Technological advancement stagnates when met with bureaucratic sclerosis and corporate monopoly, according to this probing study from Oxford economic historian Frey (The Technology Trap). From early ...

Another day, another ambitious company emerges to harness the power of the Sun from Earth's orbit. Okay, it's not quite that common an occurrence, but there are indeed a number of firms giving this a ...

Overview Energy emerged from stealth today with a plan to use the world’s solar panels as nighttime collectors of power beamed down from space. The startup plans to use large solar arrays in ...

Overview Energy plans to develop satellites collecting solar power in geosynchronous orbit and beaming it to Earth using near-infrared wide-beam lasers. Credit: Overview Energy WASHINGTON — A space ...

Overview Energy, a startup attempting to develop a space-based solar power system, plans to demonstrate its technology from a satellite in low Earth orbit in 2028. The Ashburn, Virginia-based company, ...

A Swedish government agency is investing SEK 130 million ($13.8 million) in the next-generation indoor solar cell technology belonging to Exeger. The company’s Powerfoyle solar cells are an evolution ...

Solar aerospace specialist mPower Technology Inc. has started up a production line of its solar modules at Universal Instruments Corporation in Conklin, New York. The Albuquerque-headquartered company ...

Casey Crownhart, MIT Technology Review’s senior climate reporter and Pilita Clark, FT columnist (and a former environment correspondent) ask whether power limitations are about to cost the US its ...

We recently published 10 Big Names Leading Wall Street Gains. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEDG) is one of the best-performing stocks on Wednesday. SolarEdge bounced back from a two-day loss ...

Struggling San Francisco solar startup Aurora Solar has shed more staff and named a new CEO. Company representatives confirmed the cuts but declined to say how many people Aurora let go. In an email, ...

Technological revolutions result when practical insights combine with innovative engineering and risk-taking. Marty Cooper, who led the team that developed the first modern cell phone, was ...