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Toward new solar cells with active learning
Apr 26, 2021 (SPX)
In machine learning, this correspondingly means that a learning algorithm needs to have been exposed to roughly similar data. But what can we do if there is a n...
SolAero Technologies' Ingenuity on Mars
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
The solar panel for Ingenuity was manufactured in SolAero's state-of-the-art production facility in Albuquerque, NM. The panel is populated with SolAero's indus...
Suntrace and Baywa r.e. complete largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for mining industry
Apr 13, 2021 (SPX)
Hybrid projects such as this, which combine solar energy with conventional energy generation and battery storage, are an effective way to provide reliable power...
Queens Landlord Will Complete Borough's Largest Residential Solar Energy Project by End of 2021
Apr 13, 2021 (SPX)
Solar panels have been installed on 26 of the 45 buildings Zara Realty owns and manages in Queens, enough to power more than 125 households, producing 1.3 milli...
Encouraging solar energy adoption in rural India
Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)
To expedite the spread of solar technologies, such organizations need to understand the barriers and incentives for households to adopt them. Scholars have assu...
NASA's Lucy stretches its wings in successful solar panel deployment test
Apr 07, 2021 (SPX)
Lucy, the 13th mission in NASA's Discovery Program, requires these large solar panels as it will operate farther from the Sun than any previous solar-powered sp...
British army readies solar farm to reduce emissions
Apr 07, 2021 (UPI)
With 4,248 solar panels to be arrayed on a field, it was described in a Twitter statement on Wednesday as "the first of four photovoltaic solar farm sites to be...
This hydrogen fuel machine could be the ultimate guide to self-improvement
Apr 06, 2021 (SPX)
Now, scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) - in collaboration with the University of Michigan an...
Smart glass has a bright future
Apr 02, 2021 (SPX)
Harmut Hillmer et al. of the University of Kassel in Germany demonstrate that potential in "MOEMS micromirror arrays in smart windows for daylight steering," a ...
Polarized photovoltaic properties emerge
Apr 02, 2021 (SPX)
Solar power is considered a key technology in the move away from fossil fuels. Researchers continually innovate more efficient means to generate solar energy. A...
DNV publishes world's first recommended practice for floating solar power plants
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
The Recommended Practice (DNVGL-RP-0584) will provide commonly recognized guidance based on a list of technical requirements for accelerating safe, sustainable ...
Sparkwing solar panels selected to power Aerospacelab's first Very High Resolution satellite
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
Sparkwing is an Airbus product to power small satellites. Aerospacelab selected the single-deployable 1070x570mm wing configuration from the Sparkwing catalogue...
Low-cost solar-powered water filter removes lead, other contaminants
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
The device resembles a large sponge that soaks up water but leaves contaminants - like lead, oil and pathogens - behind. To collect the purified water from the ...
NTU Singapore scientists design 'smart' device to harvest daylight
Apr 01, 2021 (SPX)
In Singapore, authorities are looking at the feasibility of digging deeper underground to create new space for infrastructure, storage, and utilities. Demand fo...
Water splitting for solar energy conversion
Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)
Barium tantalum oxynitride (BaTaO2N) is an oxynitride semiconductor material that absorbs visible light up to 650 nm and has a band structure capable of decompo...
Homing in on longer-lasting perovskite solar cells
Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)
Now, an international interdisciplinary team led by MIT has come up with a new approach to narrowing the search for the best candidates for long-lasting perovsk...
Photovoltaics can make the world fossil-free faster than expected
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
Solar photovoltaic technology has undergone dramatic development over the past 14 years causing the technology to be cheaper already today than has otherwise be...
Unusual magnetic transition in perovskite oxide can help boost spintronics
Mar 30, 2021 (SPX)
The advent of electronics has revolutionized our lives to an extent where it is impossible to imagine going about our day without relying on an electronic devic...
Renewable energy, new perspectives for photovoltaic cells
Mar 29, 2021 (SPX)
The research includes among its authors the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology (IFN-CNR) researcher Franco V. A. Camargo and Professor Giulio Cerullo. It...
Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Mar 29, 2021 (SPX)
However, given the complex nature of water bodies and differing designs of solar technologies, there could also be detrimental ecosystem impacts of deploying fl...
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