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MIT Researchers Receive USAID Award to Tackle Energy-Related Challenges in Egypt

At a two-day ceremony held in Cairo recently, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a $30 million award for MIT.

28 Mar 2019

VCU Researchers Aim to Improve Solar-Powered Desalination to Address Global Water Crisis

With over two billion people lacking access to safe potable water, the United Nations estimates that by 2050, there will be an almost one-third increase in the global demand for water.

20 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop Novel Technology Using Hydrogels Capable of Absorbing and Releasing Water

Access to clean water is one of the major challenges being faced globally. A research team from The University of Texas at Austin has achieved a breakthrough in finding a novel solution to this issue using solar-powered technology that converts moisture absorbed from the atmosphere into clean, usable water.

15 Mar 2019

New Model for Increasing Sunlight Trapped by a Solar Cell

A person looking at a cell phone realizes the battery is low, suggesting another long walk into town to pay money and charge the device. By the time the person gets home, it gets dark, and a kerosene lamp is lit, which casts a dim glow across the room.

7 Mar 2019

JUMEME Breaks Ground on First Phase of Lake Victoria Hybrid Solar Mini-Grid Project

RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer and majority shareholder of JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd., announced today that construction of the first phase of its ambitious solar-hybrid mini-grid project in Tanzania was in progress.

From JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd. 5 Mar 2019

SESAME’s New Solar Power Plant Fulfills its Energy Needs

Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) celebrated the formal inauguration ceremony of its solar power plant on February 26th, 2019.

27 Feb 2019

Imec and EnergyVille Present Unique Simulation Framework to Accurately Determine Energy Yield of Bifacial Solar Modules and Systems

Today imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technologies and EnergyVille present a new simulation framework that can accurately calculate the energy yield of bifacial PV systems

From IMEC 13 Feb 2019