[Carl] recently upgraded his home with a solar panel system. This system compliments the electricity he gets from the grid by filling up a battery bank using free (as in beer) energy from the sun. … ...

Moroccan scientists have developed a new method to automatically locate and label solar panels in large photovoltaic ...

One way to make solar panels more efficient is by mounting them onto solar tracker panels. Using a tracker instead of a flat mounting system can increase a solar panel’s output by 30% to 50% ...

In this paper, the authors deal with a microcontroller based solar panel tracking system. Solar tracking enables more energy to be generated because the solar panel is always able to maintain a ...

The optimum angle for the solar panel determined using the date, time, and the system’s GPS position. [JP] had also created a simple Android app to calibrate the panels’ start position.

Scientists in india have created a wind-solar system in a tree shape, which combines wind turbines and a PV system with ...

The concepts of both solar panels that track the sun and double-sided solar panel arrays have existed independently before now, but researchers have looked at the benefits of combining them for ...

Winner: Build an Arduino-Controlled Solar Fountain Jason wanted a fountain in his garden. He didn't want to run power out to the fountain's location, so he decided to run it using solar power.

The advantage of using two-sided solar panels is that they can also absorb energy that is reflected by the ground onto their rear side, says Rodríguez-Gallegos.