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Integral X-rays Earth’s aurora
Normally busy with observing high-energy black holes, supernovas and neutron stars, ESA's Integral space observatory recently had the chance to look back at our own planet's aurora.
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SoloPower Systems achieves first commercial deployment in South Africa
SoloPower Systems has announced the completion of its first commercial-scale deployment in South Africa.
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LADWP Board to continue power supply transformation to clean energy
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners has unanimously approved modest power rate increases to continue transforming the city's power…
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IHS confirms solar wafer supply shortage in 2016
In October 29 2015, IHS issued a research note to warn about a potential solar wafer supply shortage in 2016…
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Converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells
A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, and the University of Bochum, in Germany.
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Australia doubles down on large-scale solar with launch of largest power plants
The Clean Energy Council has congratulated its members AGL and First Solar on the launch of the large-scale solar power plants in Broken Hill and Nyngan today, which have doubled the amount of large-scale solar built in Australia.
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Seeing the big picture in photosynthetic light harvesting
To understand what goes on inside a beehive you can't just study the activity of a single bee.
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Researchers pinpoint the drivers for low-priced PV systems in the United States
The price of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed on homes and small businesses spans a wide range, and researchers from the U.S.
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NREL theorizes defects could improve solar cells
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are studying what may seem paradoxical - certain defects in silicon solar cells may actually improve their performance.
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Converting solar energy into electric power via photobioelectrochemical cells
A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, and the University of Bochum, in Germany.
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Cheaper solar cells with 20.2 percent efficiency
EPFL scientists have developed a solar-panel material that can cut down on photovoltaic costs while achieving competitive power-conversion efficiency of 20.2%.
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Morocco pushes renewable energy business opportunities
Morocco's recently-announced goal to generate more than half of its electricity from renewables by 2030 presents strong business opportunities, energy experts announced at the World Future Energy Summit.
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Scientists show a new way to absorb electromagnetic radiation
A team of authors from MIPT, Kansas State University, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have demonstrated that it is possible to fully absorb electromagnetic radiation using an anisotropic crystal.
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On perovskites produced by mechanochemistry
Perovskites, substances that perfectly absorb light, are the future of solar energy.
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Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity's most distant solar-powered emissary.
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SolarEdge’s StorEdge Solution is Now Internationally Available
SolarEdge Technologies has announced the immediate international availability of its StorEdge solution.