How Space Can Boost Clean Energy and Contribute to a Sustainable Economy
An all-day digital workshop to explore how space can boost clean energy and contribute to a sustainable economy will be held on September 14, 2020….
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3D-Printed Device Enhances Capture of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have designed and additively manufactured a first-of-its-kind aluminum device that enhances the capture of carbon dioxide…
Artificial Photosynthesis Advance: Standalone Device Converts Sunlight, CO2 and Water Into Clean Fuel
Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. The…
Transparent Solar Panels for Windows Hit New Efficiency Record – Could Help Enable Skyscrapers to Serve As Power Sources
In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by University of Michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record…
Machinery of Photosynthesis Supercharges Solar Energy to Hydrogen Fuel Conversion
Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel…
Solar Energy Isn’t Available in the Dark, So Researchers Designed an Efficient Low-Cost System for Producing Power at Night
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable. Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that can efficiently…
Offshore Wind Power Now So Cheap It Could Pay Money Back to Consumers – Pivotal to Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions
The latest round of offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply. Renewable energy…
Next-Gen Solar Tech With the Stability and Efficiency to Transform the Solar Energy Industry
Solar modules made from perovskite material gain power to transform the solar tech industry. Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University…
Customizable Smart Windows Generate Electricity and Improve Energy Efficiency
A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs. Windows play multiple crucial roles in our homes. They illuminate,…
Showtime for Photosynthesis – Nature Captured in Breakthrough “Molecular Movie”
One of nature’s most important chemical reactions is now being captured in a breakthrough “molecular movie.” Using a unique combination of nanoscale imaging and chemical…
Precision Spray Coating Could Enable Solar Cells With Better Stability and Performance
New approach offers practical way to make multilayer perovskite solar cells. Although perovskites are a promising alternative to the silicon used to make most of…
Scientists Discover a Prime Renewable Energy Source: Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
Electricity generated by interactions between water molecules and metals may be turned into a source of energy, Tel Aviv University research reveals. The search for…
New Generation of Lightweight, Flexible Solar Cells and Display Screens Using Transparent Graphene Electrodes
New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens. A new way of making large sheets of…
Discovery Unlocks ‘Hot’ Electrons for More Efficient Solar Panels
Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy. But scientists haven’t been able to measure the energies…
Most Cost Effective Solar Power Systems: Double-Sided Panels That Follow the Sun
Solar power systems with double-sided (bifacial) solar panels — which collect sunlight from two sides instead of one — and single-axis tracking technology that tilts…
Clean Energy Breakthrough: Scientists Improve Light-Driven Water-Splitting to Produce Hydrogen
Etching the Road to a Hydrogen Economy Using Plasma Jets Hydrogen is a clean energy source that can be produced by splitting water molecules with…
Cheap Renewable Energy a Step Closer As Next-Generation Solar Cells Pass Strict International Tests
Perovskite crystals could underpin cheap renewable energy. Australian scientists have for the first time produced a new generation of experimental solar energy cells that pass…
Scientists Rewire Photosynthesis to Fuel Our Future
Hydrogen is an essential commodity with over 60 million tons produced globally every year. However over 95 percent of it is made by steam reformation…
