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Solar Battery (Storage)

Soluble Lead Flow Battery for PV Applications

UK researchers have assessed the cost of a 24V soluble lead flow battery optimized for PV applications. They have found that a total component cost of GBP 50 ($…

Solar Technology

Concentrating Photovoltaics for Agricultural Applications

A research team has studied the potential of using concentrating photovoltaics in agriculture and found that it offers advantages in terms of energy yield and d…

Solar Technology

DOE Announces $24M to Commercialize Innovative Solar Technologies

On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced $24 million for research, development, and demonstratio…

Electric Vehicles

Self-Driving Cars Must Learn the Language of Cyclists to Keep Roads Safe, Research Suggests

Future generations of self-driving cars should learn the language of cyclists to help them safely share the roads with bikes, new research suggests.Human-comput…

Oil Price

Oil Dips on Concerns Further Interest Rate Increases May Dampen Crude Demand

Crude futures last week recorded their first weekly loss since March

Graphene

Researchers Design Battery Prototype With Fiber-Shaped Cathode

In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers made a cathode in the shape of a thread-like fiber. The researchers were then able to use the fiber …

Solar Cell

Chinese Institute Made Progress in Improving Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Stability

The research team of Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently has made progress in high efficient and stabl…

Nuclear Technology

Japan Adopts National Strategy on Nuclear Fusion

Japan has adopted its first-ever national strategy on nuclear fusion reflecting the need to create a domestic fusion industry. The strategy calls for the wider …

SMR

US-Korean Partners to Build SMR-Powered Hydrogen Production Facility

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) of the USA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C to conduct…

Hydrogen Production

USNC, Hyundai Engineering, SK E&C to Partner on Nuclear Hydrogen Production; Mmr and Soec

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US-based vertical integrator of nuclear technologies and services, Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C are teaming up to con…

Energy Storage Project

New Efficient One-Pot Process for Recycling Metals From Spent Li-Ion Batteries

A team from the Korean government-funded research institute The Institute for Basic Science has developed a one-pot liquid extraction process that uses rotating…

Electric Vehicles

European Heft Project Seeks Lower-Cost, More Efficient and Power-Dense PM Emotor for EVs

A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric …

Carbon Emissions

Materials Scientist Working to Revolutionize Concrete and Radically Reduce CO2 Emissions

Franco Zunino's enthusiasm for the object of his research knows no bounds: "The magic and beauty are in the transformation. Concrete starts as a creamy flui…

Energy Saving Products

New Study to Compare Efficiency of Diesel and Hybrid-Powered CTVs

Singapore-based shipbuilding company Strategic Marine has commissioned a study to compare the efficiency of traditional diesel-powered and hybrid-powered crew t…

Geothermal Heating Project

Canadian Geothermal Research Center Receives $3 Million Funding

The Energi Simulation Centre for Geothermal Systems Research in Calgary, Canada has received funding for a $3-million project on harnessing heat from geothermal…