Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Tianjin University in China and Chromasun, a Silicon Valley company joined themselvs to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient.
They found a hybrid solar system that uses 80 meters long 2-axis sollector with 80 mirrors. Those mirrors are focusing sunlignt onto high-efficient solar cells mounted on receivers which [...]

I came to this article about the Sunflower’s Fresnel lens . Those lens concentrates sunlight more than 1,000 times, enabling cheaper electricity than traditional photovoltaics. The system is self-powered.
Technical specifications:

200-watt system
features trackers that shift with the sun’s location, as well as a controller and communications system.
The low-slung Sunflower is built to withstand winds, and it [...]

A solar shower is a fun and highly efficient device for summer. It operates by attaching a standard garden hose to the shower — water is heated inside an integrated solar-thermal tank. After 1-2 hours the water will be hot enough for a shower. Solar heated shower are also handy for camping — you can [...]

An English company, IDC, has announced plans to mass-produce an inflatable solar panel and make it commercially available for less than 100 pounds ($200) , a great leap forward in making green energy available to the masses.

Capable of heating up to 3 full tanks of water, IDC envisions the panels being used primarily in developing [...]

A solar energy is used very clever way to power air-condition system. The idea behind this project is to recover the heat produced by the solar panels, to produce hot water. This hot water is directed into a machine, which dissociate the water and a Lithium bromide. After cooling, the re-composition of these, will produce [...]

In Great Britain, The targets are several: a 20% jump in energy efficiency, 10% of vehicle traffic powered by biofuels, and 15% of energy derived from renewable sources.
Britain only derives 2% of its energy from renewables rithg now, and so must build six and a half times what it has now - all within the [...]