See new innovations from students, scientists, and cutting-edge companies developing solar energy resources and technology. Read up on new ways being used to harness the abundant power of one of the earth’s best sustainable resources. The solar industry is booming worldwide. Not only is it the most abundant source of energy, but it’s also turning out to be one of the cheapest as well in the end.
Although we would love to see every home have solar panels installed on their roofs, if you are not ready for that stage just yet, you can still access solar power in other forms, both portable and stationary.
Various solar products available include Solar paint | solar streetlights | solar roads and parking lots | solar-powered boats | cars, and aircraft | solar glass panels | glitter-sized solar cells | solar panels roof tiles | ‘Solar Skin’ panels that match roofs | solar panel retracting petals | origami shaped portable chargers | solar blinds | solar-powered backpacks | solar-powered water heaters.
Check all the resources and keep up to date on the latest developments in technology, policy, projects in communities and entire cities and countries, and how solar power continues to expand on Managing Earth’s FB page and Pinterest page. Also find our article: Managing Earth’s article on Solar Power Innovations.
You can also find more information relating to solar power, at worldsolarresources.com, and on the World-Solar-Resource’s FB page.
Solar Energy International website
Solar Energy International FB page
Canadian Solar Industries Association website
(US) Solar Energy Industry Association website
(US) National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Solar Resource Data, Tools, and Maps
Inside EEV: ‘Fully Charged’s’ Video – ‘Sono Solar Car’ making great strides in charging
Clean Technica: Solar EVs Are Sneaking Into The Mainstream ~ Aptera requires no charging for most daily use.
Bright Vibes: Dutch Eindhoven University of Technology students’ electric motorhome, ‘Stella Vita’, has a range of 700+ kilometers
How Stuff Works: Solar Panels Are Slowly Making Their Way on Cars
SolarReviews.com: EVs’ability to use the battery in your car as backup power is becoming a reality.
Bright Vibes: Dutch sustainable car park charges electric cars and stores power
World Climate change Organisation: South Korea bicycle path covered with solar panels
Renewable Energy World on Solar Panel Roads. See more on Solar Roadways
Ecowatch – Revisiting Solar Roadways: Is the Concept Still Too Good to Be True?
Conserve Energy Future: Pros and Cons of Solar Roads
Solar Panel Parking Lots and Roads
Inceptive Mind: World’s first solar-powered project to extract drinking water from thin air
Inceptive Mind: Solar Desalination Skylight
Inceptive Mind: Engineers develop a simple way to desalinate water using solar energy
Video: Solar Panels that look like roof tiles
Axion Power’s List of Facts about Solar Energy
Green Coast: 8 Solar Panel Developments to Get Excited About
Energysage.com/energy-storage/how-to-get-storage/choosing-battery/
Renewable Energy World: Solar storage leads MISO’s record-setting interconnection queue
Greengeeks: 28 Incredible Solar Energy Facts And Why They Matter
GIS Map of Solar Energy Providers in British Columbia, Canada
Altenergy.org: Latest Solar Technology
Paired Power: Pairs solar power with EV charging, energy storage, and the grid
Solar panels that are retracting petals
Solar Powered Watercraft. More on solar-powered boats.
How Stuff Works: Are solar car battery chargers effective?
How Stuff Works: Top 5 Solar-powered Gadgets
How Stuff Works: Solar Backpacks
Video – Building solar farms on the sea
Rated Power: More on Floating Solar Farms
Seed Scientific’s 61+ Shining Solar Energy Statistics
Solar Reviews article: Which new solar panel technologies will revolutionize energy production?
Glitter-sized Solar Cells and solar power on rolls of film.
Cleantechnica: Transparent Solar Windows
DigiInfo Video on a Retractable Mobile Solar Power System on a Roll
Tree Hugger: Solar-Powered Refrigerated Trailers Could Eliminate Millions of Tons of CO2 Emissions
SolarHexx’s pedestalled panels follow the sun
Fossbites video of the Smartflower rotating, collapsable Solar Energy Panels
Axion Power: Reviews of the Best Solar Car Battery Chargers
Scotty Kilmer: Tips and Truth About Electric Cars
Clean Energy Summit: The Best Solar Street Lights for 2021
Energy.gov/energysaver/Grid or Stand-alone Renewable Energy Systems