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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

Researchers Develop New Home Refrigerator with Loop Thermosyphon to Improve its Energy Efficiency

Despite many developments to improve the efficiency of the refrigerator, it still eats up a substantial amount of energy every year.

29 Mar 2019

Researchers Achieve Slightly More Efficient Transfer of Current from Bacteria to Electrode

In the last few years, scientists have sought to acquire the electrical current that bacteria produce through their own metabolism. However, to date, it has not been possible to transfer the current from the bacteria to a receiving electrode efficiently.

27 Mar 2019

Research Finds Out How Ability of Microbes to Eat Electricity Fixes Carbon Dioxide

A new study at Washington University in St. Louis describes the cellular processes that enable a sun-loving microbe to “eat” electricity, by which electrons are transferred to fix carbon dioxide to promote its growth.

25 Mar 2019

SHARC to Support New Low-Temperature District Heating Scheme in Stirling

Sharc International Systems Inc. recently declared that the Company’s UK subsidiary SHARC Energy Systems has been selected to back the development of the new low-temperature District Heating Scheme (“DHS”) in Stirling, Scotland.

19 Mar 2019