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ARENA solar funding shines on - for now
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
The large-scale solar projects awarded funding by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) show the remarkable success of the agency and the value of inve...
New perovskite research discoveries may lead to solar cell, LED advances
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
"Promising" and "remarkable" are two words U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory scientist Javier Vela uses to describe recent research results on organol...
NREL supercomputing provides insights from higher wind and solar generation in eastern grid
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and inn...
New tool can calculate renewable energy output anywhere in the world
Sep 07, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have created an interactive web tool to estimate the amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location. The tool, call...
Recurrent Energy announces commercial operation of 100MW Mustang solar power project
Sep 06, 2016 (SPX)
Canadian Solar has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy has reached commercial operation of the 100 MWac/134 MWp Mustang solar power proj...
A new technique opens up advanced solar cells
Sep 06, 2016 (SPX)
In a photovoltaic cell, light generates opposite charges in the active layer. The charges must then be separated as quickly as possible to keep them from recomb...
Growing PV pipelines across Europe await policy support
Sep 05, 2016 (SPX)
The demand for ground-mount photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Europe will decline by 40 percent in 2016 over the previous year, but recovery is expected after 2018....
Canada talks up low-carbon ties with China
Sep 02, 2016 (UPI)
Bilateral exchange across the Pacific in the area of clean energy could be a driver for a new global economic strategy, Canada's prime minister said. Canadian P...
Solar cell is more efficient, costs less than its counterparts
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world, yet the clean energy source st...
U.S. capital comes up short on solar power
Aug 29, 2016 (UPI)
Though the overall goal for renewable energy was raised, a U.S. federal report said the nation's capital is falling short when it comes to solar power. The Dist...
An effective and low-cost solution for storing solar energy
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
How can we store solar energy for period when the sun doesn't shine? One solution is to convert it into hydrogen through water electrolysis. The idea is to use ...
Bubble-wrapped sponge creates steam using sunlight
Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)
How do you boil water? Eschewing the traditional kettle and flame, MIT engineers have invented a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlig...
Class AAA LED solar simulator supports testing and development of PV devices
Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)
Innovations in Optics, Inc. introduces the LumiSun-50 high power, multi-wavelength LED Solar Simulator that meets Class AAA solar simulator requirements of IEC ...
SLAC, Stanford gadget grabs more solar energy to disinfect water faster
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
In many parts of the world, the only way to make germy water safe is by boiling, which consumes precious fuel, or by putting it out in the sun in a plastic bott...
NREL technique leads to improved perovskite solar cells
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), de...
Michigan utility opens second campus solar farm
Aug 15, 2016 (UPI)
A Michigan utility company said Monday it started operations at a solar power plant in the western part of the state, its second facility on a college campus. S...
Material for polymer solar cells may lend itself to large-area processing
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
For all the promise they have shown in the lab, polymer solar cells still need to "get on a roll" like the ones employed in printing newspapers so that large sh...
Tiny high-performance solar cells turn power generation sideways
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created high-performance, micro-scale solar cells that outshine comparable devices in key performance measures. T...
New PV200 Combines Solar PV Tests With I-V Curve Analysis
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
A brand new concept in solar PV test instrumentation combines accurate I-V curve analysis with essential electrical testing for the fast and effective commissio...
New high-temperature device captures a broader solar wavelength spectrum
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
The photovoltaic (PV) cells in traditional solar cells convert sunlight efficiently within a narrow range of wavelengths determined by the material used in the ...
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