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Electric surge to require flexible power systems: IEA
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
"The electricity sector is experiencing its most dramatic transformation since its creation more than a century ago," said the International Energy Agency in an...
Largest solar power study finds 25 percent power loss across UK
Nov 12, 2018 (SPX)
Dr Mahmoud Dhimish, a lecturer in Electronics and Control Engineering and co-director of the Photovoltaics Laboratory at the University, analysed 2,580 polycrys...
High-performance solar cells: Physicists grow stable perovskite layers
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
In a new study published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) present an approach that co...
Stanford researchers develop a rooftop device that can make solar power and cool buildings
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Today, such arrays do one thing - they turn sunlight into electricity. But Fan's lab has built a device that could have a dual purpose - generating electricity ...
See-through film rejects 70 percent of incoming solar heat
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Now MIT engineers have developed a heat-rejecting film that could be applied to a building's windows to reflect up to 70 percent of the sun's incoming heat. The...
Recurrent Energy signs build-transfer agreement with Entergy on 100 MWac Mississippi solar project
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
One of the first solar BTAs to be signed in the U.S., this agreement is expected to provide Entergy with the largest utility-owned solar facility in the state o...
Harvesting renewable energy from the sun and outer space at the same time
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Renewable energy is increasingly popular as an economical and efficient alternative to fossil fuels, with solar energy topping charts as the worldwide favorite....
MPOWERD launches its first smart solar light with Luci
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
As part of the Luci family, Luci Connect harnesses the power of the sun, storing solar energy in a 7.4Wh lithium-ion battery. Luci Connect features a two-way US...
Wind and solar power forecasting innovation
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
The three and half year PhD will focus on improving power forecasting for renewable energy assets, and it is anticipated that work on upgrading Natural Power's ...
Nantenergy acquires Sharp's energy systems and services business
Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)
Included in the acquisition is the award-winning SmartStorage behind-the-meter energy storage system. NantEnergy has also retained the entire Energy Systems and...
Urban Solar Releases Streamline Solar Series - Solar-Powered Area Lighting Systems
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
For parks, pathways, playgrounds and other open urban environments, the Streamline Solar Series delivers superior brightness and exceptional return on investmen...
Powered by windows: enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
For the development of high-performance thermoelectric materials, expensive and toxic heavy elements have often been used; however, the high cost and toxicity h...
New efficiency record set for perovskite LEDs
Nov 06, 2018 (SPX)
The researchers have engineered the perovskite layer in the LEDs to show close to 100% internal luminescence efficiency, opening up future applications in displ...
Photon Energy breaks ground on 5 Mwp solar projects in Hungary
Nov 06, 2018 (SPX)
The eight solar facilities of 498 kW each will be installed in the vicinity of the Hungarian village Almasfuzito located some 75 km northwest of Budapest near t...
Solar smashes several records in September
Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)
Analysing data from the Clean Energy Regulator, APVI found that Australia now has 10.1GW of installed solar, which is capable of delivering 14.6 Terawatt hours ...
Dutch FMO Bank calls for fair pricing of solar energy projects
Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)
Geert Fijnaut, manager Energy Asia and Eastern Europe at FMO, said: "At a tariff of around USD 2.5c per KWh - as seen in a number of countries in our target mar...
Puerto Rico works to tap renewable energy as part of better storm prep
Nov 05, 2018 (UPI)
"In terms of generation, something very important that will happen is that we will add capacity to the network with batteries and with rapid response units that...
Trina Solar provides 190MW of its TrinaPro PV solution to large solar park in Spain
Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)
ACS Group and its subsidiary Cobra, specialized in turnkey energetic infrastructures, are building this EPC project in Alcazar, Ciudad Real province (Spain), wi...
Photosynthesis like a moss
Oct 31, 2018 (SPX)
A team of Berkeley Lab researchers led by Masakazu Iwai and Krishna Niyogi examined photosystem I, a complex of several proteins known as the "electron hub" for...
Spain-based Repsol uses crude prices windfall to expand renewables, slash debt
Oct 31, 2018 (UPI)
The increase in production from the same period in 2017 resulted in average output of 713,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. "This growth was supported by t...
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