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The Potential of Federal Reservoirs for Solar Energy Development

Research shows federal reservoirs have the potential for 1,476 TWh of floating solar energy, enhancing the nation's renewable energy capabilities.

15 Jan 2025

China's Renewable Energy at Risk: Rising Low-Solar-Low-Wind Extremes Demand Urgent Action

Addressing low-solar-low-wind extremes, this review highlights challenges for China's energy security and the importance of adaptive strategies for resilience.

9 Jan 2025

High-Resolution Planning Could Revolutionize the Siting of Solar and Wind Farms

MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.

9 Dec 2024

MIT Expands Solar Power Across Campus to Support Sustainability Goals

In the latest step to implement commitments made in MIT's Fast Forward climate action plan, staff from the Department of Facilities; Office of Sustainability; and Environment, Health and Safety Office are advancing new solar panel installations this fall and winter on four major campus buildings: The Stratton Student Center (W20), the Dewey Library building (E53), and two newer buildings, New Vassar (W46) and the Theater Arts building (W97).

26 Nov 2024

Scientists to Develop Nature-Inspired Solar Lasers to Sustainably Power Space Missions

International scientists, including a team from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, has announced plans to develop a revolutionary new way of harvesting solar energy in space.

18 Nov 2024

Wavy Pipes Prove to be More Efficient Than Straight Pipes in Hybrid Solar Energy Systems

New research from the University of Nottingham has highlighted how Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) systems could be made more efficient at converting solar power into usable energy if they used wavy pipes instead of conventional straight pipes.

12 Nov 2024

A Synergistic Approach to Boost Storage Efficiency

Scientists from the Mainz and Siegen universities have created innovative molecular systems that can store solar energy. The results have been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

30 Oct 2024

Streamlining Solar Cell Structure and Fabrication for More Affordable Energy —Fresh Research at City University of Hong Kong Published in Science

A new fabrication technique for substantially enhancing the prospects of commercializing perovskite solar cells through improved stability, reliability, efficiency and affordability is underway at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK).

15 Oct 2024

British Library Installs Innovative Solar Tech to Decarbonize Heat – Penning a Brighter, Greener Future

The British Library and CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) have commissioned Naked Energy to deliver the UK’s largest solar heat project to accelerate the public building’s transition to renewable energy.

From Naked Energy Ltd. 14 Oct 2024