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Airbus Ventures leads Solestial's oversubscribed $10M seed round
Oct 13, 2022 (SPX)
Solestial's solar panels can be produced at scale using automated production methods at 90 percent lower cost than solar panels widely used by the satellite ind...
Second batch of Airbus' Sparkwing solar panels selected by Aerospacelab
Oct 13, 2022 (SPX)
The stiffness of the solar panels concept for small satellites is key for Aerospacelab's VHR mission, which requires high agility and stability of the platform ...
UK to cap renewable energy company revenues
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
The temporary cap on energy companies that produce electricity from renewables and nuclear is being introduced in England and Wales, the government said in a st...
Why some countries are leading the shift to green energy
Oct 07, 2022 (SPX)
A new study appearing this week in the journal Science identifies the political factors that allow some countries to take the lead in adopting cleaner sources o...
Renewables grow to meet global electricity demands: study
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Renewable energy sources are seen as crucial in global efforts to combat climate change, with huge falls in the unit costs of wind and solar helping to speed th...
Tired of power cuts, blockaded Gaza turns to solar
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
Looking at the rows of photo-voltaic panels at his beachfront fish farm and seafood restaurant, The Sailor, he said the investment he made six years ago had mor...
German firm RWE signs $6.8 bn US clean energy deal
Oct 02, 2022 (AFP)
RWE is one of Germany's main energy providers, with production historically linked to coal, which placed it among the country's largest CO2 polluters. The group...
Sunny future for solar power: Efficiency of low-cost solar cells improved
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
However, its efficiency is limited by its low melting point and wide bandgap-or range where no electronic states can exist. Now, Chen and other researchers have...
Solar power beams: a step towards cleaner energy
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
Everything is illuminated, thumbs up. Jean-Dominique Coste, Yoann Thueux and their colleagues have just shown decision-makers from politics and industry the inn...
Casting shadows on solar cells connected in series
Sep 28, 2022 (SPX)
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of...
Biden laying foundation for green energy investments: Yellen
Sep 27, 2022 (AFP)
Yellen called the administration's plan "the most aggressive action that we've ever taken to address the climate crisis." She traveled to North Carolina to tour...
Plan to research solar power from space
Sep 27, 2022 (ESA)
Recent studies funded by the Preparation element of ESA's Basic Activities programme, show the concept, called Space-Based Solar Power, is theoretically workabl...
Rooftop solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
A given household may save an average 16,200 gallons of water per year by installing rooftop solar, they found. In some states, like California, this saving can...
Gwangju researchers pave the way for large-scale, efficient organic solar cells with water treatment
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
Currently, several strategies exist for enhancing the performance and stability of OSCs. However, a problem that lingers on is the difficulty of controlling the...
China's control over solar manufacturing poses supply chain risk
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
Since 2014, China has invested more than $40 billion in solar manufacturing, about 15 times what companies in North America have invested, writes Associate Edit...
InventHelp inventor develops snow removal tool for solar panels
Sep 22, 2022 (SPX)
The invention provides an effective way to remove snow from solar panels, satellite dishes and outside hot tubs. It can also be used for washing and cleaning so...
Without collaboration, green transition 'delayed by decades': IEA
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
At last November's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, 45 countries vowed to work together on the deployment of green tech across a variety of sectors including el...
Research team undertakes study of perovskite photovoltaic modules
Sep 16, 2022 (SPX)
The team, with researchers from Hangzhou Dianzi University, University of Sialkot, Changzhou University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and...
Nanotubes illuminate the way to living photovoltaics
Sep 13, 2022 (SPX)
Boghossian's research focuses on interfacing artificial nanomaterials with biological constructs, including living cells. The resulting "nanobionic" technologie...
Purdue researchers suggest novel way to generate a light source made from entangled photons
Sep 09, 2022 (SPX)
The team proposed a method to generate entangled photons at extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) wavelengths where no such source currently exists. Their work provides a r...
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