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Solar Cell

Hybrid Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell with 18.04% Efficiency

South Korean researchers claim to have developed a PV cell with a higher efficiency rate than any other tandem cell based on perovskite and organic materials.

Wind Turbine Blade

GE Firms Win Blade 3D-Printing Grant

GE Renewable Energy, GE Research and LM Wind Power have been selected by the US Department of Energy to research the design and manufacture of 3D-printed wind t…

Crude Oil

Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Prices To U.S. And Europe

The world’s top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, raised on Thursday the prices of all its crude oil that will go to the United States and Europe in March while leav…

Hydrogen Project

Siemens Energy Launches Innovation Centre in Shenzen with a Focus on Hydrogen

Striving to be an open and inclusive platform to foster commercialisation and scaling-up of research results, Siemens Energy has launched a new innovation centr…

LNG

Russia's Rosneft Looks to Arctic to Ramp up LNG Output

The projects were considered as part of its LNG strategy at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak last month

Solar Company

Tesla Announces Its First Photovoltaic Inverter Based on Powerwall 2 Technology

Since acquiring SolarCity in 2016, Tesla has been providing its own solar solutions by using the inverters of Delta and SolarEdge instead of a comprehensive aut…

Energy Security

European Parliament to Consider Resolution on Safety of Belarus NPP

The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has approved a draft resolution on the safety of the Belarus NPP initiated by Lithuania.

Blockchain

Germany Launches Blockchain Energy Trading Project

Germany has launched a state-subsidised research project that will look at how to make use of blockchain technology in adapting power trading to the growing sha…

Solar Cell

Inverted Perovskite Solar Cell with Transition Metal Carbides Achieves 19.2% Efficiency

A Russian-Italian research group has developed a two-dimensional transition metal carbide, known as MXenes, to collect photocurrent in perovskite cells.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan and ACWA Power Partner on Hydrogen Research Programmes

The Uzbekistan Ministry of Energy, ACWA Power and Air Products have entered into a strategic framework agreement to develop research programmes and projects in …

Wave Energy Converter

NREL’s Wave Energy Shape-Shifter gets Concrete Footing

Rethinking traditional wave energy converter designs, the researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have started developing the next-generation co…

Solar Cell

Mini Perovskite Solar Module with 14.55% Efficiency

The 5x5cm device was developed by a Japanese research group.

Smart Grid

Emerging Market Countries will Deploy 148 million Smart Meters over the Next Five Years

A new report released by research firm Northeast Group states that emerging market countries will deploy 148 million smart electricity meters over the next five…

Hydrogen Project

NUI Galway Research to Participate in Five-Year Hydrogen Project

Researchers at the NUI Galway are taking part in a green hydrogen research project that will generate distribute and use at least 300 tonnes of hydrogen per yea…

Hydrogen Project

Imported Blue Hydrogen ‘Cheaper than Green’ in EU

Imported hydrogen will be cheaper than green hydrogen made in the EU in 2030, according to a new study by Aurora Energy Research.