Left in the West: Solar cheaper than coal

Left in the West:: Solar cheaper than coal Solar power can now be more affordable now with new solar panels, even cheaper than coal. Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity. From there, you can picture roof shingles …

From moths and cicadas come improvements to solar cells

Solar | GroovyGreen.com – Start Today :: Save Tomorrow Bugs are inspiring improvements to solar cells to be ant-reflective and water-repellent. When moths encounter light, these orderly arrays of protrusions interfere with its transmission and reflection, rendering the light all but invisible. Biologists believe this trait evolved in moths, which are often nocturnal, because it …