Ascent Solar Technologies develops innovative, lightweight, flexible, thin-film solar photovoltaic modules (that’s a mouthful, I know — read it again).

Could this airborne wind turbine generate steady, cheap wind energy?

Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo is well-known for its winter illuminations.

Living skyscrapers? Not quite. While organic solar cells are one of several types of photovoltaics currently being explored, Scientific American reports that work is being done that could lead to windows acting as solar panels, by using a compound very similar to chlorophyll.

Solar costs have fallen rapidly in recent years, as I’ve mentioned more times than I can count. And it seems they can only continue going down. Why? Because there’s a tremendous supply glut of polysilicon, a key ingredient for most solar panels (accounting for about 25% of their final cost). The price of polysilicon has dropped 93% in the past 3 years (from $475/kilogram to $33/kilogram).

Landfills are a constant reminder of the waste we produce, but a new innovation could throw out the notion of a “dump” by turning them into solar power dynamos.

Onyx Service & Solutions has been developing a “plug-n-play” all-in-one solar panel this year that you may be able to buy from your local Home Depot, Lowe’s, or other such store soon.

Sustainable plastic from sewage could reduce oil use and sludge disposal