Energy & Green Tech
UC Berkeley researchers just broke another record in photovoltaic efficiency, an achievement that could lead to an ultralight engine that can power drones for days.
Jul 26, 2019
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Engineers have designed a new system that can help cool buildings in crowded metropolitan areas without consuming electricity, an important innovation at a time when cities are working to adapt to climate change.
Aug 05, 2019
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The utility company operating Fukushima's tsunami-devastated nuclear power plant said Friday it will run out of space to store massive amounts of contaminated water in three years, adding pressure on the government and the ...
Aug 09, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
The cost of energy storage will be critical in determining how much renewable energy can contribute to the decarbonization of electricity. But how far must energy storage costs fall? In a study published August 7 in the journal ...
Aug 07, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study.
Aug 08, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A study led by KU Leuven for the first time explains how a promising type of perovskites—man-made crystals that can convert sunlight into electricity—can be stabilized. As a result, the crystals turn black, enabling them ...
Jul 26, 2019
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A team of researchers with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mälardalen University and Tsinghua University has found that all of China's major cities are now in a position to produce electricity from solar power more ...
Aug 13, 2019 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Silicon dominates solar energy products—it is stable, cheap and efficient at turning sunlight into electricity. Any new material taking on silicon must compete and win on those grounds. As a result of an international research ...
Aug 08, 2019
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Advances in adapting the technology for cold climates and offshore use and better methods for predicting wind conditions have fanned significant growth of the use of wind turbines for electricity in the last 40 years. A new ...
Aug 13, 2019
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Researchers at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), in collaboration with researchers at the German Fraunhofer ISE, have trapped sunlight efficiently in a solar cell thanks to an ultrathin absorbing layer ...
Aug 07, 2019
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