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A new picture emerges on the origins of photosynthesis in a sun-loving bacteria
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
With today's solar panels limited by their efficiency (currently, more than 80 percent of available solar energy is lost as heat), scientists have been looking ...
A new optimization model could bring higher solar-power integration
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
Demand response (DR) is one promising way to increase operational flexibility and energy efficiency. However, little research has been conducted on a large scal...
Study shows India can integrate 175 GW of renewable energy into its electricity grid
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
Working with the Ministry of Power and USAID - with co-sponsorship from the World Bank (ESMAP) and the 21st Century Power Partnership - NREL; Power System Opera...
UNIST hits new world efficiency record with perovskite solar cells
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
This breakthrough comes from a research, conducted by Distinguished Professor Sang-Il Seok of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST in collaboration with Pro...
Cubico completes acquisition of Andasol 1 and Andasol 2 concentrated solar power plants in Spain
Jul 27, 2017 (SPX)
The plants use parabolic trough thermosolar technology with 7.5 hours of thermal salt storage, which, combined with an oversized solar field, allows the plants ...
Measure adds Aerial Solar Plant Inspections to Drone Services Portfolio
Jul 25, 2017 (SPX)
The new turnkey solutions enable solar facility owners, asset managers and O and M contractors to realize the cost and operational benefits of aerial inspection...
Solar Toolkit Developed to Help Municipalities Advance Solar Projects
Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)
The Solar PILOT Toolkit provides a framework for local taxing jurisdictions to negotiate payment agreements with solar developers. In addition to their clean en...
Non-toxic alternative for next-generation solar cells
Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)
The team of researchers, from the University of Cambridge and the United States, have used theoretical and experimental methods to show how bismuth - the so-cal...
India's ageing trains get green makeover with solar panels
Jul 19, 2017 (AFP)
The lighting, fans and information displays inside the train -- once powered by diesel -- will run off the sun's energy after the panels were fitted to the carr...
More EU praise for progress on renewable energy
Jul 17, 2017 (UPI)
Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic met Monday with Portuguese leaders to discuss clean energy and national energy plans. Largely isolated from Europ...
Making two out of one
Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)
Physicists and chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) collaborating in an international joint project with Northwestern University ...
meeco to equip 57 roofs in Guyana with sun2roof solar energy installations
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
"We are delighted to have been awarded the tender for the installation of in total 740 kWp on diverse roofs of government-owned facilities such as schools, poli...
There Will Always be Sun on this Horizon
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
Horizon Beverage selected Beaumont Solar to fully engineer, design and construct the system. Consisting of 2,990 solar panels, Horizon Beverage's rooftop solar ...
Investors Generate 174,000,000 kWh of Renewable Electricity
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
THRIVE investors see long-term impact, year on year, through growth in the portfolio resulting in the generation of more kilowatt-hours of renewable electricity...
SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger
Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)
SolarEdge's HD-Wave inverter, once integrated with an EV charger, will not only provide the existing management and monitoring of solar production, but will als...
Meniscus-assisted technique produces high efficiency perovskite PV films
Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)
The process, which uses parallel plates to create a meniscus of ink containing the metal halide perovskite precursors, could be scaled up to rapidly generate la...
Solar cell design using diverse plant pigments
Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)
Two types of solar cells with two photosensitizers: thylakoid membrane preparations and anthocyanin-enriched raspberry extracts have been studied. The project r...
Chinese Solar Farm in the Shape of a Giant Panda Can Be Seen From Space
Jul 07, 2017 (XNA)
The Panda Power Plant, near Datong in Shanxi province, is the brainchild of Panda Green Energy, a company who are planning many more solar farms as part of Chin...
Elon Musk's Tesla to build world's largest battery in Australia
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
The region was hit with a total blackout when an "unprecedented" storm wrecked power transmission towers in 2016, and billionaire Musk in March offered to help ...
Environmental groups say G20 paying lip service to clean energy
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
More than 20 heads of state and government representatives arrive Friday in Hamburg for the 12th summit for members of the G20 economic bloc. In the past, membe...
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