Photosensitizers are molecules that absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. They’re generally based on rare, expensive metals; so the discovery that iron carbenes, with plain old iron at their cores, can do this, too, triggered a wave...
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have announced a new invention that could harness solar power at night. They published a paper in ACS Photonics that explained how new technology could use a different process than solar panels to generate energy around the clock. The team...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some consumer groups and solar advocates are flustered by a controversial solar plan devised by SMUD. With a 5-0 vote Thursday, the California Energy Commision approved the SMUD community solar plan known as Neighborhood SolarShares. Under the plan, consumers can harness the energy...