If you need an easy way to add some juice to an electric car's battery pack, why not just put a solar panel on the roof? It seems like a fairly straightforward idea - yet solar roof panels haven't reeky taken off for EVs. But Panasonic is still optimistic about this feature. "Car roofs have the potential to become a new market for solar panels," Shingo Okamoto, Panasonic general manager in charge of solar rook panels, said in a recent interview with Bloomberg.  More

New Technology Will Enable Properties to Share Solar Energy 

In the UK alone, some 1.5 million homes are equipped with solar panels, and it has been estimated that by 2020 the figure could soar to 10 million, with the prospect of lower energy bills for consumers and massive reductions in CO2 emissions. Now, a University of Huddersfield researcher is developing new technologies that could enable clusters of houses to share their solar energy, rather than simply exporting surplus electricity to the national grid.  More

Indian Railways To Install Solar Panels Atop 250 Trains  

The Indian Railways is going all out to reduce its fuel costs and adopt solar power in a major way. Apart from planning large-scale solar power projects and rooftop solar power systems, the world's fourth-largest railway network is planning to install solar panels on top of coaches. The Indian Railways has floated a tender for installation of solar panels atop 250 trains to power fans and lighting systems.  More