--- title: Seizing solar’s bright future | daily.dev description: Solar capacity in the United States has increased nearly 900% in the past decade, with a record amount of solar installations in 2023. Optigon, a MIT spinout... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/seizing-solar-s-bright-future-otzwbktuq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Seizing solar’s bright future | daily.dev og:description: Solar capacity in the United States has increased nearly 900% in the past decade, with a record amount of solar installations in 2023. Optigon, a MIT spinout... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/seizing-solar-s-bright-future-otzwbktuq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OtZWbKTuQ.png og:image:alt: Seizing solar’s bright future og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Seizing solar’s bright future **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Solar capacity in the United States has increased nearly 900% in the past decade, with a record amount of solar installations in 2023. Optigon, a MIT spinout company, aims to improve the efficiency and durability of solar photovoltaic materials and manufacturing. They have developed tools for automating the measurement and analysis of materials, which could lead to the next generation of PV modules at a lower cost. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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