A huge solar power station in China is generating clean energy, producing salt from sunlight, and serving as a shrimp-breeding site. State-owned China Huadian Corporation said the 1-gigawatt (GW) ...

A solar power plant in Gila Bend, AZ, is taking solar energy to a different level, using molten salt as a means of keeping electricity running for six hours after the sun goes down. Artist's ...

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Solar thermal power plants could be considered a step up from conventional solar plants due to their ability to generate electricity around the clock, which is possible thanks to their integrated ...

Ever since the beginning of human civilization, we have looked toward the sun to nurture us. We have basked in its rays, ascribed metaphysical meaning to it, and in recent centuries we have harnessed ...

Scientists from China's Northwestern Polytechnical University have used a lithium-free doping strategy to fabricate a perovskite solar cell based on a metal-free hole transport layer (HTL) made of ...

A salt called guanidinium thiocyanate can improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells, a new class of semiconductor that could make solar power cheaper and more powerful, according ...

Researchers have developed a new solar-powered desalination system that produces high amounts of drinkable water and uses a technique inspired by the ocean to avoid the problem of salt clogging.