Solar lights can seem like magic. They turn the light from the sun into usable electricity, making for beautiful garden lighting that's totally free to run. But how do they actually work? I spoke to ...

Solar researchers in Australia have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting their solar system into electricity — the highest rate of efficiency ever recorded. The record was achieved in outdoor ...

To make these solar panels, Indian companies need PV cells—which are the small parts that convert sunlight into electricity. Since India doesn’t yet make enough of these cells on its own, it is ...

BlackLight Power has now successfully converted the brilliant plasma directly into electricity using photovoltaic cells (solar cells) which have been increasingly perfected to convert the Sun spectrum ...