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Five Reasons Why Certain Solar Salesmen Are Better Than Others
Jan 25, 2022 (SPX)
1. They Hunt Leads First, you are only really going to get those sales if you are spending a good amount of time actively searching for leads. The best solar sa...
Menlo Electric with a 200 MW distribution deal with Jinko Solar
Jan 21, 2022 (SPX)
"The energy transition trend is gaining momentum throughout Europe, and in Central Europe in particular. After building a leadership position in Poland, we were...
Quantum dots boost perovskite solar cell efficiency and scalability
Jan 21, 2022 (SPX)
One of the obstacles facing the commercialization of perovskite solar cells is that their power-conversion efficiency and operational stability drop as they sca...
Photon recycling - The key to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
This fast growth during the last decade raises the question of whether perovskite solar cells will be able to reach the upper (thermodynamic) limit of photovolt...
Solar power, going down
Jan 14, 2022 (ESA)
A new ESA Discovery project is looking into a key part of the space-based solar power process: how to convert a large amount of solar power into a useful form, ...
Standard Solar acquires 28.5 MW commercial solar project from True Green Capital Management
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
"We are actively pursuing growth opportunities through acquisition of existing and operating solar projects and adding the Mountain Home project to our asset ba...
Rapid preparation of CdSe thin-film solar cells
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
However, the stability challenges of perovskite and the high-cost problem of III-V semiconductors largely limit their wide applications. Exploring new stable, l...
Ubiquitous Energy closes $30 Million Series B funding round
Jan 12, 2022 (SPX)
Including this Series B round, a total of $70 million of funding has been raised by the company to date showing the significant interest that exists amongst inv...
Germany to speed up green energy projects in 'gigantic' effort
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
Germany needs to become "more efficient and faster" in the fight against climate change, Green party minister Habeck said, as he unveiled an ambitious package o...
Russian company develops method for effective transfer of solar energy to Earth
Jan 06, 2022 (Sputnik)
Russian Space Systems, a subsidiary of the Russian state company Roscosmos, has developed a project of an advanced space power plant capable of gathering solar ...
Templating approach stabilizes 'ideal' material for alternative solar cells
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used an organic molecule as a 'template' to guide perovskite films into the desired phase as they form. Their...
Engineering next generation solar powered batteries
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
Initial efforts to channel solar energy to recharge batteries employed the use of photovoltaic cells and batteries as separate entities. Solar energy is convert...
Scientists find ways to help perovskite solar cell self-healing
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
These solar cells have shown amazing humidity stability and self-healing behavior after 500 hours of operation, according to the researchers. Organic-inorganic ...
AU researchers develop solar-powered tech to make forever chemicals harmless
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
The technology is based on the development of sustainable biochar-based photocatalytic nanomaterial that, with the help of solar energy, can expedite a chemical...
AFRL, Northrop Grumman demonstrate solar to radio frequency conversion
Dec 27, 2021 (SPX)
A ground demonstration of novel components for the "sandwich tile" were used to successfully convert solar energy to radio frequency (RF) - a fundamental step r...
NASA performs spacewalk to install solar array on space station
Dec 22, 2021 (UPI)
Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio began the spacewalk at 8:19 a.m. EST to install an International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array, or iROSA, to augmen...
'Wonder material' phosphorene nanoribbons live up to hype in first demonstration
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
PNRs were first produced in 2019, and hundreds of theoretical studies have predicted how their properties could enhance all kinds of devices, including batterie...
Human cost of China's green energy rush ahead of Winter Olympics
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
China has vowed the upcoming Winter Olympics 2022 will be the first Games to be run entirely on wind and solar energy, and have built scores of facilities to in...
'Photosynthetic' algae can survive the dark
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
Coccolithophores, like most algae, are photosynthetic and utilize the sun's energy to make food. However, the aftermath of the asteroid impact was thought to ha...
New device advances commercial viability of solar fuels
Dec 20, 2021 (SPX)
The researchers' findings, which they recently reported in the journal Nature Energy, reveal how the device degrades with use, then demonstrate how to mitigate ...
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