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<p>The top solar panels are small enough to carry, but powerful enough to charge laptops </p>

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<p>Photovoltaic solar panels at a power plant in La Colle des Mees, Alpes de Haute Provence, southeastern France, on 17 April, 2019</p>

Solar panel breakthrough promises record efficiency with new material

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Martin Lewis shares tip to save on energy bills when working from home

<p>Perovskite offers the potential to supercharge energy production from solar panels</p>

‘Miracle material’ solar panels close to commercialisation

<p>The Puzzle electric van, built by Japanese firm HW Electro, will be available to buy in the US</p>

Tiny solar-powered van unveiled in Japan

<p>Tandem solar cells that use perovskite have a far higher efficiency potential than standard silicon cells</p>

Solar panel world record smashed with ‘miracle material’

<p>Plummeting costs and improving efficiencies mean solar panels are expected to become the dominant energy source for the world by 2050</p>

Solar panel advances will see millions go off grid, scientists predict

<p>A still from the CGI mockup of what a solar farm might look like in space </p>

Solar panel farms in space could give boundless clean energy supply

<p>The Solar Airship One is a rigid airship powered by solar energy and hydrogen</p>

Solar airship designed to ‘fly forever’

<p>Solar panels are becoming both more efficient and cheaper</p>

Fossil fuels ‘becoming obsolete’ as solar panel prices plummet

<p>A hybrid perovskite solar cell developed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, pictured on 1 June, 2022</p>

Solar panel breakthrough could allow ‘miracle material’ production

<p>Tracey Adams and her son Leo who fled the smoke-filled home</p>

Mother’s terror as fire sparked by solar panels destroys council home

<p>A strip placed at the bottom of solar panels can prevent snow accumulation</p>

Scientists invent solar panel strip that lets them work in any weather

<p>An illustration of a solar panel array in space</p>

Solar panel breakthrough paves way for ‘utility-scale’ space farms

<p>Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University achieved a breakthrough in efficiency with an organic solar cell</p>

Scientists break world record for solar power window material

<p>Perovskite in tandem solar cells is able to optimise electricity generation from the Sun’s energy by capturing more of the spectrum</p>

Solar panel efficiency to increase 50% with ‘miracle’ tandem cells

<p>The government have run down the NHS with the intention to sell it off and underpaying its human resource has been a major tactic in that </p>

It is the Tory government we can’t afford, not junior doctors

<p>Solar panels floating in reservoirs could prevent evaporation and generate power</p>

Floating solar panels could power a third of the world - study

<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a factory opening in Germany this year</p>

Tesla previews a solar-powered ‘trailer’ as sales drop off

<p>An eight-story office tower fully clad in solar panels will be built in Melbourne in 2023</p>

First 'solar skin' office building to be built in Australia

<p>Merino sheep in Australia saw improvements in their fleeces when grazing among solar panel arrays</p>

Solar panel sheep farm trial ‘a complete win-win’

<p>Solar panels are in huge demand because of climate change and energy price fluctuations</p>

Demand for British solar panels spikes over Chinese slave labour fears

<p>Solivus claims its panels can be used on large commercial buildings that cannot support heavier traditional solar panels</p>

Can new ‘skin-like’ tech tackle weight issue of solar panels?

<p>There is broad support among MPs for greater levels of small-scale renewable home heating technologies</p>

MPs support renewable home heating ‘revolution’

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<p>Rising global temperatures are affecting the taste of French wines </p>

Solar panels help French winemaker hold off climate change