Enlarge / All those supports require a lot of aluminum. (credit: Longhua Liao) Once solar panels are operative, they produce electricity without carbon emissions. But making and installing them does involve some emissions. Most of the worries there have focused on elements that go into the panels themselves, like gallium, cadmium, germanium, indium, selenium, and tellurium. […]
Enlarge / Installers nail GAF Energy’s new solar shingles to a demonstration house. (credit: GAF Energy) A new solar technology introduced yesterday at CES could bring power-producing roofs mainstream by relying on an old building material—nails. For years, homeowners who wanted solar power have stripped their old roofs of shingles, added new ones, and then […]
Enlarge / Either of two reaction chambers (bottom) can be targeted by concentrated sunlight. (credit: ETH Zurich) Carbon capture. Hydrogen production. Synthetic fuels. All of these technologies have been proposed as potential resources for dealing with the crises created by our carbon dioxide emissions. While they have worked in small pilot demonstrations, most of them […]
Enlarge / All that’s missing are some batteries. (credit: Jia Yu / Getty Images) The incredible plunge in the price of photovoltaic systems has made solar power an affordable option for much of the world. And, as long as solar is providing a small fraction of the power on a given grid, there’s little holding […]
Enlarge / The Stella Vita hits the road. (credit: Solar Team Eindhoven ) The creators of a new “self-sustaining house on wheels” are hoping their strange-looking project will help spark interest in solar vehicles. The vehicle, called the Stella Vita, was made by Eindhoven University of Technology students. Solar Team Eindhoven’s 22 members previously created […]
Enlarge / A hailstorm at a location like this could be really problematic. (credit: Barcroft Media / Contributor) Solar panels have a love-hate relationship with nature.They need to be placed in exposed locations that get a lot of sunlight, but cloudy weather obviously reduces their production. Less obviously, more extreme weather—from snowstorms to hurricanes—can damage […]
Don’t be mistaken, Lorde‘s music is entirely her own! In case you didn’t know, she has worked with Jack Antonoff for seven years now; he co-produced the 24-year-old singer’s sophomore album Melodrama and upcoming album Solar Power. He has also worked with other female artists like Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, and Carly Rae Jepsen, which […]
We should know by now to never underestimate Lorde! We’ve watched the singer go from teen prodigy to full-fledged pop icon over the last few years, and now she’s finally back promoting her third album, Solar Power, due out later this month. She had been in pop star hibernation since wrapping up her Melodrama tour, […]
Lorde is opening up about the head-turning album artwork for her latest single, Solar Power! Those who have been streaming the performer’s new song might have noticed that its artwork shows a side of the singer few have seen: her derriere, in all its glory. See (below): View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
Lorde has returned, in all her divine glory! We always knew Lorde (real name Ella Yelich O’Connor) was a bit of a goddess, but now she’s claimed the title “prettier Jesus” in her comeback single, Solar Power. It’s the artist’s first release since her 2017 album Melodrama, and it’s the beachy summer anthem we all […]