with the help of [...]

This dude is pretty impressed with his do-it-yourself cheap home solar panel system with lights. Check out the video as he takes you on a tour of his house, explaining how he installed this inexpensive solar power system (45 watts total). He got the cheap solar panels off Ebay and is thrilled to bits!

God said, “Let there be light!” and then he installed some solar panels and totally dug it. OK, so Genesis might not have gone quite like that, but it’s close right?
Anyway, we thought you might enjoy this video on the installment of a massive array of solar panels that were actually given to the Vatican. [...]

This test illustrates how dunking solar panels underwater gives off a 9 percent stronger PV photovoltaic sun power due to the efficiency drop from heat build-up in PV panels. Water can be heated while the panel produces a more efficient energy yield.
Good idea, but what happens in the winter for those of us who live [...]

Mechanical designer Art Haines, who lives in Maine, built a solar-powered car from scratch with the help of high school students. Imagine never having to fill up again!

Want affordable solar panels? Sir Charls Shults shows us how he can make 6 kw Solar Systems for a fraction of today’s PV solar panel costs. With Shults’ method, you can power your home and Electric Car for $6,000 – way less than standard industry prices for PV systems.