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New class of solar cells, using lead-free perovskite materials
Jan 21, 2019 (SPX)
As an alternative solution, Pb-free perovskites were recently proposed to counter the toxicity of lead based perovskites, yet it is of little use due to lower e...
Signal Energy Australia to build 333MW Darlington Point Solar Plant in New South Wales
Jan 17, 2019 (SPX)
Signal Energy, LLC is a leading design/build general contractor providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to the renewable energy indus...
Breakthrough in organic electronics
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The majority of our everyday electronics are based on inorganic semiconductors, such as silicon. Crucial to their function is a process called doping, which inv...
ASU engineers break solar cell record
Jan 14, 2019 (SPX)
Last year, Assistant Professor Zachary Holman and Assistant Research Professor Zhengshan "Jason" Yu in ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering set a world re...
Global Commission describes new geopolitical power dynamics created by renewable energy
Jan 14, 2019 (SPX)
In a new report launched at the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation...
A new way to measure solar panel degradation
Jan 11, 2019 (SPX)
So, how does one inspect panels in real time, in a way that is both cost-effective and time-efficient? Parveen Bhola, a research scholar at India's Thapar Insti...
New materials could help improve the performance of perovskite solar cells
Jan 11, 2019 (SPX)
Perovskite solar cells are an emerging photovoltaic technology that has seen a remarkable rise in power conversion ef?ciency to above 20 per cent. However, PSC ...
NREL details great potential for floating PV systems
Jan 09, 2019 (SPX)
Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floating PV to produce electricity in...
Seawater turns into freshwater through solar energy
Jan 08, 2019 (SPX)
Motivated by this problem, a team of engineers from the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Torino has devised a new prototype to desalinate seawater in a su...
How to spot every solar panel in the United States
Jan 02, 2019 (SPX)
Now, researchers at Stanford University have developed a new tool and accompanying open access website that identifies solar panels from high-resolution satelli...
Stanford team locates nearly all US solar panels in a billion images with machine learning
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
To get accurate numbers, Stanford University scientists analyzed more than a billion high-resolution satellite images with a machine learning algorithm and iden...
Stabilizing 2D layered perovskites for photovoltaics: setting up a defensive wall
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
A research team, led by Prof. GUO Xin and Prof. LI Can from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), improved t...
Costa Rica hits renewable energy mark for fourth year in a row
Dec 20, 2018 (AFP)
In 2018, just 1.44 percent of the central American country's electricity came from fossil fuel plants, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) said in a sta...
Photon Energy Connects 8 Solar Power Plants for 5.5 MWp in Hungary to Grid
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
Covering an area of 7.9 hectares, the plants are connected to the grid of E.ON Tiszantuli Aramhalozati Zrt and are expected to generate around 6.7 GWh of electr...
New property revealed in graphene could lead to better performing solar panels
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
The researchers fabricated pristine graphene - graphene with no impurities - into different geometric shapes, connecting narrow ribbons and crosses to wide open...
SunShare Selected by Xcel Energy to Build Six New Community Solar Gardens in Colorado
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
"We're very proud that SunShare will be able to continue our mission of bringing community solar to residential customers. We look forward to building our first...
Solar Frontier Americas Acquires Canadian Solar's 210 MWp Mustang Two Solar Project
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
"The Mustang Two transaction is the latest example of the strong demand we see globally for Canadian Solar's high quality solar assets, given our ability to par...
Sunfinity Helps Lakeside Chevrolet Shift To Solar
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
Lakeside Chevrolet in Rockwall, Texas, a long-time community leader, has become the first auto dealership in this booming suburb to deploy solar power to genera...
Sun-soaking device turns water into superheated steam
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
On a sunny day, the structure can passively pump out steam hot enough to sterilize medical equipment, as well as to use in cooking and cleaning. The steam may a...
Lithuanian scientists' approach to perovskite solar cells - cheaper production and high efficiency
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
Perovskite-based solar cells are fast forwarding to the front of emerging photovoltaics, already competing on efficiency against well-established solar technolo...
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