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NASA’s Lidar Has Potential for Carbon-Monitoring Mission

Scientists and engineers at NASA are set to accomplish a lifetime ambition after many years of research. The team aimed to develop an accurate and powerful instrument that can continuously collect measurements of worldwide atmospheric carbon-dioxide (CO2) from space.

3 Aug 2016

GEM Energy Ranks 15th Among Solar Power World's Top Solar Developers of 2016

GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, is ranked 15th among Solar Power World's Top Solar Developers of 2016, up from 26th place last year. GEM Energy is the only Ohio-based solar developer to make the list.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop New Method to Transform Carbon Dioxide Back into Fuel

Scientists and policymakers across the world are working out ways to deal with the growing rate of climate change, and have pinpointed the key cause to be carbon dioxide (CO2).

1 Aug 2016

OU Team Developing Novel Technologies to Produce High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Physicists from the University of Oklahoma (OU) are now working to develop novel systems to potentially influence the production of utility-scale energy, minimize dependence on fossil fuels and maximize global energy capacity by building next-generation, high-efficiency solar cells.

29 Jul 2016

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