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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

Need for Renewable Energy Development in the Caribbean Following Recent Hurricanes

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder, and Bruce Levy, CEO of BMR Energy, will meet this week with energy industry and government leaders from all over the Caribbean in order to discuss renewable energy development following the recent hurricanes in the region.

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

Researchers Produce Electricity Using Elastomer Films in Shallow Waters

The Bavarian Energy Map indicates that to date, water is the primary renewable energy source in Bavaria, Germany. Nearly 33% of the entire renewable energy is produced in Bavaria.

3 Oct 2017

New Method to Generate Electricity from Tears and Egg Whites

Researchers at University of Limerick have found out that applying pressure to a protein found in tears and egg whites can yield electricity.

3 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

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

New Developments Could Create Fully Integrated Solar-Driven CO2-Reduction Devices

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to transform carbon dioxide into alcohols and fuels at efficiencies far greater than plants.

19 Sep 2017

New Methods for Developing Renewable Fuel from Water Using Quantum Technology

At present it is possible to produce renewable hydrogen by photoelectrolysis where solar power is used to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

15 Sep 2017