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New process boosts efficiency of bifacial CIGS thin film solar cell
Dec 18, 2022 (SPX)
Potential applications are, for instance, building-integrated photovoltaics, agrivoltaics - the simultaneous use of areas of land for both photovoltaic power ge...
Economical eco-friendly fabrication of high efficiency chalcopyrite solar cells
Dec 18, 2022 (SPX)
In this regard, solution-processed copper indium gallium sulfur diselenide solar cells (CIGSSe) solar cells have generated significant interest owing to their e...
Concentrating solar thermal technology ready for efficient use in Germany
Dec 15, 2022 (SPX)
This heats a heat transfer medium, which then flows through a heat exchanger. Concentrating solar thermal power plants, which are today primarily located within...
JUA Technologies receives grant to develop solar-powered crop dehydrator
Dec 14, 2022 (SPX)
The goal of the Phase II project, titled Smart Multipurpose Solar Dehydration Device for Value Addition to Specialty Crops, is the successful proof of concept t...
Producing 'green' energy from living plant bio-solar cells
Dec 14, 2022 (SPX)
In all living cells, from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals, electrons are shuttled around as part of natural, biochemical processes. But if electrodes a...
Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source
Dec 12, 2022 (SPX)
Because they are so thin and lightweight, these solar cells can be laminated onto many different surfaces. For instance, they could be integrated onto the sails...
Kerry says US could 'tweak' green subsidies after EU anger
Dec 10, 2022 (AFP)
In a BBC interview from London, broadcast on Saturday, Kerry also signalled unease over the UK government's decision to permit the opening of a coal mine despit...
The perovskite solar cells tough enough to match mighty silicon
Dec 08, 2022 (SPX)
By removing the solvent dimethyl-sulfoxide and introducing dimethylammonium chloride as a crystallisation agent, the researchers were able to better control the...
Energy crisis fuels renewables boom: IEA
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
Total renewables capacity worldwide is set to almost double in the next five years and overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation by 2025, th...
Sierra Space selected by Maxar to provide solar power solutions for constellation of proliferated LEO satellites
Dec 06, 2022 (SPX)
This contract will support a constellation of 14 satellites that use Maxar's proliferated low Earth orbit (LEO) spacecraft platform, which are designed to suppo...
Spacewalkers complete new solar array installation on ISS
Dec 05, 2022 (SPX)
Cassada and Rubio completed their major objectives to install an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) and disconnect a cable to ensure the 1...
Large band bending at SnS interface opens door for highly efficient thin-film solar cells
Dec 05, 2022 (SPX)
Now, a research group has laid the path for achieving higher open-circuit voltage in tin sulfide (SnS) solar cells, thus realizing their latent potential as a t...
Emerging technology allows solar panels and agriculture to coexist, legal hurdles remain
Dec 02, 2022 (SPX)
A new study from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois presents an overview of zoning and taxati...
US says solar firms evading tariffs on China-made goods
Dec 02, 2022 (AFP)
The department has been investigating claims that certain manufacturers of solar cells and modules went around antidumping and countervailing duties on China. I...
Cooling down solar cells, naturally
Dec 02, 2022 (SPX)
As operating temperature rises by 1 degree Celsius, traditional silicon-based solar cells will lose about 0.5% efficiency. In a typical photovoltaic plant, wher...
Can solar power provide more than clean energy
Dec 02, 2022 (SPX)
Climate change contributed to many deadly and costly disasters in recent years. As the U.S. looks to combat climate change, solar energy is increasingly seen as...
US green plan should be 'wake-up call' for EU industry: French minister
Dec 02, 2022 (AFP)
The EU "must be able to sweep in front of our own door" before worrying about the effects of the US climate plan on European industry, Le Maire told AFP in Wash...
US, France vow to settle spat over green industry subsidies
Dec 01, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking after summit talks at the White House, both stressed cooperation amid European Union concern that Biden's landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was an...
Fine tuning metal-organic frameworks to make stable perovskite solar cells
Nov 29, 2022 (SPX)
Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials play an important role in regulating perovskite crystallization and passivation defects and improving carrier mobility o...
Researchers unveil multi-mode reactions in perovskite solar cells
Nov 29, 2022 (SPX)
Recently, a research group led by Prof. XU Jixian and Prof. WU Xiaojun from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and their collaborators fro...
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