By heather.lammers@nrel.gov (Heather Lammers) NREL report helps policymakers understand the comparative and collective impact of city energy policies October 19, 2016 The Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently examined the carbon abatement potential of city actions in six policy areas as part of the DOE’s Cities Leading through…
Dendrites, whiskers of lithium that grow inside batteries and can cause fires like those in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, are the bane of next-generation lithium batteries. While they usually spread under cover of darkness in a closed cell, a team of researchers has spied on them by cutting a…
By By ANDREW C. REVKIN Analysts of geoengineering challenge the inevitability of millenniums of warming. Read more here:: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/can-humans-go-from-unintended-global-warming-to-climate-by-design/
By Heba Hashem Read more here:: http://social.csptoday.com/tracker/project/sandstone-csp
A revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material has been created that can be used in a variety of applications, including microscopic actuators and grippers for surgical robots, light-powered micro-mirrors for optical telecommunications systems, and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/W3x9O_mjaZY/161017150756.htm
Scientists have found a way to nearly double the efficiency with which a commonly used industrial yeast strain converts plant sugars to biofuel. The newly engineered “super yeast” could boost the economics of making ethanol, specialty biofuels and bioproducts. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/ihprmPN-EGo/161017124017.htm
Physicists have successfully employed a powerful technique for studying electrons generated through singlet fission, a process which it is believed will be key to more efficient solar energy production in years to come. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/iuDtqsmdTgg/161017123741.htm
World Of Renewables Network – From October 12 to 14, 2016, PV Taiwan, the most influential international PV exhibition of Taiwan was grandly opened in Taipei. Huawei showcased the advanced FusionSolar Smart PV Solution and intelligent IV curve diagnosis, a cutting-edge technology, in the exhibition. During the exhibition, attracted by…
By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) Study highlights possible approaches to overcoming key challenges preventing perovskite solar cells from being competitive in the solar market October 17, 2016 NREL Scientists Keith Emery and Kai Zhu collaborated with renowned scientists from Korea, Switzerland, and Japan to propose a strategy for producing stable and…
Berlin-based Valentin Software GmbH has updated its software for designing photovoltaic plants to include new features. The new version of the PV*SOL premium and PV*SOL software now makes it possible to take electric cars into consideration when calculating your own consumption. In the new version, Valentin Software has integrated additional,…
