New innovation in modeling and designing power grids
You can teach an old dog new tricks—this seems to be true for the research group led by Mengchu Zhou, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the New Jersey Institute of...
View ArticleFree software to predict the energy production of photovoltaic systems
Researchers at UPM make available for the general public programmes to simulate the functioning and predict the energy production of photovoltaic systems.
View ArticleNew technology aims to makes photovoltaic cells 70% more effective
Technion researchers have developed a technology that could improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by nearly 70 percent. The study was conducted at the Excitonics Lab, headed by Assistant...
View ArticleResearchers develop a simple processing technique that could cut the cost of...
A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, potentially expanding the applications for these technologies. By...
View ArticleResearchers use artificial neural networks to accurately predict short-term...
Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies have developed a technique to make accurate predictions of short-term global solar irradiance (GSI)...
View ArticleTesla, Panasonic to make solar cells in Buffalo, New York
Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of solar cells at a factory in Buffalo, New York.
View ArticleGraphene photodetector enhanced by fractal golden 'snowflake'
(Phys.org)—Researchers have found that a snowflake-like fractal design, in which the same pattern repeats at smaller and smaller scales, can increase graphene's inherently low optical absorption. The...
View ArticleResearchers review the state of printed organic electronics
While the world of electronics devices was radically different 30 years ago when Sumitomo Chemical (SC) began developing printed electronics technology, the company had already felt it was an area...
View ArticleEuropean nanotechnology project to design less toxic photovoltaic materials
The University Institute for Advanced Materials Research at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has participated in the European Project Sunflower to develop less toxic organic photovoltaic materials viable...
View ArticleCreation of highly magnetic material could improve computer technologies
Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, have developed a facile route to a highly magnetic material that could provide fundamental improvements to...
View Article'Synthetic skin' could lead to advanced prosthetic limbs capable of returning...
Engineers from the University of Glasgow, who have previously developed an 'electronic skin' covering for prosthetic hands made from graphene, have found a way to use some of graphene's remarkable...
View ArticleElectronic control to ensure photovoltaic systems always work at maximum power
The Advanced Control Group of the UPV/EHU's Department of Systems Engineering and Automation has developed a control system designed to ensure that photovoltaic generators always work at their maximum...
View ArticleLow-cost 'solar absorber' promising for future power plants
Researchers have shown how to modify commercially available silicon wafers into a structure that efficiently absorbs solar energy and withstands the high temperatures needed for "concentrated solar...
View ArticleNRL tests autonomous 'soaring with solar' concept
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are building on the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial...
View ArticleJump in renewable energy jobs worldwide: agency
The renewable energy sector employed 9.8 million people worldwide in 2016, a sharp increase from 2012, the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
View ArticleSaving lives and money: the potential of solar to replace coal
By swapping solar photovoltaics for coal, the US could prevent 51,999 premature deaths a year, potentially making as much as $2.5 million for each life saved.
View ArticleScientists directly observe light-to-energy transfer in new solar cell materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are now able to capture the moment less than one trillionth of a second a particle of light hits a solar cell and becomes energy, and...
View ArticleWell-packed organic glass better resists changes when exposed to light
For materials in solar cells, cell phones, and other devices, the material should not change in undesirable ways when exposed to sunlight. Scientists determined how two glasses with the same...
View ArticleDevelopment of low-dimensional nanomaterials could revolutionize future...
Javier Vela, scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, believes improvements in computer processors, TV displays and solar cells will come from scientific advancements in the...
View ArticleChanging how solar power rolls
Traditional solar panels used to power satellites can be bulky with heavy panels folded together using mechanical hinges. An experiment that recently arrived at the International Space Station will...
View ArticleNovel technique using graphene to create solar cells
Imagine a future in which solar cells are all around us—on windows and walls, cell phones, laptops, and more. A new flexible, transparent solar cell developed at MIT is bringing that future one step...
View ArticleNew solar forecasting tool could help increase efficiency and reduce energy...
A research group at the University of Sheffield has developed a solar forecasting service, helping to increase the efficiency of the electricity system and reduce energy costs.
View ArticleResearchers create single-crystal perovskite solar cells
Photovoltaic conversion is regarded as the ultimate solution to the growing demand for energy, yet traditional silicon-based solar cells are expensive to produce, and production itself involves...
View ArticleHydrogen power moves a step closer
Physicists at Lancaster University are developing methods of creating renewable fuel from water using quantum technology.
View ArticleResearchers set time limit for ultrafast perovskite solar cells
Researchers have quantified the astonishingly high speeds at which future solar cells would have to operate in order to stretch what are presently seen as natural limits on their energy conversion...
View ArticleMagnetic electrodes increase solar cell efficiency
An international research collaborative led by the Ikerbasque researcher Luis Hueso has developed a photovoltaic cell in which magnetic materials such as electrodes are used for the first time to...
View ArticleMechanochemistry paves the way to higher quality perovskite photovoltaics
For several years, tension has been rising in line with the approaching commercialization of perovskite photovoltaic cells. Now, researchers have developed devices based on these materials that can...
View ArticleSunny future for renewables thanks to China: IEA
Solar energy is to lead the race to new power generation over the coming decades, thanks in large part to China and India, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
View ArticleBurkina Faso launches Sahel region's largest solar power plant
West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy dependence on its...
View ArticleResearchers identify nontraditional sites for future solar farms
There's a tradeoff when sprawling solar farms pop up on agricultural land: farmland disappears, perhaps forever, in return for growth in the promising renewable energy sector.
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