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MIT Students Provide Insight on the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World

Student researchers lend voices, ideas for exploring nuclear energy’s potential to address climate change, and describe insights gained from the experience.

8 Oct 2018

Amarenco Becomes France's Number One in Rooftop Solar after Latest Tender Results

Amarenco, a leading European renewable energy IPP, has announced that it has become number one in the highly competitive 100kW-8MW rooftop solar segment in France, after winning 32MW in the latest CRE4.5 Buildings tender.

From Amarenco Solar Limited 5 Oct 2018

New Solar Flow Battery Could Help Transcend the Limitations of Electrical Grid

In Saudi Arabia and the United States, researchers have harnessed the abilities of a battery and a solar in a single device called "solar flow battery". This device is capable of soaking up sunlight and efficiently storing it as chemical energy for subsequent on-demand use.

28 Sep 2018

Sunny Sky Solar is Providing Solar Panels in Toowoomba, Cairns, and Brisbane City

Sunny Sky Solar has managed to reach to heights that very few solar companies have achieved in Australia through their undying focus on the provision of top-notch solutions at affordable rates. The company has developed extensive market coverage in Brisbane City where they are headquartered with their services also offered throughout Queensland.

From Sunny Sky Solar 27 Sep 2018

DSM and Starboard Collaboration Transforms Discarded Fishing Nets from Waste into High-End Surfboard Components

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, and Starboard, a world leading Watersports company offering Paddle, Surf, Windsurf and Kiteboards, announced that they are collecting and upcycling discarded fishing nets to create a material for consumer goods such as surfboard components.

26 Sep 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

New Battery Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide

A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants.

26 Sep 2018

MIT’s Comprehensive Study on Heat Emitted by Earth into Space

The Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface heats up in the same way as an oven radiates more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature increases.

25 Sep 2018

Novel Chemical Process for Converting Cellulose from Plants into Gasoline

Bioscience engineers from KU Leuven already have the knowledge of the way to produce gasoline in the laboratory using plant waste like sawdust. At present they have created a roadmap for industrial cellulose gasoline.

25 Sep 2018

Curtin Research Finds Smarter Way to Harvest Solar Energy for Clean Fuels

Curtin University researchers have developed a low-cost and environmentally friendly method to harvest energy from sunlight to produce clean fuels such as hydrogen.

25 Sep 2018

New Type of Battery Could Make Use of Carbon Dioxide Captured from Power Plants

A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently highly challenging, this battery could continuously convert carbon dioxide into a solid mineral carbonate as it discharges.

24 Sep 2018

Harnessing Algae and Fungi to Create New Biofuel System

Michigan State University scientists have found a solution to enhance oil production and harvest using what many consider sea sludge.

21 Sep 2018

Hygienic Housing for Critical Aseptic Liquid Filtration Applications

The 76B Series single cartridge housing from Amazon Filters is a high-quality product specifically designed for aseptic liquid pharmaceutical and healthcare filtration applications. The vent and drain connections on the ...

21 Sep 2018