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Giving a tandem boost to solar-powered water splitting
Jul 14, 2021 (SPX)
Hydrogen is practically inexhaustible and when used to generate energy, only produces water vapor. However, to realize a truly eco-friendly hydrogen society, we...
Solar hydrogen for Antarctica - study shows advantages of thermally coupled approach
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
However, generators, engines, and heaters in these remote regions have mostly been powered until now by fossil fuels delivered by ship, such as petroleum or pet...
Could be old recycling next-generation solar panels fosters green planet
Jul 07, 2021 (SPX)
Designing a recycling strategy for a new, forthcoming generation of photovoltaic solar cells - made from metal halide perovskites, a family of crystalline mater...
Rebel-held Syria shifts power -- towards solar
Jul 04, 2021 (AFP)
"We used to rely on diesel-powered generators, but it was a struggle with fuel shortages and price hikes," said Khaled Mustafa, one of dozens of farmers who set...
Envision: China's renewable energy giant
Jul 02, 2021 (AFP)
Envision's two billion euro ($2.4 billion) electric car battery plant in Douai, northern France, will supply French carmaker Renault, it said, becoming France's...
Marines shut off power, run base with renewable energy
Jun 30, 2021 (UPI)
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar conducted two tests of its Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise this week, a program undertaken by the Pentagon to ensure elect...
Machine learning for solar energy is supercomputer kryptonite
Jun 25, 2021 (SPX)
Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science, based at RMIT University, have written a program that predicts the band gap of materials, includ...
Outstanding organic solar cells' performance achieved by using new technology
Jun 24, 2021 (SPX)
Organic solar cells are made of common organic elements such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, fluorine, oxygen, and sulphur. Their raw materials are cheap, abunda...
Solar energy collectors grown from 2D perovskite seeds
Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)
Halide perovskites are organic materials made from abundant, inexpensive ingredients, and Rice's seeded growth method addresses both performance and production ...
Synthetic tree enhances solar steam generation for harvesting drinking water
Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)
Solar steam generation (SSG) has emerged as a promising renewable energy technology for water harvesting, desalination, and purification that could benefit peop...
Togo launches West Africa's largest solar plant
Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)
The 50 megawatt facility, located in central Togo, will provide power to more than 158,000 households and save more than one million tonnes of CO2 emissions, To...
Computers help researchers find materials to turn solar power into hydrogen
Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)
In a study, a Penn State-led team of researchers reports it has taken a step toward overcoming the challenge of inexpensive hydrogen production by using superco...
Engineers unveil solar-powered AI system-on-chip
Jun 17, 2021 (UPI)
Scientists in Switzerland have addressed these shortcomings by squeezing an AI system onto a single computer chip and supplying it with solar power. Researchers...
Astronauts install new rollout solar panels on International Space Station
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
It was the first of several excursions to augment the ISS's existing eight solar arrays, with the first pair operating continuously since December 2000. The spa...
Senator Martin Heinrich visits AFRL and its Advanced Solar Power Initiatives
Jun 16, 2021 (AFNS)
As part of his "Electrifying America's Future Resolution," the senator visited AFRL and Sandia National Laboratories to learn more about the important technolog...
Prodiel Group and Everwood Capital create DVP Solar
Jun 16, 2021 (SPX)
This new firm, in which each of the two companies holds a 50% stake, has been started with the goal of providing a comprehensive response, throughout the value ...
Molecular coating enhances organic solar cells
Jun 11, 2021 (SPX)
Unlike the most common photovoltaic cells that use crystalline silicon to harvest light, organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) rely on a light-absorbing layer of ca...
Engineers apply physics-informed machine learning to solar cell production
Jun 10, 2021 (SPX)
Organic photovoltaics max out at 15% to 20% efficiency - substantial, but a limit on solar energy's potential. Lehigh University engineer Ganesh Balasubramanian...
Using AI at the first line of defence for portable solar and battery powered security systems
Jun 09, 2021 (SPX)
Locations such as cell towers, farms, or utility infrastructure need monitoring to prevent trespassing or dangerous scenarios. Similarly, construction sites, in...
Chile inaugurates Latin America's first thermosolar plant
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
In an area exceeding 700 hectares, 10,600 mirrors surround a 250-meter-high tower topped with a receiver onto which the Sun's rays are reflected. Molten salts i...
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