The University of Chicago Chronicle: Roland Winston, pioneer in solar energy, engineering and physics, 1936–2025
Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...
National Portal for Rooftop Solar - Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Learn the basics of solar energy technology including solar radiation, photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP), grid integration, and soft costs.
Solar energy is radiation from the Sun that is capable of producing heat, causing chemical reactions, or generating electricity. The total amount of solar energy incident on Earth is vastly in excess of the world’s energy requirements and could satisfy all future energy needs if suitably harnessed.
Solar technologies are categorized as either passive or active depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute sunlight and enable solar energy to be harnessed at different levels around the world, mostly depending on the distance from the Equator.
Solar energy converts sunlight into electricity through photovoltaic cells or solar thermal systems. Its main advantages include zero emissions and solar costs are now well below those of new coal and natural gas plants.
Learn about installing and generating your own clean energy for your home with solar and home batteries.
Tech Times: How Space Solar Power and Satellite Energy Could Light Up the Earth
Explore how space solar power and satellite energy could beam clean, continuous electricity from orbit to Earth, examining how it works, key benefits, and major challenges.
How Space Solar Power and Satellite Energy Could Light Up the Earth