Efficiency

Solar Power Plant

Avancis Achieves 20.3% Efficiency in CIGS Solar Panel

Avancis has set a new world record for a copper, indium, gallium, and selenium (CIGS) solar panel with an integrated series connection of 30 cm x 30 cm, achievi…

Energy Saving

House of Moveable Wooden Walls Promises a Cheaper, Greener Alternative to ‘Knocking Through'

University of Cambridge architects are inviting visitors to the London Design Biennale to experience a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition…

Energy Storage Technology

Researchers Improve the Solubility of Redox Molecules for Enhanced Energy Storage Systems

Dominant battery technologies using flammable, toxic, unsustainable, and expensive energy sources are a major contributor to climate change. Switching from foss…

Energy-Eficient Building

Energy Efficient Bench Headquarters Cuts Its Carbon Footprint

The Bench Headquarters' exterior will be finished in shading blinds to allow daylight to permeate within the building while preventing the sunlight from hea…

Solar Technology

Oxford PV Hails New ‘World Record’ for Solar Cell Efficiency

Image: Credit: Oxford PVUK solar pioneer claims to have developed solar cell with a record-breaking efficiency rating using its perovskite-on-silicon solar cell…

Solar Power Plant

Novel Solar Desalination System for Remote Areas Developed

With summer temperatures soaring, the specter of water scarcity looms large. As a possible solution to increase the availability of clean, potable water, resear…

Solar Panel

SPIC Unveils Topcon Back Contact Solar Panel With 23.4% Efficiency

Chinese manufacturer SPIC Solar says its new PV modules have power outputs ranging from 450 W to 460 W, and power conversion efficiencies ranging from 22.9% to …

Hydrogen Production

Exploring the Role of Oxygen Defects in a Titanium Dioxide Protective Film to Maximize Hydrogen Production Efficiency

Hydrogen has been gaining attention as a clean and efficient energy source. However, is hydrogen really environmentally friendly? Most hydrogen commonly used no…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Researchers Achieve Record 19.31% Efficiency With Organic Solar Cells

The offshore substation topside and the jacket foundation for the Vineyard Wind 1 project have left the quay at Bladt Industries’ production site in Southern D…

Green Hydrogen

Green Hydrogen Plants Next to Green Steelworks Could Boost Efficiency and Kickstart Both Industries

Making iron and steel is enormously energy intensive. Credit: ShutterstockThe race to net zero is accelerating. Just last week, United States President Joe Bide…

Solar Technology

A Conversion Efficiency Record Achieved by Longi With Perovskite Tandem Cell

On 24 May 2023, at SNEC 2023, LONGi announced its new record of 31.8% conversion efficiency achieved by its perovskite tandem cell on commercial CZ wafers, whic…

Renewable Energy

Clean Energy Spending Grows, but Big Investments Continue in Coal and Other Fossil Fuels

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects investment in clean energy technologies, including renewable power, nuclear, grids, storage, low-emission fuels, e…

Energy Saving

Energy Industry Apps Improve Efficiency

A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient. Three innovative on…

Energy Saving

Storing Hydrogen in Coal May Help Power Clean Energy Economy

The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on fossil fuels may lead to an unexpected place—coal. A team of Penn Stat…

Solar Cell

Researchers Create Flexible Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

A large team of technologists affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working with two colleagues from Germany and another two from Saudi Arabia, has fo…