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TPV Could Offer New Pathway for Efficiently Producing Electrical Power from Solar Thermal Sources

A new wrinkle on an old technology – solid-state thermophotovoltaics (TPV) – could provide a high-efficiency alternative for directly converting high-temperature heat from concentrated solar thermal to utility-scale electricity.

28 Jul 2016

Researchers Use Solar Cells to Print Energy-Producing Photographs

Solar cells have been manufactured already for a long from inexpensive materials with different printing techniques. Especially organic solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells are suitable for printing.

27 Jul 2016

Biological Engineers Decipher Cellular Strategy to Make Biofuel Ethanol Using Industrial Waste Gas

Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide - a common industrial waste gas.

27 Jul 2016

Newly Designed Tool Holds Potential to Withstand Heat of Geothermal Drilling

Sandia National Laboratories and a commercial firm have designed a drilling tool that will withstand the heat of geothermal drilling.

22 Jul 2016

ASU Researchers Explore Idea of Creating Fuels from Thin Air

Nonrenewable fossil fuels give liquid fuels a bad name.

22 Jul 2016

New Emissions Quantification Tool Determines Impact of Using Smart Grid Technologies on Carbon Emissions

Greenhouse gases and various other emissions resulting from the production and usage of power have been reduced by ‘smart grid’ technologies.

19 Jul 2016

Energy Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 18% Achieved Using Standard Size Perovskite Solar Cells

A research group led by Liyuan Han, a leader of the Photovoltaic Materials Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), achieved energy conversion efficiency exceeding 18% using standard size (1 cm2) perovskite solar cells for the first time in the world.

15 Jul 2016

Toshiba Unveils Largest Alkaline Water Electrolysis Hydrogen Production System in Japan

Toshiba Corporation, a leader of the development of technologies for the low carbon hydrogen economy, today unveiled Japan's largest alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production system, pointing the way to low cost, high volume production of hydrogen for various applications.

14 Jul 2016

Solar-Tectic Unveils Details of Breakthrough Solar Cell Technology at Energy Conference in Scotland

Solar-Tectic LLC ("ST") presented a paper today at the "Fifth International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics (ECM5) - working on small scales" in Inverness, Scotland, making public for the first time details of its breakthrough technology for highly efficient and inexpensive solar cells.

12 Jul 2016

New Study Explores the Quest for Sustainable Fuel

The sun provides a clean and infinite source of energy and has the potential to meet the sustainable demands of all future energy requirements. However, one major problem remains: the sun doesn't shine all the time and it is very difficult store its energy.

11 Jul 2016