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Columbia engineers develop floating solar fuels rig for seawater electrolysis
In a single hour, more energy from the sun hits the Earth than all the energy used by humankind in an entire year.
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Climate conditions affect solar cell performance more than expected
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers can now predict how much energy solar cells will produce at any location worldwide.
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August eclipse left a wake in ionosphere, researchers reveal
The August 21 solar eclipse caused waves in the uppermost part of the atmosphere, the ionosphere, which researchers say they were able to observe for the first time.
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French company ENGIE lays out 5.2 GW renewable goal
Another 500 megawatts of onshore wind and solar power will be in the portfolio of a French joint venture, energy company ENGIE said Friday.
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Report Highlights Social and Economic Impacts of Space Weather
Some experts in the emergency management community believe that the first "trillion-dollar storm" won't come in the form of a tornado, hurricane, or flood, but rather will come from the sun.
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Global solar photovoltaic installations to exceed 100 Gigawatts in 2018
Largely driven by an improvement in the outlook in China, global photovoltaic (PV) demand is forecast to reach 108 gigawatts (GW) in 2018. According to…
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Eclipse 2017: Science from the Moon’s Shadow
On Dec. 11, 2017, six researchers discussed initial findings based on observations of the Sun and on Earth gathered during the solar eclipse that stretched across North America on Aug.
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U.S. solar power group says it sees headwinds ahead
A U.S. solar power trade group said the Trump administration was standing in the way of growth, but the sector showed resilience in the third quarter.
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Space weather, EarthScope, and protecting the national electrical grid
It's not often geology and national security wind up in the same sentence. Most people don't think about electrical power in connection to either the ground under their feet or solar flares overhead, but Dr.
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Glass with switchable opacity could improve solar cells and LEDs
Using nanoscale grass-like structures, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have created glass that lets through a large amount of light while appearing hazy.
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Solar power advances possible with new ‘double-glazing’ device
A new 'double-glazing' solar power device - which is unlike any existing solar panel and opens up fresh opportunities to develop more advanced photovoltaics - has been invented by University of Warwick researchers.
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Guanidinium stabilizes perovskite solar cells at 19 percent efficiency
With the power-conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells plateauing around 25%, perovskites are now ideally placed to become the market's next generation of photovoltaics.
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Europe moves to grow green economy at Paris meeting
Commemorating the Paris climate agreement, European leaders said they were committed to establishing the bloc as the destination for green development.
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Transformation to wind and solar achievable with low indirect GHG emissions
Different low carbon technologies from wind or solar energy to fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) differ greatly when it comes to indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life cycle.
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Mount Sinai researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damage
In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers are using adaptive optics (AO) to analyze retinal eye damage from the August solar eclipse on a cellular level.
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Massive Primordial Galaxies Found in ‘Halo’ of Dark Matter
Observations of two galaxies made with the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope suggest that large galaxies formed faster than scientists had previously thought.