solar energy
Artificial leaf jumps developmental hurdle
Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen is one of the goals of BISfuel – the…
ASU, Georgia Tech create breakthrough for solar cell efficiency
Did you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy…
Amping Up Solar in the Snowy North
Michigan Technological University’s Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) is now part of a two-year study that will help answer that question. The aims are to gauge…
Innovation in renewable-energy technologies is booming
The number of patents issued for renewable-energy technologies has risen sharply over the last decade, according to new research from MIT and the Santa Fe…
Lunar orbiters discover source of space weather near Earth
New research published today increases our understanding of Earth's space environment and how space weather develops. Some of the energy emitted by the sun…
NREL calculates emissions & costs of power plant cycling necessary for increased wind and solar
To accommodate higher amounts of wind and solar power on the electric grid, utilities must ramp down and ramp up or stop and start conventional generators more…