Efficiency

Solar Cell

ASTI CIGS Thin-Film Cell Efficiency Hits 15.2%

US-based Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTI), specializing in thin-film solar technology, announced this week that for the first time, its CIGS thin-film solar cel…

Energy Saving

Huge Rise in Energy Efficiency in Dorset Homes

There has been a more than twofold increase in the number of energy-saving measures installed in low-income Dorset homes, new figures show.Under the Home Heatin…

Electric Vehicles

Conti Cityplus Concept Tire Premieres at Iaa Mobility

At IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, Continental unveiled its new tire concept Conti CityPlus. This tire technology increases the total energy efficiency of a ti…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Linking Two Solar Technologies Is a Win-Win for Efficiency and Stability

While conventional silicon-based solar cells have had an unmistakable impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources around the world, additional performa…

Geothermal Heating Project

Nottingham, UK Hospital to Install Geothermal Heating and Cooling System

The Queen''s Medical Centre in Nottingham, England (source: Matt Buck / flickr, Creative Commons)A new energy centre with four high-efficiency heat pump…

Solar Cell

Flexible Solar Cell Achieves Major Power Conversion Efficiency Gains

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have tweaked the material of ter…

Energy Storage Project

A Smart Color-Changing Flexible Battery With Ultra-High Efficiency

With the rapid growth of the smart and wearable electronic devices market, smart next-generation energy storage systems that have energy storage functions as we…

Energy Saving

Glasgow Receives £6.845m to Make Homes More Energy Efficient

The Scottish Government has made an award of £6.845 million to help make homes in Glasgow more energy-efficient.The funding comes from the Energy Efficien…

Solid-State Batteries

Researchers Upcycle Degraded Cathodes to Create High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

In a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. Zhang Yunxia from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academ…

Solar Panel

An Affordable and Scalable Strategy to Fabricate Efficient Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Silicon heterojunction (SHJ), solar cells based on a heterojunction between semiconductors with different band gaps, are among the most promising photovoltaic t…

Battery

New Zinc-Air Battery Shows High Power Density, Ultra-Long Stability

Zinc. (Reference image by Konstantinos Kourtidis, Imaggeo.)Researchers at Australia’s Edith Cowan University have redesigned zinc-air batteries by using a…

Energy Saving

Researchers Improve Performance of All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) are considered one of the most promising next-generation energy storage devices for high energy density…

Solid-State Batteries

How Cracked Cathodes Help Reduce Li-Ion Batteries' Charging Time

Location of the battery pack shown in a cutaway of the 2013 Nissan Leaf. (Reference image by Norsk Elbilforening, Wikimedia Commons.)New research out of the Uni…

Solar project

Improved Design Focus Concentrated Solar Pwer Dish Begins Field Trials

With an improved design for volume manufacturing, the updated Solarflux FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator has commenced field trials to demonstrate it’s s…

Energy Saving

LG Home Appliances Showcase Top-Rated Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Life at Ifa 2023

LG Electronics (LG) is presenting an extensive lineup of home appliances offering A-grade (and above) energy efficiency in the 'Net-Zero House' at IFA 2…