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Solar powered irrigation: a game-changer for small-scale farms in sub-Saharan Africa
Aug 24, 2023 (SPX)
In a new IIASA-led study as part of the research project Renewables for African Agriculture (RE4AFAGRI), an international team of researchers developed an open-...
To improve solar and other clean energy tech, look beyond hardware
Aug 21, 2023 (SPX)
While the cost of installing a solar energy system has dropped by more than 99 percent since 1980, this new analysis shows that "soft technology" features, such...
US accuses Chinese companies of evading solar panel tariffs
Aug 18, 2023 (AFP)
"Commerce found that five companies were attempting to avoid the payment of US duties by completing minor processing in third countries," the Commerce Departmen...
Highly efficient organometal halide perovskite photoelectrodes for water splitting
Aug 11, 2023 (SPX)
Recently, organometal halide perovskites (OHPs) have emerged as a promising photoanode material on this front. Unfortunately, OHP-based photoanodes suffer from ...
Waste plastics transformed into chemicals with solar-powered catalyst
Aug 05, 2023 (SPX)
In a groundbreaking move, a research team headed by Prof. Jinxing Chen of Soochow University in China has developed an advanced integrated photothermal catalyst...
Huge solar arrays installed on Psyche
Aug 04, 2023 (SPX)
After passing the deployment test, the twin wings were re-stowed and will remain tucked away on the sides of the orbiter until the spacecraft leaves Earth. Psyc...
Lunar Regolith to Power Moon Bases: Blue Origin Gets NASA Backing
Aug 01, 2023 (SPX)
First revealed earlier this year, Blue Alchemist aims to produce solar cells from lunar regolith, a substance consisting of dust and crushed rock that is abunda...
Solar batteries: a new material makes it possible to simultaneously absorb light and store energy
Jul 28, 2023 (SPX)
Solar energy is booming. The improvement of solar technology's capacity to capture as much light as possible, convert it into energy and make it available to me...
New robot boosts solar energy research
Jul 27, 2023 (SPX)
"RoboMapper allows us to conduct materials testing more quickly, while also reducing both cost and energy overhead - making the entire process more sustainable,...
AI and satellite imagery transform solar energy potential mapping in China
Jul 26, 2023 (SPX)
The team harnessed data from the Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager on the Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) satellite, coupled with a random forest model and a physical ...
China's GalaxySpace Debuts Revolutionary Flexible Solar Wing Satellite
Jul 26, 2023 (SPX)
In a noteworthy first, the Lingxi-03 satellite is furnished with a flexible solar wing, a unique design for the nation. The solar panel, a single-layered struct...
Harnessing the power of the Sun for water remediation
Jul 25, 2023 (SPX)
Electrochemical separation, a process that employs electrochemistry to distinguish and isolate various particles in a solution, has been a favored technique for...
Bifacial perovskite solar cells point to higher efficiency
Jul 19, 2023 (SPX)
"This perovskite cell can operate very effectively from either side," said Kai Zhu, a senior scientist in the Chemistry and Nanoscience Center at NREL and lead ...
Revolutionary recovery technique for space solar cells uncovered by Australian researchers
Jul 18, 2023 (SPX)
This multidisciplinary study was a first in several aspects. It marked the initial use of thermal admittance spectroscopy (TAS) and deep-level transient spectro...
Clean energy on agenda of Japan PM's pre-COP28 talks in UAE
Jul 17, 2023 (AFP)
Kishida's visit to the United Arab Emirates, which will host COP28 in November-December, is part of the first Gulf tour by a Japanese premier since the late Shi...
Virginia Tech to study the environmental effects of utility-scale solar installations
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
With a $3.4 million grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will lead a compr...
Lunar solar power satellite
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
As part of ESA's Open Space Innovation Platform Campaign on 'Clean Energy - New Ideas for Solar Power from Space', a study undertaken by Switzerland's Astrostro...
Improving high-temperature stability of perovskite solar cells
Jul 14, 2023 (SPX)
In a new study, researchers have found that they can minimize PSC degradation at high temperatures by using fluorinated aniliniums, a class of compounds used in...
Help ESA research key space-based solar power challenges
Jul 11, 2023 (ESA)
Earth's atmosphere, clouds and day-night cycle significantly reduce the average availability of sunlight, so collecting sunlight in space is much more efficient...
Two studies report: Perovskite-silicon tandem cells that break the 30% efficiency threshold
Jul 08, 2023 (SPX)
This can be done by stacking two or more interconnected photoactive materials into a singular device, improving the harvesting of solar energy. Combining perovs...
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