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Moscow gets its first traffic signals powered by renewable energy
Aug 28, 2017 (UPI)
"Traffic lights of the new system have two independent sources of energy: a wind generator and a solar battery," Vadim Yuryev, the head of the Russian Center fo...
New records for the solar cell of tomorrow
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
These achievements, published in Nature Energy, are a world first in the highly competitive race to improve silicon-based solar cells efficiency, confirming the...
More solar power thanks to titanium
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
With the help of a catalyst, sunlight can drive the oxidation of water to oxygen and the release of electrons for current generation, a process also called arti...
Audi Cooperates with Alta Devices on Automobiles with Solar Roofs
Aug 24, 2017 (SPX)
As the first step, Audi and Alta Devices will integrate solar cells into a panoramic glass roof. In the future, because Alta's technology is uniquely flexible, ...
By 2050, 139 countries could be powered by wind, solar, water
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
A transition of this kind could mean less worldwide energy consumption due to the efficiency of clean, renewable electricity -- leading to a net increase of mor...
Coronal Energy completes major solar installations on Department Of Defense property
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
The 120 MWac Gulf Coast Solar Center spans 942 acres across three Navy and Air Force sites in Northwest Florida. Together with Air Force and Navy officials, exe...
Renewables could bring balance to India's economic growthw.
Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)
A report on India's energy sector from the International Renewable Energy Agency found the government could save on health-related costs and create more jobs wh...
Midsummer receives two new orders for its DUO thin film solar cell manufacturing system
Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)
Midsummer has again received two new orders for its compact DUO thin film solar cell manufacturing system from an undisclosed customer. Due to a strong demand f...
The power of perovskite
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
The accelerating progress in perovskite technology over the past few years suggest new perovskite-based devices will soon outperform current technology in the e...
Deep-UV probing method detects electron transfer in photovoltaic devices
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Despite its importance in determining the potential of a photovoltaic device, current methods for monitoring the interfacial electron transfer remain ambiguous....
China's solar panels shine spotlight on North Korea trade
Aug 20, 2017 (AFP)
Yuan, manager of Sangle Solar Power, said sales to North Koreans have soared in the past two years, one of the border businesses still thriving despite growing ...
Floating solar power: new frontier for green-leaning water utilities
Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)
Large-scale floating solar projects have been installed in Japan and China, as well as on ponds at California wineries. But solar energy has remained primarily ...
Work begins in carbon-free site in Dubai
Aug 15, 2017 (UPI)
Dubbed the Sustainable City in Dubai, the 11,000-acre site could eventually host a population of around 2,000 people who get all of their power needs met by ren...
ABB wins $30 million order to support integration of renewables in Germany
Aug 09, 2017 (SPX)
Germany's "Energiewende" energy transition roadmap aims for a renewable energy target of at least 80 percent by 2050. The contribution of wind and solar to the ...
Lightweight catalyst for artificial photosynthesis
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
Melamine can be polymerized with formaldehyde to give a highly durable and light resin, but it can also condensed to form nanostructures of carbonitride materia...
Solar glasses generate solar power
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
In the Energy Technology journal, researchers from KIT now present sunglasses with colored, semitransparent solar cells applied onto lenses that supply a microp...
New method enhances broadband light absorption in solar cells
Aug 07, 2017 (SPX)
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has used mathematics and machine learning to design an optimal material for light management in solar cells, then fabri...
Chinese renewable energy capacity growing rapidly
Aug 01, 2017 (UPI)
Beijing issued a white paper last year, which stated the Communist Party of China is "committed to the concept of environment-friendly development." The paper s...
World Bank tries to make Pacific solar power decisions easier
Jul 31, 2017 (UPI)
At a regional energy summit in Samoa, the World Bank said it was detailing the potential for its online solar atlas, which gives interested parties the means to...
Schneider Electric India commissions 720 kWp solar plant at its manufacturing facility in Vadodara
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
The solar project, built on a rooftop area of 6,000 square meters, covers almost 45% of the total factory load and will produce over 1.05 million units of elect...
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