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First Practical Floating Solar Hydrogen-Generating Device for Seawater Electrolysis

Within a single hour, an increased amount of energy generated from the sun hits the Earth than all the energy utilized by humankind in one whole year.

18 Dec 2017

Research on Low-Carbon Transformation of Power Supply

A variety of low carbon technologies from solar energy or wind to fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) greatly differ when talking about indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life cycle.

11 Dec 2017

Researchers Invent a New ‘Double-Glazed’ Solar Power Device

University of Warwick researchers have now invented a new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device, which unlike any of the currently available solar panels, opens up new opportunities that will help develop more enhanced photovoltaics.

8 Dec 2017

Agrophotovoltaics May Help Increase Land Use Efficiency by more than 60%

Until recently, acreage was chosen for either photosynthesis or photovoltaics, that is, to produce grow crops or electricity. An agrophotovoltaics (APV) pilot project near Lake Constance, however, has currently showed that both uses are compatible.

28 Nov 2017

Artificial Photosynthesis System for Clean and Sustainable Synthesis of Ethylene

A research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has designed a prototype device that simulates natural photosynthesis to synthesize ethylene gas by using just water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.

27 Nov 2017

UCLA Researchers One Step Closer to Developing Hydrogen Cars

Researchers at UCLA have a designed device that can employ solar energy to efficiently and economically create and store energy, which could be employed to power electronic devices, and to produce hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.

21 Nov 2017

Solar-Powered Device Produces Electricity Using Ion Transport

Chemists have created a solar power generator by binding photosensitive dyes to standard plastic membranes and adding water.

17 Nov 2017

High-Temperature Thermal Solar Reactor Used to Produce Kerosene from Syngas

For the first time, researchers involved in the SOLAR-JET Project have exhibited the complete process for producing kerosene—the aviation turbine fuel used in commercial airlines—by employing a high-temperature thermal solar reactor to produce syngas.

16 Nov 2017

On-Demand Water Desalination Through Ionic Solar Cell

Modern solar cells, which make use of energy from light in order to produce holes and electrons that are then transported out of semiconducting materials and into external circuits to be used by human, have been present in one form or another for more than 60 years.

16 Nov 2017

Solar Greenhouses with Magenta Panes can Generate Electricity and Grow Crops Simultaneously

The first crops of cucumbers and tomatoes cultivated inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those grown in conventional greenhouses, indicating that "smart" greenhouses hold significant potential for dual-use farming and renewable electricity production.

6 Nov 2017