Auckland Museum To Go Solar
Auckland Museum will be building on its energy efficiency efforts by installing a solar panel system on its roof by January next year.
Solar Delivering Clean Water To Mexican Village
A small solar powered water purifier developed by MIT is producing drinking water at a cost of just 8 Australian cents per 20 litres.
Plasmonic Nanostructures – Harvesting Energy From Light
University of Pennsylvania scientists have devised a new method of harvesting energy from light using plasmonic nanostructures.
Battery Innovation Center Opens In Indiana
The Battery Innovation Center (BIC) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Indiana – and it incorporates a rather novel solar carport.
Minnesota’s First Community Owned Solar Farm
The WH Solar Community, the first community owned solar project in Minnesota, has been officially opened.
Grid Scale Batteries And Energetic Cost
Researchers from Stanford University have determined that while storing surplus energy generated by solar farms in grid scale batteries is viable in terms of energetic cost; it may not be the same case for wind power.
Stacked Solar Cells Could Withstand 70,000 Suns
A new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells could lead to next-generation solar energy devices operating at concentrations of up to 70,000 suns.
Australia And Renewable Energy: What Now?
Some in Australia’s renewable energy industry will be starting their week scratching their heads as to what to do next.
Renewables Trump Coal + Carbon Capture And Storage
UNSW researchers have compared fossil fuel and CCS with renewables and found coal fired electricity’s days may be numbered – the figures simply don’t stack up.
US Could Rival China In Solar Manufacturing
A new study from MIT and NREL has debunked the belief that low wages and massive government subsidies are responsible for China’s dominance of the global solar panel market.
