solar panels

How SmartHelio aims to fix solar panels before they break

The startup uses AI tech to measure live data from solar plant, and offers suggestions for fixes when their solar arrays start underperforming.

Solestial promises solar panels in space for a tenth of the cost and lines up $10M seed

The coming wave of satellite constellations all need power, but solar panels built for space are extremely expensive and difficult to manufacture. Solestial is ready to change that with space-grade pa

Tesla solar sees best quarter in 4 years, but ‘semiconductor challenges’ spell trouble

Tesla’s mythical solar roofs may be on ice right now, but its conventional solar business is a whole ‘nother story. This afternoon, the automaker said the division notched its “stron

Tesla reportedly nowhere near goal of installing 1,000 solar roofs a week

Five and a half years on (well, really 5.69), Tesla’s solar roofs are looking less like a revelation and more like a hobby. Though Elon Must set a goal of 1,000 solar roof installations per week

Micropyramid lenses triple the light that hits solar panels

Stacks of teeny lenses that look like inverted pyramids could juice up solar panels, helping them capture more light from any angle on both sunny and overcast days. Solar panels perform best in direct

GAF Energy’s easy-install solar shingles aim to outshine Tesla roofs and traditional panels

Putting solar panels on the roof is increasingly realistic for the average homeowner, but they tend to be specialized, aftermarket affairs or else whole-roof replacements. GAF Energy, a division of th

SEC investigating Tesla over solar panel defect allegations

U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into Tesla over allegations from a whistleblower that the company did not disclose to shareholders fire risks from its solar panel systems. The allegatio

Walmart reaches settlement with Tesla over solar panel fires, drops lawsuit

Walmart has dropped a lawsuit that accused Tesla of breach of contract and gross negligence after rooftop solar panel systems on seven of the retailer’s stores allegedly caught fire. A settlement ha

Google launches clean energy project in Taiwan, its first in Asia

Google has launched its first clean energy project in Asia. The company announced today that it struck a long-term agreement to buy the output of a 10-megawatt solar array in Tainan City, Taiwan, abou

Someone stole a piece of China’s new solar panel-paved road less than a week after it opened

Putting solar panels into our roads isn't the craziest idea, but we may as well admit that it poses some unique challenges. For instance, people may want to walk away with pieces of it. That's what ha

Crunch Report | Instagram Stories Turns One

MKBHD get first look at the RED Hydrogen, CRISPR Cas9 gene editing technology is used to wipe out a genetically inherited heart mutation in embryos, Instagram Stories turns one year old, UK IKEA is no

Tesla has completed its first ever Solar Roof product installations

Tesla has already completed the first installations of its Solar Roof products, which use integrated solar panels to gather energy. The solar tiles were first introduced last year, and are designed to

SolarCity Ends The Day Up 17.58% After It Purchases Silevo, Announces Manufacturing Plans

Shares of SolarCity jumped 17.58 percent in regular trading today, as investors applauded its decision to purchase solar-panel manufacturer Silevo, which had plans to build a factory in New York. Sola

The Long Hard Road To The Edge

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Suntech Bringing 9.43 MW More Solar Panels To Thailand

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/thailand-sun.jpg" class="shot2"></img> <a href="http://www.suntech-power.com/">Suntech Power Holdings Co.</a> (NYSE: STP) has inked a deal to

Self-Cleaning Solar Panels Could Boost Efficiency

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/self-cleaning-solar.jpg" /> The $24 billion solar panel market could use a good dusting. The benefits of solar energy are well-known, but wha

Japan wants 32,000 schools to go solar by 2020

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/solar_roof.jpg" /> Solar energy remains a hot topic (no pun intended) in Japan. As part of a huge economic stimulus plan, the government

Nanologica to make see-through solar cells

Now here’s an odd discovery I made today: Nanologica has created see-through solar cells that you can place on a building surface. The technology is pretty freaky. What you have is a “pola

Solar Panel Tips

Now that we’re all burning up coal trying to watch pictures of people standing in line for iPhones, it’s important to remember that there are better ways of generating electricy but not al