Although an accurate assessment of solar resources is key to ensuring the reliability of an energy yield assessment, most studies rely exclusively on satellite irradiation data. Solar developers ...

The Arctic right is currently warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world.Ice is white and bright and is able to reflect solar energy back into space. When it melts and exposes dark, open ...

Tests conducted by Canadian researchers at the NREL’s testing field in Colorado have shown that ground reflectors based on high-density polyethylene can significantly increase bifacial PV plant ...

2023 set a number of alarming new records. The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level, another record. Seeking to identify the causes of this ...

Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds, it's the ...