Construction technology company Mighty Buildings has announced plans to build 15 homes using prefabricated 3D-printed panels in Rancho Mirage, California. More about Mighty Buildings plans neighbourhood of 3D-printed homes for California
Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has developed a solar lamp that is designed to be hung in front of windows so it can generate its own energy. More about Marjan van Aubel creates indoor solar light to usher in "solar democracy"
Architecture studio The Ranch Mine built a courtyard house for a musician in Arizona with white stucco walls and solar panels paired with a Tesla battery for power outages. More about The Ranch Mine creates O-asis home in the Arizona desert
US startup Aptera has developed a solar and electric vehicle with a range of up to 1,000 miles on a full battery, which it claims most drivers won't need to charge. More about Aptera unveils three-wheeled solar electric car that "requires no charging"
Engineering student Carvey Ehren Maigue has been named the James Dyson Awards first-ever global sustainability winner for his AuReus system, in which waste crops are turned into cladding that can generate clean energy from ultraviolet light. More about Solar panels made from food waste win inaugural James Dyson Sustainability Award
Brazilian architecture firm Studio Arthur Casas has used grass to top this holiday home in Brazil, comprising two interlocking volumes that face a golf course. More about Green roof blends Brazilian house by Studio Arthur Casas with nearby golf course
A consortium of Dutch companies has developed a concept for a visitor attraction with passenger cabins spiralling up and down its facade and powered by solar panels and wind. More about Spiral Tower would be world's first "climate-neutral high-rise attraction"
Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More about Loon launches floating balloon-powered internet service in Kenya
Marjan van Aubel has designed a set of stained glass-style solar panels that will form part of the Dutch pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. More about Colourful translucent solar panels by Marjan van Aubel will top Dutch pavilion at Dubai Expo
The Hanwha headquarters office tower in Seoul has been remodelled by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio, retrofitting its facade to hold solar panels. More about UNStudio renovates and reclads fully occupied Seoul office tower
Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to "sell energy back to the grid". More about Architecture students complete Passivhaus in South Dakota
California company Dvele has designed prefabricated, off-grid houses with solar panels that allow people to stop relying on "antiquated power grids". More about Dvele creates prefabricated homes that generate and store their own energy
Design duo Kiki & Joost has created a collection of solar panels for MyEnergySkin, a Dutch company that wants to make products attractive enough to cover building facades. More about Kiki & Joost creates patterned solar panels for MyEnergySkin
The Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility in Uganda by Kliment Halsband Architects is a self-sustaining facility topped with solar panels. More about Solar panels form canopy over surgical facility in Uganda
American company Heliogen has managed to concentrate solar energy to temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Celsius – hot enough to provide a fossil-fuel-free way to make concrete. More about Heliogen's 1000C solar-heating technology could be key to low-emission cement
The best of rigid and flexible solar panels combine in SunUp, a product for outdoor adventurers invented by Brunel University design graduate Bradley Brister. More about SunUp provides a backpack-hugging solar-power solution for hikers
Architecture studio MAD has designed a concept for a nature-friendly hyperloop network with raised green walkways alongside tubes topped with a solar panel skin. More about MAD envisions solar-powered hyperloop system
Diamond-shaped metal panels will wrap this oval sports venue that AECOM has designed for the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team. More about AECOM designs LA Clippers sports complex to resemble a "basketball swishing through a net"
American firms Wittman Estes and NODE have created a prefabricated accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, that is wrapped in charred wood and runs entirely on solar power. More about Wittman Estes and NODE use prefab elements to create rentable backyard cottage in Seattle
IKEA has partnered with Little Sun – the social business co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson – on small domestic solar panels that store energy to provide light and power, and inspire action on climate change. More about Olafur Eliasson joins with IKEA to encourage people to harvest their own solar power