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Solar cell

Workers install panels at a solar farm built by Cypress Creek Renewables in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The company has cancelled projects in 10 states since new tariffs were implemented.

The early impact of solar tariffs: Fewer American projects, fewer American jobs

Business, Economics and Jobs

Back in January, the Trump administration imposed tariffs of 30 percent on imported solar panels and modules. It was aimed at Chinese and Asian imports.

China dominates the US in solar energy

Environment

Turning street lamps into solar panels

Environment
The World

Spinach Power

China’s Grip on Solar Power

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

Solar Pig

Commentator Linda Tatelbaum describes the dilemma she faced when her son wanted a computer. She didn’t want to say no, but her house is powered by solar electricity, and the computer was using more than its fair share.

The World

Note on Emerging Science

Solar power just got a jolt of a volt
from diatoms, tiny organisms that live in glass houses, contributing to a new kind of solar cell that can produce electricity ?even on cloudy days.

Cheap Energy From The Sun

MIT scientists simulate photosynthesis to release hydrogen from room-temperature water.

The World

Power Cart

Arts, Culture & Media

Mouna Andraos is an artist and web designer who’s been fascinated by street vendors since her childhood in Lebanon. She created a working portable generator that uses a crank and a solar cell to charge cell phones and laptops, and even run small appliances. Ada Lee Halofsky hit the New York City streets with Andraos […]