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By melissa 04 December 2015 An innovative solar cell technology with the potential to reduce the cost of renewable energy is receiving a funding boost from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). ARENA is providing up to $892,000 to support CSIRO to develop and apply guidelines for assessing the performance…

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) December 3, 2015 Scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a new probe that could lead to a better photoelectrochemical cell. A paper on the discovery, “Semiconductor interfacial carrier dynamics via photoinduced electric fields,” was published in Science Magazine. Ye Yang…

By By JOHN SCHWARTZ Environmental regulations and rising competition from cleaner, cheaper alternatives have weighed on the industry. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/science/earth/with-coal-industry-under-pressure-some-see-long-term-decline.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

By Heba Hashem Précis: The imminent start-up of Morocco’s Noor I CSP Plant will be followed by lower cost adjacent plants thanks to technology gains such as larger trough apertures which have eclipsed the impact of higher cost dry cooling systems, Driss Berraho, Business Development Manager at ACWA Power, told…

By Heba Hashem Précis: The imminent start-up of Morocco’s Noor I CSP Plant will be followed by lower cost adjacent plants thanks to technology gains such as larger trough apertures which have eclipsed the impact of higher cost dry cooling systems, Driss Berraho, Business Development Manager at ACWA Power, told…

Scientists have introduced a new strategy for generating more efficient solar cells. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/RauNMsmavy0/151202124944.htm

Scientists demonstrate an unconventional means to achieve more efficient and robust conversion of solar energy into electricity. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/ypehfxpZ7oI/151202124253.htm

Berlin, 2.12.15. A €230m project on future energy was opened by Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel in Germany on Wednesday. The project is called SINTEG (Schaufenster intelligente Energie/ Shop window for intelligent energy), with the catchline Digitale Agenda für die Energiewende (Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition),…

By Robin Sayles Précis: Solar thermal news you need to know. Namibia’s first CSP plant could reach 200 MW State-owned Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) tendered in November for a new impact assessment to build the country’s first CSP plant which could see as much as 200 MW of capacity built…

Get ready, we are embarking on yet another wave of energy exploration, one that will change the way that we think about energy, water and food: solar energy. You may think that solar energy is just about those black or blue panels on rooftops — which use solar photovoltaics, a…