Tiny High-Performance Solar Cells Turn Power Generation Sideways

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created high-performance, micro-scale solar cells that outshine comparable devices in key performance measures. The miniature solar panels could power myriad personal devices — wearable medical sensors, smartwatches, even autofocusing contact lenses. Large, rooftop photovoltaic arrays generate electricity from charges moving vertically. The new, small cells, described in the journal Advanced […]

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France Gets a Step Closer to Solar Roads

By: Ilias Tsagas French energy minister Ségolène Royal has inaugurated a manufacturing plant that will produce the so-called “Wattway” paving, made of solar PV. One of its pilot projects will be a 1 kilometer solar road, built in the same region as where the plant is located. On 26 July French energy minister Ségolène Royal […]

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From Design to Implementation: How a Solar Mounting Supplier is going Rail-less

By: Hannah Mirza   Solar racking systems have evolved from bulky systems to simple designs, with fewer and fewer parts. More designs are rail-less, too, a concept that has redefined how the industry views racking. Without cumbersome, lengthy rails, installation times can be accelerated and transportation logistics can be improved. But, as with any new technology, […]

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University student designs new energy storage system

A Lancaster engineering undergraduate has invented a new design for a Flywheel Energy Store.

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How Sun, Salt and Glass Could Help Solve our Energy Needs

It looks like a set from a sci-fi epic, but this solar plant in the scorching Nevada desert has a far more practical purpose… High in the stark Nevada desert, a couple of hundred miles north-west of Las Vegas, is the shimmering circular mirage of Crescent Dunes. Ten thousand silvery glass panes, each measuring 115 […]

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Dominican Republic can triple renewable energy share by 2030, new IRENA report finds

The Dominican Republic could increase the share of modern renewable energy in its energy mix from 9 to 27 per cent by 2030, according to a new report launched by IRENA.

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Japanese companies team up to launch virtual power plant experimental project

Fourteen Japanese companies have come together to launch the "Virtual Power Plant Experimental Project".

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