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Tag: sustainable energy

  • Breakthrough News for Improving Concentrated Solar Power Plants

    The efficiency of photovoltaic or concentrated solar power (CSP) plants depends on how much light can be captured and turned into electricity or heat. A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have made a breakthrough in this area by developing a nanoparticle material that could allow CSP plants to absorb…

  • $54 Million For New York State Solar Projects

    New York solar news from Jake Richardson at CleanTechnica.

  • Letters & Links from Students

    The following note comes from Layla Russell, who works with young students interested in solar energy. When I asked Layla to describe the nature of the links she and her students had sent, she wrote, “I think the best way to describe how they found them useful would be that they all incorporate something either explaining…

  • CO2 to Methanol Model Explored at UT Arlington

    Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are pioneering a new method for using carbon dioxide, or CO2, to make liquid methanol fuel by using copper oxide nanowires and sunlight.

  • Biofuel Nanoparticle Enhancement

    A new study published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy shows that the addition of alumina nanoparticles can improve the performance and combustion of biofuel.  These nano-enhanced biofuels also come with the added benefit of prod…