Powering the Energy Transition With Better Long-Duration Power Storage
Researchers evaluate the role and value of long-duration energy storage technologies in securing a carbon-free electric grid. “The overall question for me is how to…
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Charged Up: Scientists Find New Pathway to Harnessing the Sun for a Clean Energy Future
Berkeley Lab co-led collaboration with DESY and TU Freiberg brings us a step closer to more efficient photovoltaics and solar fuel systems. In the past…
Analysis Reveals Plunge in Lithium-Ion Battery Costs – Further Steep Declines Possible
Analysis quantifies a dramatic price drop that parallels similar improvements in solar and wind energy, and shows further steep declines could be possible. The cost…
Plants Would Grow Well in Solar Cell Greenhouses – Generating Electricity Without Reducing Plant Growth
A recent study shows that lettuce can be grown in greenhouses that filter out wavelengths of light used to generate solar power, demonstrating the feasibility…
Field Research Shows Icing Can Cost Wind Turbines Up to 80% of Power Production
Researchers led by Iowa State’s Hui Hu took their studies of wind-turbine icing out of the lab and into the field to learn how and…
New Design Improves Efficiency of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output. Perovskites are a leading candidate for eventually replacing silicon…
Terminator Salvation? New Artificial Intelligence Program to Accelerate Clean Energy Generation
From ‘The Terminator’ and ‘Blade Runner’ to ‘The Matrix’, Hollywood has taught us to be wary of artificial intelligence. But rather than sealing our doom…
New Global “Wind Atlas” Propels Sustainable Energy for All Parts of the World
Wind energy scientists at Cornell University have released a new global wind atlas – a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all…
One of the Most Abundant Bats in Europe Is Attracted to Wind Turbines – Increasing Risk of Fatality
One of the most abundant bats in Europe may be attracted to wind turbines, a new study shows. The activity of common pipistrelle bats was…
Technological Breakthrough Allows Seamless Conversion of Ammonia to Green Hydrogen
Researchers leverage renewable electricity for widespread, distributed hydrogen fuel production. Northwestern University researchers have developed a highly effective, environmentally friendly method for converting ammonia into…
Metal Fuels – One of the Most Promising Fuels for the Future?
Did you know that in microgravity we are preparing one of the most promising fuels for the future? Microgravity is helping to find answers and…
A Faster, Cooler Way to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint: Copper-Indium Oxide
Scientists set a record for the highest conversion rate of carbon dioxide at low temperatures with copper-modified indium oxide, signifying sustainable e-fuel. With ever-worsening climate…
Cornell University to Extract Energy From Manure to Heat the Campus
University considers proposal to convert cattle manure to methane and use it in combination with geothermal energy to heat the campus all winter. Cornell University…
InEnTec: Turning Trash Into Valuable Chemicals and Clean Fuels
Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification. Anyone who has ever hesitated in front of a…
Speeding Toward Improved Hydrogen Fuel Production With a New Nanomaterial
A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source. Hydrogen is a…
New Blended Solar Cells With Increased Power Efficiencies and Electricity Generation
Researchers at Hiroshima University in Japan have blended together various polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to create a solar cell with increased power efficiencies…
Chemical Research Breakthrough Could Transform Clean Energy Technology
By some estimates, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the earth in one year is greater than the sum of all the…
World Record: Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells on the Magic Threshold of 30% Efficiency
The current world record tandem solar cell provided stable performance for 300 hours – even without encapsulation. An HZB team has published a report in…