(Natural News) The world’s first solar-powered railway line is in working order in the United Kingdom. Its innovators conducted a pilot test using Network Rail’s Wessex route and deemed the technology fully functional. The Wessex route was directly powered by solar energy supplied by a nearby solar farm near the town of Aldershot, Hampshire county. Solar power has been used before to power train. […]

(Natural News) A recent study has developed a novel device that harnesses temperature differences at night to generate electricity. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles and Stanford University teamed up to make an electricity generator that works during the cold, dark night. They came up with a thermoelectric device that was able to power an LED, […]

(Natural News) The call for renewable energy has been gaining traction in recent years due to concerns over escalating environmental pollution. A great deal of pressure is felt among policymakers and private companies as green activists and agencies lobby for a greener solution to humanity’s demand for energy. But a recent report from the Manhattan […]

(Natural News) People can now tap snowfall for electricity, thanks to triboelectric nanogenerators that collect electrical energy from innocuous activities like footsteps and raindrops. The new energy harvester, developed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is not only inexpensive but light as well – matching the thinness and flexibility of a plastic sheet. “The device […]

(Natural News) You’ve heard of all the ways to convert light or wind or heat into usable electricity. But have you ever thought that the coldness of the universe might serve as an alternative source of clean and renewable power? Most energy production systems get their power from somewhere. Solar panels collect light while wind […]

(Natural News) Solar panels are largely a scam. And over the last week, thousands of solar panel owners in California are colliding with that sobering reality as they realize solar panels don’t work when the power grid goes down. That’s because nearly all residential and commercial solar systems are “grid-tie” systems that feed power to […]

(Natural News) Caffeine helps boost the energy levels and mood of coffee drinkers. But did you know that it could also improve the performance of a new generation of solar panels? Researchers reported that coffee’s primary stimulant increased the efficiency of perovskite photovoltaic cells, an alternative approach to solar power. When bolstered by caffeine, perovskite […]

(Natural News) Rocks might not strike you as a potential source of clean and renewable energy, much less a substitute for solar panels. But Chinese researchers found that some stones sport metallic coats that naturally convert sunlight into electricity via the same process as photosynthetic organisms. The coating contains iron and manganese, two minerals used […]

(Natural News) Tesla solar panels are exploding –but not in popularity. The brand’s solar panels have multiple safety issues, causing over half a dozen fires. It is no surprise that Tesla buyers, big and small, are shocked and dismayed by the numerous bugs that have been found in these so-called “luxury” products. Even Tesla short-sellers […]

(Natural News) In 2008, a winery in Napa Valley, California set up the first floating solar array in the world. The idea of floating solar panels became popular in Asia, but it only gained traction in the U. S. in recent years. Experts believe that floating solar arrays on artificial bodies of water might produce more than 400 […]