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Solar Power

The future of solar power, both in the city and developing world

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Questions For Partners In Health’s Paul Farmer Read More

Paul Farmer, a physician, chairman of  Harvard Medical School Department of Global…

John McArthur: SharedSolar’s “Pay As You Go” Power in Africa Read More

Lack of access to modern energy sources is both a major cause…

Powering Development, One Phone at a Time Read More

Everyone in the developing world, it seems, has a cell phone. The…

Megasolar In The Developing World Read More

It’s ironic that the three biggest solar installations in the world are…

GE GPS: Water From The Sun in Haiti Read More

Clean water, considered a basic human right in the developed world, is…

Lighting Up Africa: SELF and The Quest to Bring Solar to The World Read More

When Robert Freling gives speeches, he likes to invoke the moment in…

How It Works: Building For The Sun Read More

Solar installations are no longer just giant panel farms in the desert.…

GE: Cutting Residential Solar Costs in Half Read More

Despite all of the excitement about the declining cost and increasing performance…

The Take: Small-Scale Solar in The Big City Read More

Solar in the city isn’t just black panels on rooftops. It’s about…

New York, Solar City Read More

It will be a sustainable building milestone: a structure that generates every…

Solar in the Boogie Down Bronx Read More

The Bronx, known as the birthplace of hip-hop and the home of…

“Ask The Climate Question” Read More

“Ask the climate question.” That phrase was coined by Ron Sims, probably…

Polar Solar Read More

Professor Joshua Pearce has been spending his days in Canada’s knee-deep powder,…

Data Points: Solar’s Declining Cost Per Watt Read More

The price of solar energy has seen a dramatic decrease, falling 35%…

Unexpected Solar Cities Read More

We know that warmth doesn’t always correlate to solar potential and the…

Comment: Solar’s New Era of Optimism Read More

Solar power’s era of optimism officially began in February 2008, when futurist…

Space Race: Will Space-Based Solar Take Off? Read More

It’s straight out of a Bond villain’s fantasy: an orbiting satellite outfitted…

Hawaii’s Solar Paradox Read More

At first glance, it seems Hawaii should be one of the nation’s…

The Take: A Quirky History of Solar Power Read More

Around 4.5 billion years ago, when the density of a particular molecular…

How it Works: CdTe vs cSI Read More

The photovoltaic solar market is split between two major technologies: crystalline silicon…

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