has unveiled its new space-grade solar cell thin enough to be mass-produced like terrestrial solar cells. Estimated to be up to ten times cheaper than current solar cells, this innovation could ...

A cancelled factory led to the sale. The solar cells produced by the equipment are “game-changing tech at liquidation values, ...

It was used to test samples of new mutlijunction solar cells developed by Azur Space, including novel triple-junction metal wrap through solar cells. The SCE was used in low earth orbit to measure ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...

Canadian tech firm Ubiquity Solar said it would establish a nearly 2-GW solar cell manufacturing outfit in New York to supply ...

A photovoltaic Dyson sphere is a theoretical megastructure that could provide vast amounts of energy for interstellar space ...

A lab at Georgia tech is experimenting with solar cells made with alternative materials, which its leader believes could help the world meet its energy needs.

CESI is among the world's leading manufacturers of solar cells for civil space applications and the only one with entirely European, specifically Italian, ownership. CESI Space's patented triple ...

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Water based recycling Researchers have developed a way to recycle perovskite solar cells, without requiring environmentally hazardous solvents. (Courtesy: Thor Balkhed) A research team headed up at ...