Adapting solar thermal tech used at utility-scale plants, start-up designs system to use the sun's heat to power industrial chillers and drastically cut peak electricity use. Martin LaMonica is a ...

Switch to solar with a system built for you. In the summer, both air conditioning (AC) demand and solar energy generation are at their peak — so what happens when you pair the two? “Any electrical ...

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Solar power would appear to be an obvious choice for the developing world, but as impoverished regions need systems that are simple, self-operating and cheap to build and maintain, this is generally ...

Ashutosh Verma wanted to build a solar air conditioner since he was in high school. He says, "We used to have only one AC at home and my parents would often discourage me from running it for longer ...