Creating windows that generate electricity has just taken a significant step closer to becoming a reality. An ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science team led by Professor Jacek Jasieniak from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Monash University has created perovskite cells with a conversion efficiency of 15.5% that allow more than […]
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As the International Energy Agency has pointed out, China’s hegemony in the solar panel supply chain could impede the worldwide shift to cleaner energy sources. More than 80 percent of solar panel manufacturing is currently done by Chinese companies, according to a new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA). By 2025, that figure might
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Suppose it heeds the International Energy Agency’s request to diversify the world’s solar cell supply chain. In that case, Australia might begin a “renaissance” in solar manufacturing and have a rare opportunity to expedite its transition to renewable energy. According to an agency assessment released on Friday, more than 80 percent of PV solar supply
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Hundreds of electric cars will be able to be charged at a superhub in Europe that opens on Tuesday. In an Oxford park and ride, Pivot Power has built a £41 million energy center that includes 42 EV charging outlets and can recharge a vehicle in as little as 20 minutes, according to the company.
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For the first time, a working sand battery has been erected in Finland that can store renewable energy for months at a time. According to the creators, this could solve the perennial problem of insufficient year-round supply of green energy. The device is powered by cheap solar or wind energy and is heated by low-grade
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A Deal district business is creating the first solar-powered ice cream in the county. Solley’s Kentish Ice Cream in Deal has added 85 new solar panels. An existing 115 panels mean the business can generate enough power from the sun to run all of its refrigerators and sell surplus capacity to National Grid. Dover District
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The go-ahead has been given for constructing one of the largest solar farms in the United Kingdom. On Wednesday, South Norfolk district council approved Bloy’s Grove, a 200-acre (81-hectare) renewable energy project that could power 14,000 houses. The loss of agricultural land for the project has been criticized. The project’s backer, EDF Energy, claims the
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Among the most promising new materials for gathering solar energy are perovskites, which have a unique crystal structure. Flexible and lightweight perovskite solar cells could outperform thin-film solar cells and stiff silicon solar panels in terms of efficiency. Researchers have already achieved efficiencies comparable to silicon solar cells and are currently striving to put their
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Researchers at University College Cork have found a way to generate a quarter of Ireland’s electricity needs by installing solar panels on rooftops. For the first time, satellite imagery and weather data were used to assess every rooftop in Ireland. Results come as a new solar energy program that allows homeowners to be compensated or
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