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Introducing ESA Vigil: Earth’s devoted solar defender
It's the first mission of its kind, set to monitor our active and unpredictable Sun and help protect us from its violent outbursts - and it has a new name.
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Air Force awards contract for spaceborne weather data
A Hanscom team recently awarded a $19.3 million contract to support a constellation of high-tech weather satellites capable of observing precipitation and storm structures from space.
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Making metal-halide perovskites useful in planar devices through a new hybrid structure
Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are a class of materials with promising properties for semiconductor applications, such as thin-film transistors (TFTs). In…
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Rosendin powers up Nevada’s newest solar facility
Arevon, a leading renewable energy company, and Rosendin, the largest employee-owned electrical contractor and one of the fastest-growing renewable energy groups in the country, announce the completion of Townsite Solar + Storage in Boulder City, Nevada.
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China’s solar research to get boost from satellite
China's solar observation satellite has achieved some scientific and technological feats during its ongoing in-orbit trial operation, according to a space official.
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Historic buildings could be protected from rising energy bills by solar panels
Installing solar panels could help historic buildings beat the rising costs of energy, according to a new study by a team of UK researchers led by the University of Bath.
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Solvent additives improve efficiency of polymer solar cells
All-polymer blend solar cells are expected to play an important role in the transition to clean energy technologies because they can be easily produced in large-scale flexible sheets.
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Scientists enhance energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating
Prof. WANG Zhenyang's research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has enhanced the energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating.
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Understanding how efficient solar flares release their energy
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to…
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Bridging atmospheric scientists and solar engineers to reach carbon neutrality
Major societal challenges are not discipline specific - such complex challenges require the knowledge and expertise of multiple and varied fields to develop effective and comprehensive solutions together.
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Ancient ice reveals mysterious solar storm
Through analyzes of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found evidence of an extreme solar storm that occurred about 9,200 years ago.
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New technique boosts efficiency, sustainability of large-scale perovskite solar cells
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a technique for producing perovskite photovoltaic materials on an industrial scale, which will reduce the cost and improve the performance of mass-produced perovskite solar cells.
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Five Reasons Why Certain Solar Salesmen Are Better Than Others
When you are trying to sell solar solutions to people and to businesses, it is vital that you know exactly how best to approach it to ensure that you are as likely as possible to find success with it.
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Quantum dots boost perovskite solar cell efficiency and scalability
Perovskites are hybrid compounds made from metal halides and organic constituents.
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Menlo Electric with a 200 MW distribution deal with Jinko Solar
Menlo Electric has been certified as an official distributor of Jinko Solar, following a year of close cooperation between both companies.
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The Proba-3 program takes an important step in the integration of its two satellites
The Proba-3 program, spearheaded by SENER Aeroespacial, the project's prime contractor for the European Space Agency (ESA), has accomplished several…