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Duke Energy Proposes Solar and Energy Storage Projects for Reliable, Cleaner Energy

Duke Energy is planning to fix battery storage equipment and solar panels that will work as a microgrid at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training operation in Johnson County, Ind.

2 Nov 2017

Researchers Build Fractal-Like Concentrating Solar Power Receivers for Better Harnessing of Sunlight

Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have built new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20% more effective at absorbing sunlight than existing technology.

26 Oct 2017

Highly Transparent Solar Cells Enhance the Future for New Solar Applications

See-through solar materials capable of being applied to windows represent an immense source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bulkier, bigger rooftop solar units. This was reported by scientists in Nature Energy.

24 Oct 2017

Pre-Enrollment for Georgia Power’s New Community Solar Program Begins

Georgia Power to launch Community Solar, the latest way for residential customers to get involved in helping support the growth and development of renewable energy in Georgia.

20 Oct 2017

Amazon Launches New Wind and Solar Projects Across the U.S.

On October 19, 2017, Amazon announced that its largest wind farm yet — Amazon Wind Farm Texas — is presently up and running, adding more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid every year.

20 Oct 2017

Micro-Scale Bio-Solar Cell can Generate Higher Power Density for Longer Time

Scientists from the Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a micro-scale biological solar cell with the ability to generate higher power density for longer than any such prevalent cell.

19 Oct 2017

Innovative Lithium-Sulfur Rechargeable Flow Battery for Storing Renewable Power

It is well known that solar power and wind power are the most sought-after renewable energy sources. However, they have not been extensively connected to the U.S. grid due to intermittency issues. That is, they mandate the use of energy-storage systems that, at the least, run nearly $100 per kilowatt hour and can be operated in only specific locations.

12 Oct 2017

Evaporation Technology Could Effectively Harness Energy from Renewable Sources

Columbia University researchers find that U.S. reservoirs and lakes could produce 325 gigawatts of power in the first evaluation of evaporation as a renewable energy source.

27 Sep 2017

Thin Film Solar Energy Could be the Ideal Mobile Energy Solution

China’s largest thin-film solar cell producer, Hanergy Holding Group, announced the signing of a strategic deal with a bike-sharing company MTbike. Under the partnership, Hanergy will incorporate thin-film solar panels into the body of over ten million bicycles in the next three years to fulfill the electricity requirement of their smart lock systems.

25 Sep 2017

Researchers Manage to Quantify Time Limit for Ultrafast Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers have managed to quantify the astoundingly high speeds at which solar cells of the future would have to work so as to stretch what are currently seen as natural limits on their energy conversion efficacy.

22 Sep 2017