While on a Fulbright fellowship in Uganda, Colgate University professor Beth Parks noticed a serious flaw in the solar panels that communities across sub-Saharan Africa rely on for electricity. The ...

Oregon-based Origami Solar won the grand prize in the US Department of Energy’s American-Made Solar Prize 2022 competition. The patent-pending steel frame is said to lower costs and improve module ...

Innovative frame design can significantly increase the efficiency of solar home systems by reducing the temperature of solar modules when in use. This has been demonstrated in tests conducted by the ...

Origami Solar said its PV module frames made of recycled roll-formed steel could help supply chain resiliency and reduce costs given East Asia’s domination of material supplies for conventional frames ...

The Origami Solar steel module frames produced in the United States using 100% recycled steel delivers an 87% reduction in GHG emissions compared to aluminum module frames and a 94% reduction when ...

• Solar-thermal plants must concentrate energy on the small focal band or efficiency drops off dramatically. • New structural framing is strong, precise, and economical to assemble. The challenge that ...