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New research to explore technology needed for peer-to-peer 'free trade' in excess energy
May 01, 2019 (SPX)
The UK has seen an increase in the uptake of micro-generation, in which individuals or organisations install their own small scale, renewables-based energy gene...
Record solar hydrogen production with concentrated sunlight
May 01, 2019 (SPX)
Scientists at EPFL's Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering (LRESE) came up with the idea of concentrating solar irradiation to produce a larger...
Improving the lifetime of bioelectrodes for solar energy conversion
Apr 30, 2019 (SPX)
The team involving Dr. Fangyuan Zhao, Dr. Adrian Ruff, Dr. Felipe Conzuelo, and Professor Wolfgang Schuhmann from the Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Center f...
Smart Cable Guard improves Dutch power grid reliability
Apr 29, 2019 (SPX)
Smart Cable Guard is DNV GL's online monitoring tool which uses sensors to monitor and locate weak spots, intermittent faults and partial discharges in power ca...
Fronius as a partner for the personal energy revolution
Apr 29, 2019 (SPX)
The ultimate goal is to power an entire household exclusively from self-generated solar energy, which can also be used to heat water and for e-mobility. This he...
Energy Systems and meeco complete 4 solar rooftop projects in Saudi Arabia
Apr 29, 2019 (SPX)
Taking into account the excellent preconditions for renewable energy systems in the country, the declining prices for PV technolo gies and the growing interest ...
Caffeine gives solar cells an energy boost
Apr 29, 2019 (SPX)
The idea began as a joke over morning coffee. "One day, as we were discussing perovskite solar cells, our colleague Rui Wang said, 'If we need coffee to boost o...
Solar Steel supplies 500 MW of its RackSmarT fixed Tilt structure to the largest PV project in Europe
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
The PV Project is located in the municipality of Usagre (Badajoz) and it is owned by IBERDROLA group, and will have an installed peak power of 500MW, supplying ...
Solar panel demand causing spike in worldwide silver prices
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from Kent Business School at the University set out to examine to what extent the rising demand for solar panels as part of a push to use renewable ...
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Partners with Fraunhofer ISE
Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)
Fraunhofer ISE will validate and accelerate solar panel sequential testing methods developed by DuPont, to enable service life estimation calculations. The test...
Solar evaporator offers a fresh route to fresh water
Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)
Now researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering have demonstrated a successful prototype of one critical component for affo...
Stability improvement under high efficiency - next stage development of perovskite solar cells
Apr 16, 2019 (SPX)
Various methods were used to improve the stability of bulk perovskites, including compositional engineering, interface adjustment, dimensional manipulation, cry...
The interface makes the difference in Perovskite-based solar cells
Apr 15, 2019 (SPX)
Perovskite-based solar cells are the fastest-advancing solar technology to date. Since they were first used in 2009, perovskite solar cells have achieved high e...
Renewables are a better investment than carbon capture for tackling climate change
Apr 09, 2019 (SPX)
Carbon capture technologies - that is new, or as yet undeveloped, technologies that capture CO2 emissions from coal and gas-fired power stations - play a fundam...
Helping flexible solar panels last longer
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
It could help extend the yield and working lifetime of organic, perovskite and CIGS PV cells, opening the door to cheaper, environmentally-friendly solar genera...
Mystery of negative capacitance in perovskite solar cells solved
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
For instance, measuring the efficiency of a perovskite solar cell can depend on things like how long the device is illuminated prior to measurement or how the v...
Catalyst research for solar fuels: Amorphous molybdenum sulfide works best
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
One particularly interesting class of catalysis materials for hydrogen generation are the molybdenum sulphides (MoSx). They are considerably cheaper than cataly...
Durability vs. recyclability: Dueling goals in making electronics more sustainable
Apr 08, 2019 (SPX)
But what happens to all of those solar panels in a couple of decades when they reach the end of their useful life? And what about electronic devices with even s...
Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power Capacity
Apr 03, 2019 (SPX)
IRENA's annual Renewable Capacity Statistics 2019, the most comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible figures on renewable energy capacity indicates growth in al...
New plastic films deflect or trap heat with zero energy required
Apr 03, 2019 (SPX)
"Materials used for wearable technologies and architecture applications require simultaneous control of multiple properties to combine visual appeal with therma...
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