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Rice Researchers Boost the Efficiency of Ultrathin Solar Cells

Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.

23 Nov 2021

Atmospheric Rivers may Drastically Alter Australia’s Alpine Wilderness

The Australian Alps may suffer from a loss of snow and surrounding regions could endure flooding as climate change supercharges phenomena known as 'atmospheric rivers'.

22 Nov 2021

New Light-Powered Technology Could Make Solar Energy Even More Sustainable

Technology using a new generation of hybrid solar cells is one step closer to mass-production, thanks to Newcastle University-led research.

17 Nov 2021

Using Iron-Based Sensitizers to Improve Performance of Photovoltaic Systems

Solar energy plays an important role in the fight against climate change as a substitute for fossil fuels. Dye-sensitized solar cells promise to be a low-cost supplement to the photovoltaic systems we know today.

17 Nov 2021

Comprehensive Adoption of Photovoltaics in Built Environment Could Help Achieve Net Zero Carbon

New modelling, on a scale ranging from individual structures through to neighbourhoods and an entire city, has shown that buildings in the City of Melbourne could provide 74% of their own electricity needs if solar technology is fully integrated into roofs, walls and windows.

11 Nov 2021

Melbourne's Buildings Could be Close to Self-Sustaining Through Fully Integrated Solar

Net zero within reach for major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment.

10 Nov 2021

EEW Becomes Sweden's Largest Solar PV Developer

EEW, a leading developer of utility-scale solar energy projects, announces it now has 290 MW of solar power projects at the advanced development stage in Sweden, making it the country's largest solar power developer.

From Eco Energy World 9 Nov 2021

Wind and Solar Power can Meet Most of the Electricity Demand in Industrialized Nations

With the eyes of the world on the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, strategies for decarbonizing energy infrastructure are a trending topic. Yet critics of renewables question the dependability of systems that rely on intermittent resources. A recent study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine tackles the reliability question head-on.

8 Nov 2021

Sustainable Photovoltaic Solar Device Uses 95.06% of the Energy Available to Produce Domestic Hot Water

A research team at the University of Córdoba has designed a sustainable photovoltaic solar device that can heat water up to 80 degrees - just like a regular electric heater

8 Nov 2021

New Initiative Aims to Share Solar Generated Electricity Across Developing Countries

India and the U.K. in partnership with the World Bank and the International Solar Alliance -; have launched a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

5 Nov 2021