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NREL report shows US solar photovoltaic costs continuing to fall in 2016
The modeled costs to install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems continued to decline in the first quarter of 2016 in the U.S.
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Nanoscale confinement leads to new all-inorganic solar cell
Scientists with the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the first time discovered how to make perovskite solar cells out…
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Midsummer receives new order for its DUO thin film solar cell manufacturing system
Midsummer has received a repeat order for its compact DUO solar cell manufacturing system from an undisclosed Asian customer.
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Researchers discover effect of rare solar wind on Earth’s radiation belts
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts, which circle the Earth, during an extremely rare solar wind event.
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Toward ‘greener,’ inexpensive solar cells
Solar panels are proliferating across the globe to help reduce the world's dependency on fossil fuels.
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Record for perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module
Thin-film technologies can dramatically reduce the cost of next-generation solar modules.
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Non-toxic solvent removes barrier to commercialization of perovskite solar cells
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a solvent system with reduced toxicity that can be used in the manufacture of perovskite solar cells, clearing…
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S.Africa basks in continent’s first solar-powered airport
At first glance there's nothing out of the ordinary about the regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000 residents on South Africa's south coast.
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Food waste could store solar and wind energy
Saving up excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is down or the air is still requires a storage device.
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Efficient organic solar cells with very low driving force
It was believed that efficient operation of organic solar cells requires a large driving force, which limits the efficiency of organic solar cells.
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Global grand challenge strategy needed to develop clean energy
In a comment in this week's science journal Nature, an international group of researchers from nine countries call for a grand challenges strategy to set global priorities for developing renewable energy.
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New advances in solar cell technology
With the high environmental cost of conventional energy sources and the finite supply of fossil fuels, the importance of renewable energy sources has become much more apparent in recent years.
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Alberta takes first look at solar
The provincial government of Alberta said it was looking at whether solar power could replace expiring contracts to power its buildings.
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Researchers report advance in low-cost clean energy generation
Researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported a substantial advance in generating electricity through a combination of concentrating solar power and thermoelectric materials.
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After Paris, India gets support for solar power
After depositing its signature to the Paris climate deal, India's low-carbon objectives received financial support to advance solar energy, a lender said.
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Stacked Solar Module achieves unprecedented efficiency at 17.8 Percent
Scientists from imec (partner in Solliance and EnergyVille), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Zentrum fur Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung…