In order to encourage solar installation owners to increase their self-consumption, a variety of manufacturers have developed and are now offering special heating elements that consist of a solar battery and a heat collector, which allow users to heat up and boil water using solar power.
If you are among the many homeowners that decide to invest in solar panels, you will eventually face the challenge of finding the most suitable ones. What are the most important features to look out for? We have put together a guide for you in order to provide some guidance.
Building solar power plants in space will be possible in the not-so-far future according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Indeed, JAXA has announced that they have achieved a major technical breakthrough, which would eventually make the construction of space-based solar power plants possible. Concretely, the JAXA team has succeeded in converting and transferring electricity using microwaves for a distance of 55 meters.
Germany has added a new technological contribution to the renewable energy sector with a new invention developed by researchers at the University of Kassel: Photovoltaic Concrete. Named “DysCrete”, this concrete is still in prototype stage but it would be able to generate electricity by converting solar energy into an electric current.
