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Biden calls clean energy matter of national security
Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)
"Russia's brutal and unprovoked assault on its neighbor Ukraine has fueled a global energy crisis and sharpened the need to achieve longterm reliable energy sec...
Oil giant BP buys into $36 bn Australian renewables project
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
BP said it would operate the $36 billion "Asian Renewable Energy Hub", an array of solar and wind facilities sprawled over 6,500 square kilometres (2,509 square...
Towards indoor lighting-powered thin-film, flexible solar cells with piezophototronics
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
Using piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires, the research team was able to tune the bandgap of ZnO and optimize the electrical properties of the nanowires by...
Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace to Power NASA's GLIDE Spacecraft
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
The SAP will utilize SolAero by Rocket Lab's high-efficiency, radiation-hardened, quadruple-junction Z4J solar cells, laid down on carbon composite facesheet pa...
Sponge-like solar cells could be basis for better pacemakers
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
In a new study, University of Chicago scientists find that holes can also improve technology, including medical devices. Published in Nature Materials, the pape...
Biden throws US solar industry a lifeline with tariff relief, but can incentives bring manufacturing back?
Jun 08, 2022 (The Conversation)
The tariff threat involved imported solar panels and components from four Asian countries that supply about 80% of photovoltaic cells and modules used in the U....
New polymer property could boost accessible solar power
Jun 07, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are the first to observe a biological property called chirality emerging in achiral conjugated polyme...
US suspending solar panel tariffs on four Asian nations, not China
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
Biden's administration will also invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to accelerate domestic production, and use the federal government's purchasing power to...
Time-reversal asymmetry surpasses conversion efficiency limit for solar cells
Jun 02, 2022 (SPX)
A fundamental limit to the maximum efficiency of PV devices is given by thermodynamic characteristics, namely temperature and entropy (a measure of disorder in ...
Reconfiguring perovskite interface via R4NBr addition stabilizers FAPbI3-based solar cells
Jun 02, 2022 (SPX)
Here, aiming at outstanding interfacial passivation, Prof. Meng's team have investigated the reconfiguration of perovskite interface by the interaction between ...
Novel solar cell architecture performs well under real-world constraints
Jun 02, 2022 (SPX)
To overcome this limit and reach higher efficiencies, different designs for solar cells have been considered. For instance, hot-carrier solar cells (HCSCs) make...
China to double wind, solar energy capacity by 2025
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
The world's biggest polluter earlier estimated it needs to double wind and solar use by 2030 to deliver on its pledges under the Paris climate accord. The lates...
Ultralight flexible perovskite solar cells
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
210-nm-thick Zr, Ti and Ga-doped indium oxide (ITGZO) was sputtered on parylene as transparent conducting oxide (TCO) electrodes, and inverted FPSCs were then a...
Solar-biomass hybrid system satisfies home heating requirements in winter
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
In Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, published by AIP Publishing, researchers in China and the United States outline a computer simulation model addr...
NREL creates highest efficiency 1-sun solar cell
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
"The new cell is more efficient and has a simpler design that may be useful for a variety of new applications, such as highly area-constrained applications or l...
Secret to treating 'Achilles' heel' of alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers used a combination of techniques to mimic the process of aging under sunlight and observe changes in the materials at the nanoscale, helping the...
TotalEnergies buys stake in US renewables producer
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
The French giant has agreed to buy 50 percent of Clearway Energy Group from the fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), it said in a statement. The move -- a...
Namibia comes to Europe to sell its sunshine
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
A delegation from sub-Saharan Africa's driest country has been touring Europe to tout their nation as a potential powerhouse of clean energy. They say Namibia c...
New light on organic solar cells
May 18, 2022 (SPX)
"To enable the full potential of organic solar cells to be exploited, there is a need for a clear picture of how they work. We have now obtained that picture. T...
Climate-stricken world needs renewables Marshall Plan: UN chief
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
To avoid catastrophic climate change, humanity must "end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition, before we incinerate our only hom...
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