Albedo is the reflection of sunlight back into space, mainly from bright surfaces such as clouds, snow, ice and atmospheric particles, providing an essential planetary cooling shield. However, a 2021 ...

Extreme heat is the deadliest natural hazard in the United States. Between 1992 and 2021, it killed an average of 148 people every year. In the same 30-year period, floods killed about 88 annually ...

China-based Halead is offering a reflective material for ground-mounted bifacial PV projects, which it claims can increase the annual power production of a solar plant by over 9%. Germany’s TÜV SÜD ...

Photographs of the Enertis Applus+ albedo measurement system in two contrasting environments: on the left, a green grass meadow; on the right, a dry wasteland. The system can adapt to different ...

Brazilian plastics manufacturer Azul Pack has developed a reflective membrane for bifacial solar power plants. The solution aims to increase albedo and optimize energy production in micro and ...

When seen from space, Earth's hemispheres -- northern and southern -- appear equally bright. For years, the brightness symmetry between hemispheres remained a mystery. In a new study, researchers ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Even though winter is the dark season for amount of daylight and cloud cover, that does not mean there is not something bright in the season. Snow on a cloudy day may make ...