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INGAA Report: Natural Gas will Retain its Key Role in the U.S. Power Sector for the Next 20 Years

The new flagship report from INGAA Foundation Inc. discovers that natural gas will retain its important role in the U.S. power sector for at least the next two decades even if renewable energy takes up a major part of the nation’s electricity market.

10 May 2019

Researchers Move a Step Closer to a More Sustainable Way of Making Hydrogen Fuel

A new study at the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies has enabled researchers to move a step closer to a cleaner, cheaper, and more sustainable method of producing hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight.

9 May 2019

Researchers Make it Possible to Design Industrial Processes in SMBs to be Demand-Responsive

The increasing use of renewable energy sources such as wind power, solar power, and more is leading to considerable variations in energy production.

3 May 2019

New Nanomaterials Might Convert Waste Heat into Usable Electricity for Vehicles

Everyone has felt the heat emitted from a cell phone or computer, which is the energy dissipated from the device.

2 May 2019

Caffeine Helps Improve Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency and Stability

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Solargiga Energy in China have discovered that caffeine can help make a promising alternative to traditional solar cells more efficient at converting light to electricity.

25 Apr 2019

Researchers Synthesize Clean, Cost-Effective Ammonia by SWAP Process

Ammonia—a colorless gas used for manufacturing fertilizers—can be produced by a new method that is much easier, cleaner, and cheaper compared to the existing principal method.

25 Apr 2019

Vanderbilt University Unveils Comprehensive Long-Term Strategy to Reduce its Environmental Impact

On April 23nd, 2019, Vanderbilt University disclosed an inclusive long-term strategy to considerably minimize its environmental impact partly by powering its campus completely through renewable energy, placing the university on the pathway to make it carbon neutral by 2050.

23 Apr 2019

Imec and Jolywood Achieve a Record of 23.2 Percent with Bifacial n-PERT Solar Cells

Today, at SiliconPV 2019, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies and partner in EnergyVille, announces that its n-PERT (Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally diffused) solar cells developed with Jolywood, a leading Chinese manufacturer of n-type bifacial solar cells and modules, have reached a certified front-side conversion efficiency of 23.2 percent.

From Jolywood(Suzhou) Sunwatt Co.,Ltd 8 Apr 2019

United Way Partners with Common Energy on a Clean Energy Project

United Way of the Southern Tier recently announced a collaboration with Common Energy to provide lower cost clean energy to communities in the Southern Tier.

4 Apr 2019