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Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust

Dust drastically lowers the output of solar panels, but applying an electric field to the panels can make dust particles repel each other and disperse

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Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weather

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Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weather

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Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report

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Chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy boosts solar panel cells

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Chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy boosts solar panel cells

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solar steriliser

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Portable device uses solar power to sterilise medical equipment

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Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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Perovskite solar cells

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Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

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Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

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Solar Panels in Germany

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Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

The Ivanpah Solar Energy Facility is one of the largest solar thermal energy plants in the world. It is spread out over 14 square kilometres and can power 140,000 homes every year

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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

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Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

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Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future

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Tiny artificial sunflowers could be used to harvest solar energy

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Renewables overtook fossil fuels in UK electricity mix for first time

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