HZB researchers are used to boost the efficiency of silicon solar cells
The trick: they incorporate layers of organic molecules into the solar cell. These layers utilise a quantum mechanical process known as singlet exciton fission…
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The trick: they incorporate layers of organic molecules into the solar cell. These layers utilise a quantum mechanical process known as singlet exciton fission…
Oct 8, 2018

China, which is fighting air pollution by seeking alternatives to coal consumption, will within five years become the world's biggest renewable energy user, according to a report by the IEA released Monday.
Oct 8, 2018

Experts predict that by 2050 we're going to have global broadband internet satellite networks, in-orbit manufacturing, space tourism, asteroid mining and lunar and Mars bases.
Oct 8, 2018

On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission.
Oct 5, 2018

Ukraine launched Friday a park of photovoltaic panels at the former Chernobyl power plant as the country seeks to use solar power to give the scene of the world's worst nuclear disaster a new lease on life.
Oct 5, 2018

Households and businesses with solar panel installations benefitted from record power generation over the summer, as the energy source outperformed gas to account for almost a third (28%) of the UK's electricity production in June.
Oct 4, 2018

A research group from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has made great, rapid strides towards the development of a specially designed molecule which can store solar energy for later use.
Oct 4, 2018

An India-led coalition to harness solar energy will eventually replace the OPEC oil cartel, India's premier predicted Tuesday, as he opened the International Solar Alliance's first assembly with UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Oct 2, 2018

Today sees the start of construction of the biggest industrial solar park in Limburg on a former DSM landfill side at Chemelot.
Sep 27, 2018

A unique combination of imaging tools and atomic-level simulations has allowed a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to…
Sep 26, 2018

Water covers most of the globe, yet many regions still suffer from a lack of clean drinking water.
Sep 21, 2018

Ready-made snap-together solar panels that turn waste heat into hot water are being developed at Brunel University London in a 10 million pound sustainable energy scheme starting next month.
Sep 20, 2018

Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites.
Sep 20, 2018

The UK-built Solar Orbiter is preparing to leave the Airbus factory in Stevenage to travel to Germany for testing, ahead of its launch in 2020 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.
Sep 18, 2018

SunShare, the nation's pioneer in community solar, has secured $11 million in construction/term project financing from ANB Bank for the construction of 8.2 MWdc of community solar gardens in Minnesota.
Sep 14, 2018

Rapid electrification of energy demand and the rise of energy from wind and solar sources will lead to massive growth of the world's electricity transmission and distribution systems.
Sep 11, 2018