Tag: solar energy
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Sol Voltaics Produces World-Record GaAs Nanowires for Solar Energy
SAN FRANCISCO – Sol Voltaics, a developer of nano technology for the solar industry, has doubled its previously reported world-record for photovoltaic (PV) conversion efficiency using a gallium-arsenide (GaAs) nanowire array (NWA). As independently verified by Fraunhofer-ISE, Sol Voltaics has demonstrated a 1-sun conversion efficiency of 15.3% in a GaAsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Leads RFPs for Utilities in 2014
Western states dominate 2014 clean energy requests for proposals NEW YORK – A new shows that utility companies in North America zeroed in on two sectors last year: advanced energy storage and solar. Analysts with Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracked 52 clean energy requests for proposals in 2014 and found thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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MIT Researchers Develop A More Efficient Battery
The more widespread adoption of renewable sources of energy is at least in part hampered by our poor ability to store energy. But a team of MIT researchers has recently a made a breakthrough in developing a new battery system. This all-liquid battery system is more efficient at storing energy, and costs less to produce,…
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Wolves In Yellowstone National Park
We all are pretty much aware of just how delicate the world’s ecosystem actually is. And just how relatively easy it is to upset that balance. In fact, it’s pretty much a fact of life that we are currently experiencing that imbalance, as the earth’s climate starts to change, due in part to a number…
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New Way of Cooling Solar Cells
A group of researchers at Stanford University have developed a new type of coating, which will allow solar cells to cool themselves. This breakthrough would eliminate the need for water and energy intensive coolants and ventilation, which is currently used to cool solar cells. It would also extend the life span of the solar cells…