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Researchers have reached a critical milestone in solar cell fabrication, helping pave the way for solar energy to directly compete with electricity generated by conventional energy sources. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/pgoPpQZqa8c/160229135331.htm

New technologies are starved for efficient and inexpensive catalysts. The best materials are made up of nanoparticles, whose properties are the result of their small size. The single catalyst particles have, however, an ugly tendency to cluster into larger particles, thereby reducing their effectiveness. A group of scientists has developed…

Biodiesel represents a potentially cleaner and more sustainable fuel than those derived from crude oil. Now, scientists have developed a high-speed conversion that turns waste cooking oil into fuel using ultrasound and caustic soda. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/rlOhtSpc0L8/160229082136.htm

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) February 29, 2016 A critical milestone has been reached in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology, helping pave the way for solar energy to directly compete with electricity generated by conventional energy sources. Scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) collaborated with researchers…

By heather.lammers@nrel.gov (Heather Lammers) NREL provided critical information to help determine the winner February 29, 2016 Google and IEEE announced today that Belgium’s Red Electrical Devils, a team from CE+T Power, has won the Little Box Challenge, a competition to invent a much smaller inverter for interconnecting solar power systems…

By melissa 29 February 2016 A new energy retailer is entering the Australian market and pioneering a groundbreaking business model. It will empower consumers to reduce their power usage and potentially use more renewable energy. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and SBCVC have backed a $5 million Southern Cross…

Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium balloon. Researchers have now demonstrated just such a technology: the thinnest, lightest solar cells ever…

By Advanced Conferences & Meetings RetrofitTech KSA 2016 will discuss the upcoming opportunities, strategies and challenges for retrofitting and refurbishing of existing buildings to reduce electricity and water usage. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/659776

By Sun Fund Americas Sun Fund Americas, SRL, a renewable energy development company headquartered in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, and concentrating on the Caribbean and Central American markets has signed a 20mw Solar Power Purchase Agreement in the island nation of Jamaica. The project represents an investment of $50 million.…

By By ANDREW C. REVKIN Bill Gates replies to questions from Times readers on meat, gas guzzling, overcoming the vast oil industry and more. Read more here:: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/bill-gates-explains-how-to-make-climate-progress-in-a-world-eating-meat-and-guzzling-gas/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss