Sustainable energy shows growth in 2012

The global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58%, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18%, to 521 TWh. Although hydropower remains the world’s leading...
Flexible solar panels printed

Flexible solar panels printed

In what could be a breakthrough in sustainable energy production, scientists have used a solar cell printer to produce large flexible solar cells made out of plastic. The printer has allowed Australian researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium...