Solar

Why solar warranties rarely mean what owners think they mean

“A workmanship warranty only has value if the company offering it is still there.”
THE IDF destroys solar panels in southern Lebanon.

IDF probes video showing soldiers destroying solar panels in Christian-Lebanese village

Farmers stand by solar panels used to power the pumping of water from a well on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen June 6, 2022. Picture taken June 6, 2022.

Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country

 20 km in diameter mystery interstellar visitor identified approaching the solar system.

20 km in diameter mystery interstellar visitor identified approaching the solar system


How did Earth, Mars form? Study affirms inner solar system collisions

Earth and Mars were largely formed through planetary embryos made of gathered material and gases in the inner solar system.

 Building planets through collisions (artist's concept).

Neutral hydrogen gives solar system's heliosphere its croissant-shape - study

Created by the Sun, the heliosphere is a protective shield that encompasses the entire solar system in a bubble of the ionized gas magnetic field.

 Artist's interpretation depicting the heliosphere from 2011 in light of data from the Voyager spacecraft.

Solar energy firm offers revolutionary warranty

A solar energy firm unveiled a revolutionary extended warranty of 48 months for any malfunction caused by the installation of a home solar energy system.

The solar field at Kibbutz Ketura.

NIS 11 million allocated to remove Israel's asbestos roofs

Minister of Environmental Protection, Gila Gamliel said, "Our new program is Win-Win, in which we replace carcinogenic asbestos with renewable energy with environmental and economic gain.”

Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy

Israeli scientists develop technique to make solar panels more efficient

Solar panels either use photovoltaic cells or photoelectrochemical cells to function and photoelectrochemical cells can only generate energy during sunlight hours.

Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy

Technion research finds method to harvest renewable energy

Cheaper batteries could make solar, wind and other renewable sources – that are not always present and require storage for reliable production – a more reliable option for energy production.

Illustration: A single-flow battery with multiphase flow.

Ex-NSA top lawyer: Here's how to block next SolarWinds mega hack

Writing in Politico on Monday, Glenn Gerstell, who served as NSA general counsel, said that if a specific US “government agency had that legal power," they could prevent the next attack.

THE SOLARWINDS logo is seen outside its headquarters in Austin, Texas, in December.

Solar panel breakthrough discovery could help increase energy production

The discovery allows for a better understanding of semiconductors and the most efficient way to build photoelectrochemical cells, so that solar energy and storage can be better produced.

Solar panels at one of the projects of Enlight Renewable Energy

Will Israel's energy future be primarily solar power?

"From the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, this is the first region in the world to have achieved 100% daytime solar power."

The solar field at Kibbutz Ketura.

Invisible ‘space hurricane’ detected over North Pole for first time

The 1,000 kilometers plasma hurricane is invisible to the human eye, but not to weather satellites.

View of Earth  from the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting Earth in an image taken by NASA astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy August 19, 2020