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Next-gen Solar Cells Spin in New Direction

A new nanomaterial made from phosphorus, known as phosphorene, is shaping up as a key ingredient for more sustainable and efficient next-generation perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

24 Jun 2019

Wind Farm Noise ‘possible annoyance’ at 3.5km

Audible and potentially annoying indoor low-frequency noise from a wind farm is present for about 16% of the time at distances up to 3.5km, field data recorded in South Australia shows.

24 Jun 2019

New Software Could Enable Simple Management of Rooftop Solar Panels

New software created at Sandia could enable business enterprises and homeowners find it easy to manage solar panels on rooftops.

21 Jun 2019

Telia Carrier Provides Global Connectivity to the World’s First Climate Positive Data Center, EcoDataCenter

Telia Carrier announced today its partnership with EcoDataCenter, the world’s first climate positive data centre.

20 Jun 2019

Research on Wind Power Facilitates the Energy Transition in Sweden

The Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC) has been collecting and developing knowledge in partnership with industry since 2010, and currently is a national knowledge industry for wind power technology.

19 Jun 2019

Researchers Get Ready to Reboot Field of Aromatic-Fused Porphyrin Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Scientists from the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University have developed a well-known variety of dye-sensitized solar cell more effectively by modifying and updating its structure.

13 Jun 2019

Researchers Design a New Method that Permits High Utility of Harvested Energy

Scientists from Italy have designed a method that can help smart homes that are connected to a microgrid—a set of individualized units that are linked to one another and by one common energy source—to use energy more efficiently.

6 Jun 2019

NW Natural Completes North Mist Expansion Project for Portland General Electric to Supplement Renewable Energy

NW Natural, a subsidiary of NW Natural Holding Company, has concluded its North Mist Expansion Project and is currently offering no-notice storage to Port Westward plants of Portland General Electric in order to balance renewable power on the grid.

3 Jun 2019

New Electrochemical Method to Capture and Recycle CO2 in a Faster Way

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have created a new electrochemical path to change carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products such as plastics or jet fuel. The technology could considerably enhance the economics of capturing and recycling carbon straight from the air.

30 May 2019

New £4m Project Set to Develop World’s First Fully Autonomous Offshore Wind Inspection and Repair Solution

A new £4 million cross-sector innovation project is set to develop the world’s first fully autonomous robotic inspection and repair solution for offshore wind farms, which is expected to save the average wind farm approximately £26 million over the course of its lifetime.

From ORE Catapult 30 May 2019