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Speeding up the journey towards clean energy through photocatalyst optimization
Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)
However, the optimization of photocatalyst candidate materials usually requires a considerable time investment. Now, researchers at Osaka University have demons...
SUN-to-LIQUID produces solar kerosene from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
"The SUN-to-LIQUID core solar technology and the integrated chemical plant were experimentally validated under real field conditions relevant to industrial impl...
Self-healing polymer brings perovskite solar tech closer to market
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
With atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reaching their highest recorded levels in history, and extreme weather events continuing to rise in number, the world is ...
Craft brewers use commercial rooftop and carport solar to cut operating costs
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
California craft brewers consume a lot of electricity. Few brewers know this better than Golden Road Brewing. California's electricity rates average over 6% gro...
Study reveals abundant, cost-competitive potential for solar and wind across Southeast Asia
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
The report was developed through the partnership between the U.S, Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NRE...
ib vogt completes 166MW PV plants for Benban solar complex
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
Each year over 400,000 MWh of electricity is produced, enough to supply the demand of approximately 127,000 local households and save 178,000 t of CO2 emissions...
The new technology will significantly enhance energy harvest from PV modules
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
The TalTech Power Electronics Research Group led by Researcher-Professor Dmitri Vinnikov has been working on improvement of the efficiency of alternative energy...
Breathing new life into dye-sensitized solar cells
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), the team report a series of adaptations with a power conversion efficiency of 10.7%, the highe...
Hybrid nanostructure steps up light-harvesting efficiency
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
Inspired by this found-in-nature architecture, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (...
US renewable generating capacity has surpassed coal fired power plants
Jun 12, 2019 (SPX)
FERC's latest monthly "Energy Infrastructure Update" report (with data through April 30, 2019) notes that 18 "units" of new wind capacity (1,545 MW) and 102 uni...
Discovery sheds light on synthesis, processing of high-performance solar cells
Jun 10, 2019 (SPX)
"This is about material design," says Aram Amassian, co-corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of materials science and engineer...
First stand-alone solar-powered poultry house
Jun 06, 2019 (SPX)
The 54-foot by 500-foot poultry house is located in Cullman County, Alabama, and capable of housing 36,000 broilers. The poultry house will be one of two identi...
GE lost billions by 'misjudging' renewables: report
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said GE had lost a "simply staggering" $193 billion (172 billion euros) in just th...
Solar cell defect mystery solved after decades of global effort
Jun 04, 2019 (SPX)
Now an international team of researchers have resolved a key fundamental issue of material defect which limits and degrades solar cell efficiency. The problem h...
New York state winters could pose solar farm 'ramping' snag for power grid
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
But Cornell University engineers caution that upstate winters tell a different tale. With low energy demand around midday in the winter, combined with solar-ele...
New solar panel dataset helps cities make power grids more safe, reliable
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
Data from PV systems distributed across a city is desperately needed to fully understand how this renewable energy source can be integrated into the power grid ...
ASU team throws new light on photosynthetic supercomplex structure
Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)
This important discovery is laid out in their paper published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. The paper is titled "The structure of the stress induc...
Researchers gain key insight into solar material's soaring efficiency
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
Over the last decade, Colorado State University researchers have led pioneering studies into improving the performance and cost of solar energy by fabricating a...
Renewables doesn't equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
Current methods of estimating greenhouse gas emissions use yearly averages, even though the carbon content of electricity on the grid can vary a lot over the co...
Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
May 27, 2019 (SPX)
Today virtually all solar cells are made of high-purity silicon. It's a well-established technology, and in recent years the manufacturing cost has dropped sign...
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