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European energy companies issue green finance pledge
Nine energy companies working in the European energy sector said Monday they made pledges to support a sustainable finance model for renewables.
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CU Boulder solar instruments, experiments headed for space
A solar instrument package designed and built by CU Boulder to help monitor the planet's climate is now set for launch Dec.
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India faces painful move to cleaner energy
Subedar Singh bears the scars of India's painful reliance on dirty power and its struggle to pay for the costly transition to the brave new world of solar and renewable electricity.
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Sustainable solvent platform for photon upconversion increases solar utilization efficiency
The conversion of solar energy into electricity is currently restricted by a concept known as the Shockley-Quesser limit.
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Windows of opportunity: Solar cell with improved transparency
Roof-mounted solar panels are an increasingly common sight in many places. As a source of cheap, clean electricity, their advantages are obvious.
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Gore Mountain ski resort completes massive solar farm
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and Borrego Solar have announced the…
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New NASA instrument continues measuring solar energy input to Earth
We live on a solar-powered planet. As we wake up in the morning, the Sun peeks over the horizon to shed light on us, blanket us with warmth and provide cues to start our day.
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All missions on board for NASA heliophysics research
Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries - like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energized - still remain.
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NREL develops switchable solar window
Thermochromic windows capable of converting sunlight into electricity at a high efficiency have been developed by scientists at the U.S.
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Burkina, France launch W.Africa’s biggest solar plant
Burkina Faso and France on Wednesday launched West Africa's biggest solar farm, a 33-megawatt facility designed to power tens of thousands of households and ease dependence on imported energy.
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Improving solar cells by watching atoms move in hybrid perovskite crystals
A team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has for the first time observed nanoscale changes deep inside hybrid perovskite crystals that could offer new insights into developing low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells.
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Burkina Faso launches Sahel region’s largest solar power plant
West Africa's biggest solar power plant goes onstream on Wednesday as Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, inaugurates a novel scheme to boost renewables and cut energy dependence on its neighbours.
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Solar minimum surprisingly constant
Using more than half a century of observations, Japanese astronomers have discovered that the microwaves coming from the Sun at the minimums of the past five solar cycles have been the same each time, despite large differences in the maximums of the cycles.
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Artificial photosynthesis gets big boost from new catalyst
A new catalyst created by U of T Engineering researchers brings them one step closer to artificial photosynthesis - a system that, just like plants, would use renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into stored chemical energy.
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Glass microparticles enhance solar cells efficiency
Scientists from ITMO University suggested a new solar cell coating that combines features of an electrode and those of a light-trapping structure.
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Expanding wavelength range for solar energy conversion
Hydrogen gas is a promising "green" fuel. The lightest chemical element, hydrogen is an efficient energy store and could potentially replace gasoline in vehicles.