The study, which was conducted by electrical engineering doctoral candidate Mandy Lewis in Golden, Colorado, found that placing reflective surfaces under solar panels can increase their energy ...

The reflectors and other materials necessary ... Therefore, a system like this would not be aimed at individual rooftop solar panels but large solar power farms, typically located away from ...

“Critically, these reflectors should be placed directly under the solar panels, not between rows, to maximize this benefit,” said the research lead author, Mandy Lewis. “These findings are ...

Solar panels can't receive sunlight very well if a layer of crud covers their reflective surfaces. Since solar panels are sheer surfaces, a good spray of water can loosen most surface-level ...

They aimed to enhance energy gathering and prolong solar panels’ longevity on spacecraft. The covering resists strong radiation and is less reflective. It lets more solar cells below receive ...

“Now what you can see through the parapet, and indeed above it, depending on where you’re looking from, is a reflective layer of solar panels,” said Mr. Neale, the director of development ...