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Home storage systems for electricity produced by photovoltaics facilities are gaining attractiveness, as their costs are declining. However, standardized, verifiable criteria for the end client to assess their performance are still lacking. Now, scientists have launched the largest German study so far to analyze commercial systems with respect to safety,…

Chemists have invented a new type of supercapacitor material with a host of potential applications in electronics, transportation and energy storage devices. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/fHONIVpXQxk/160613090631.htm

By By ANDREW C. REVKIN A pioneering effort to fly a solar-powered aircraft around the world makes a high-profile stop in the city that never sleeps. Read more here:: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/solar-aircraft-bound-around-world-soars-over-statue-of-liberty/

By By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Above-normal temperatures lowered electricity demand, but tougher regulations and cheaper alternatives have hurt the industry as well. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/business/energy-environment/coal-production-decline.html

By Wildcat Discovery Technologies Wildcat’s new electrolyte discoveries improve cycle life at both temperature extremes – reducing cell impedance by 40% at -25 deg C and by 30% during 60 deg C storage tests. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/674867

By MF Fire MF Fire is launching the Catalyst, the first smart, ultra-clean wood stove. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/674696

Chemists have synthesized a stable and long-lasting carbon-based molecule that, they say, potentially could be applicable in solar cells and electronic devices. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/nCUjcdj2Pz0/160609174758.htm

Researchers are pushing the limits of perovskite solar cell performance by exploring the best way to grow these crystals. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/6kgWAMfR_oc/160609151207.htm

In the search for low-emission plant-based fuels, new research could lead to sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel-based products. Scientists have identified new steps in the way plants produce cellulose, the component of plant cell walls that provides strength, and forms insoluble fiber in the human diet. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/BA-j7TekVcs/160609115316.htm

Researchers have discovered a novel way to significantly increase the amount of sunlight that a solar absorber can convert into heat. By converting more of the solar energy that reaches Earth’s surface into heat in a low-cost way, the solar absorber can help make sustainable technologies that rely on solar…