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Rise of Robotic Solar Panel Cleaners as Solar Power Sets New Energy Generation Record

In a UK first, a Telford-based company has invested in robotic solar panel cleaning technology. Their investment has come at a time when renewable energy sources – including solar power – are providing almost a third of UK electricity generation.

2 Nov 2018

Researchers Design Metal-Organic Framework to Clean Natural Gas

With a KAUST-designed metal-organic framework, eliminating carbon dioxide impurities from natural gas could become simpler and more effective.

30 Oct 2018

Waste Canola Oil Becomes a Key to Improved Fertiliser

A new type of slow-release fertiliser that results in better plant health and less wasted nutrients has been invented at Flinders University by Dr Justin Chalker and his team in the Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology.

11 Oct 2018

Imec Combines Different Solar Cells to Reach Efficiencies Above 30 Percent

Today, imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy, and digital technology, unveiled its new tandem solar cell technologies, which pave the way to higher cell efficiencies of PV panels on roofs, as well as on vehicles or building-integrated applications such as solar cells in windows or facades.

From IMEC 26 Sep 2018

Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Cell with Record Efficiency of 24.6 Percent Paves the Way for Flexible Solar Cells and High-Efficiency Building-Integrated PV

Today at the EU PVSEC conference, imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technologies, presents a thin-film tandem solar cell consisting of a top perovskite cell developed by imec within the partnerships of EnergyVille and Solliance, and a bottom CIGS cell from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research.

From IMEC 26 Sep 2018

Imec’s Screen Printed Large-Area nPERT Solar Cells Surpass 23 Percent Efficiency

At today’s EU PVSEC conference, imec - the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy and digital technology and partner in EnergyVille - announced that its latest generation of large-area monofacial screen-printed rear-emitter nPERT cells feature a conversion efficiency of 23.03 percent, certified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab.

From IMEC 26 Sep 2018