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Simple semiconductor solutions could boost solar energy generation and enable better space probes
Nov 24, 2022 (SPX)
Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) has demonstrated that by precisely controlling the fabrication process, it is possible to regulate and reduce unwan...
Europe's space agency reviewing space-based solar power
Nov 23, 2022 (UPI)
The ESA said it was investigating the technology necessary to deploy a space-based solar power system through an initiative dubbed Solaris. A demonstration proj...
Sidus Space engages GTM Advanced Structures to integrate space-proven solar panels into LizzieSat
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Sidus Space is in advanced stages of developing LizzieSat, a proprietary partially 3-D printed satellite, expected to launch in 2023. The satellite design utili...
New insights into energy loss open doors for one up-and-coming solar tech
Nov 22, 2022 (SPX)
Now, engineers at Princeton University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have described a new way to express energy loss in organic solar c...
Predicting performance of perovskite solar cells through machine learning of existing data
Nov 18, 2022 (SPX)
However, it has been challenging to elucidate their correlations because of the enormous variable space constructed by these factors. Exploring these relations ...
NASA astronauts complete spacewalk to prep for upcoming solar array upgrades
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The duo completed the routing of cables on the 3A power channel, and began the installation process of a modification kit on the 1B power channel, which will ac...
New discoveries made about a promising solar cell material, thanks to new microscope
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
Richard Kim, a scientist from Ames Lab, explained the two features that make the new scanning probe microscope unique. First, the microscope uses the terahertz ...
Research collaboration produces all-perovskite tandem solar cell with high efficiency, record voltage
Nov 16, 2022 (SPX)
The prototype device demonstrates the potential of this emerging photovoltaic technology to overcome key limits associated with traditional silicon solar cells,...
A novel concept for photovoltaics developed at TU Dresden
Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)
For example, silicon solar cells form a heterojunction by electrically doping each side of the device, forming a p-n junction. Organic solar cells, on the other...
Dirt-cheap solar evaporation could provide soil pollution solution
Nov 14, 2022 (SPX)
A recent report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization identifies soil pollution as a major threat to the global production of safe and sufficient food, ...
Sun-soaked North Africa pushes for cheap energy
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
While industry insiders complain of red tape, fossil fuel prices that soared after Russia's February invasion of Ukraine created a powerful incentive for such i...
Wireless power from space
Nov 10, 2022 (ESA)
The demonstration took place at Airbus' X-Works Innovation Factory in Munich. Using microwave beaming, green energy was transmitted green energy between two poi...
'Unstoppable' renewables help climate, security
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
Speaking at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, Francesco La Camera said market forces now all but ensure renewables will keep growing fast -- but also warned...
Africa renewable energy investment at 11-year low: research
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
Only $2.6 billion of capital was rolled out for new wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable power-generating projects in 2021, the lowest level of funding i...
Ultrathin solar cells promise improved satellite performance
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
In Journal of Applied Physics, by AIP Publishing, scientists from the University of Cambridge proposed a radiation-tolerant photovoltaic cell design that featur...
Bridging periods of reduced sunlight and peak loads in a climate-neutral way using salt
Nov 09, 2022 (SPX)
On an industrial scale, the technology has the potential to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energy sources. This makes it another important step toward...
Shining new light on solar cell development
Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)
ANU researchers have found a way to improve the performance of silicon photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells. This is done through the addition of 'passivating conta...
Solar power, farming revive Tunisia school as social enterprise
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Today the man behind the initiative hopes the success of the rural Makthar boarding school can serve as a model to improve the crumbling public school sector in...
Rocket Lab delivers final solar panels for NASA Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element
Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)
Gateway is an international collaboration to establish humanity's first space station in lunar orbit supporting sustained crewed and uncrewed deep space explora...
Achieving photovoltaic power generation for over 1,000 continuous hours at an efficiency of more than 20%
Nov 04, 2022 (SPX)
Solar cells have been a vital component of decarbonization policies, making them the subject of intense research around the globe. Perovskite solar cells are a ...
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