It may come as a surprise that solar systems consist of many working parts -- including cells and modules, or panels, which form arrays. An individual photovoltaic device is known as a solar cell.

Another curious take on the shape of future solar technology is found in the spinning cone known as V3Solar's Spin Cell.Its maker claims the rotating blue prism can generate over 20 times more ...

Chinese solar cell and module maker Aiko presented its new intelligent solar module series, Navigator, at this year's Intersolar. Based on the company’s N-type, all-back-contact (ABC) technology ...

MIT's new solar cells are lighter and thinner and can be laminated ... then clamped to an array of rails that are bolted ... or about 40 pounds for one average-sized residential solar panel. ...