Tag: Solar energy

  • Nation & World

    Way forward on climate change

    The panel of experts looked at success and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970.

    5 minutes
    Earth Day panel.
  • Nation & World

    A leap for ‘artificial leaf’

    Using an electro-chemical process to etch materials, Harvard scientists have developed a system of patterning that works in just minutes, as opposed to the weeks needed for other techniques. Researchers can build photonic structures that control the light hitting the device and greatly increase its efficiency.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bullish on clean energy

    Physicist Amory Lovins outlined a path to a clean-energy future in the United States during a talk at the Kennedy School.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Solar’s time still on horizon

    Bruce Sohn, president of the power company First Solar, says that reducing the cost of solar energy is on the horizon, but solar power has to grow dramatically if it is to replace fossil fuels.

    4 minutes