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The secret to renewable solar fuels is an off-and-on again relationship
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
For their study, now published in the journal ACS Catalysis, the scientists performed X-ray spectroscopy on working solar fuel generator prototypes to demonstra...
Perovskite solar cells developed by NTU Singapore scientists record highest power conversion
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
Perovskites are new materials that have emerged as promising alternatives to silicon in solar cell applications. The material offers power conversion efficienci...
Pressure suppresses carrier trapping in 2D halide perovskite
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
Despite impressive advances, challenges remain, including unsatisfactory performance and a vague understanding of their structure-property relationships. Addres...
NREL research points to strategies for recycling of solar panels
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
PV modules have a 30-year lifespan. There is currently no plan for how to manage this at end of their lifespan. The volume of modules no longer needed could tot...
Merging solar cell and liquid battery produces long-lasting solar storage
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
The new device is made of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells integrated with specially designed chemical battery components. The solar-flow battery achieved ...
Covid-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
While such an improved output was not unexpected, the researchers say this is the first study to demonstrate and quantify the impact of the reduced air pollutio...
Chemists advance solar energy storage aimed at global challenges
Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)
Utah State University chemists Tianbiao "Leo" Liu, Bo Hu and Maowei Hu are among authors of a paper published July 13, 2020, in 'Nature Materials,' describing a...
Renewables now EU's biggest source of electricity: study
Jul 22, 2020 (AFP)
"In the first half of 2020, renewables -- wind, solar, hydro and bioenergy -- generated 40 percent of of the EU-27's electricity, whereas fossil fuels generated...
Princeton chemists resolve origin of perovskite instability
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Using single crystal X-ray diffraction performed at Princeton University and X-ray pair distribution function measurements performed at the Brookhaven National ...
Newer solar power equipment ages better than older units
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
This fleet of utility-scale photovoltaic projects is relatively young and hasn't been operating long enough to establish a lengthy history of operational field ...
AFRL collaborates in break-through solar power development
Jul 13, 2020 (AFNS)
"We have been tracking the DOE's investments at NREL in this area for many years," said David Wilt, AFRL senior physicist. "The team at NREL invented the D-HVPE...
Record efficiency for printed solar cells
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
A team at Swansea University's SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, led by Professor Trystan Watson, has reported using a roll-to-roll fabrication method f...
New long-lasting solar-flow battery sets efficiency record
Jul 13, 2020 (UPI)
The solar-flow battery has a 20 percent efficiency rate of converting energy from the sun, setting a new record of efficiency -- a 40 percent improvement over t...
Cooling mechanism increases solar energy harvesting for self-powered outdoor sensors
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Thermoelectric devices, which use the temperature difference between the top and bottom of the device to generate power, offer some promise for harnessing natur...
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sun
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Perovskite is an attractive alternative to silicon, because it's abundant and easy to produce. What's more, over the past decade, the performance of perovskite ...
New DLR institutes will investigate solar-chemical fuels and the future of air transport
Jul 07, 2020 (SPX)
This will create new opportunities in the lignite mining regions affected by Germany's coal phase out. It will also provide the economy with the opportunity to ...
New solar forecasting model performs best
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
As clouds pass overhead, solar power generation from a photovoltaic system fluctuates from one minute to the next. Local producers of their own solar energy (fo...
Duke Energy to provide solar access to customers while lowering bills over time
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
If approved by the commission, the program will provide Duke Energy Florida customers with about 750 megawatts (MW) of new, cost-effective solar power - offerin...
O3 Energy, UPower, and AVANA Capital to supply Texas rural co-ops solar power
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
This portfolio of work enables five different Texas rural electrical Co-ops the ability to offer renewable energy via solar power to thousands of residential an...
Trina Solar supplies 187 MW of double-glass modules to EnBW for Germany's largest solar power plant
Jun 30, 2020 (SPX)
Trina Solar has started delivering a total of 187.5 megawatts of its Duomax double-glass modules to energy utility EnBW for the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar park n...
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