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Perovskite solar-cell absorbers improved by giving them a squeeze

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Solar cells made of artificial metallic crystalline structures called perovskites have shown great promise in recent years. Now Stanford University scientists h...

Renewables posted record growth rate in 2015: IRENA

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

Renewable energy capacity grew worldwide by a record 8.3 percent in 2015, according to a report published Thursday by a global green energy organisation. "As of...

Spanish court gives Abengoa seven months to restructure debt

Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)

A Spanish court said Wednesday it had agreed to give Spanish renewable energy firm Abengoa an additional seven months to strike a debt restructuring deal with c...

Graphene layer lets solar panels to generate energy in rain

Apr 06, 2016 (UPI)

Engineers and materials scientists have made solar panels increasingly efficient, but the technology still requires the cooperation of the weather. Currently, s...

Community solar systems add savings to local energy coop projects

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Part of the future of solar energy, especially for residential use, may be small "community-based" systems in which neighbors join together in the construction ...

Renewables use could save $750 bn in Mideast, Africa: official

Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)

Middle Eastern and North African nations can make a "net benefit" of $750 billion if they achieve their set targets on the use of renewable energy, a senior off...

Anesco constructs solar farm to support Chesterfield community

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

National energy efficiency solutions company Anesco has played a key role in a ground-breaking new community solar farm in Chesterfield, which will provide a lo...

42 MW Futtsu Solar Power Project in Japan Completed

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Pattern Energy Group LP ("Pattern Development"), and Green Power Investment Corporation ("GPI") have announced the completion of the 42 megawatt (MW) Futtsu Sol...

Renewable energy investments sees new world record set

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity - one of several...

China-US trade dispute drives Solar-PV polysilicon prices up

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

The ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States continues to affect the manufacture of polysilicon used for solar-photovoltaic (PV) modules in bot...

New catalyst offers efficient storage of energy

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

We can't control when the wind blows and when the sun shines, so finding efficient ways to store energy from alternative sources remains an urgent research prob...

Solar cell material can recycle light to boost efficiency

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered that a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid lead halide perovskites can recycle light - a finding that they believe co...

Solar fuels: A refined protective layer for the 'artificial leaf'

Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)

The team was able for the first time to produce a hybrid structure that converts 12 per cent of the incident solar energy into the form of hydrogen. The results...

New ORNL method could unleash solar power potential

Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)

Measurement and data analysis techniques developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could provide new insight into performance-robbin...

Creditors give Spanish energy giant Abengoa seven months' grace

Mar 28, 2016 (AFP)

One of the world's biggest renewable energy firms, Spain's Abengoa, said Monday it had been given a seven-month breathing space by its creditors for restructuri...

Australia invests $760 million in technologies to fight climate change

Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)

Australia will invest Aus$1 billion in clean energy technologies, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday, in a stark shift away from his predecessor's c...

Building better solar technologies for deep space missions

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected four proposals to develop solar array technologies that will aid spacecraft in exploring destination...

Ingeteam Test Labs join Intertek's global SATELLITE program

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Intertek has announced that Ingeteam has joined Intertek's SATELLITETM data acceptance program. Intertek's SATELLITE data acceptance program integrates speed, f...

Industry tightens screws on solar panel safety

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

The renewable energy industry's peak body has introduced new initiatives that will substantially lift the bar on the quality of solar power products sold in Aus...

The rise and fall of Spanish renewable energy giant Abengoa

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

Abengoa went from fixing electrical installations in war-torn Spain in the 1940s to building the world's largest solar power plant in the US -- a remarkable suc...