Efficiency

Solar Technology

Scientists Propose a Technology Reducing the Cost of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

A group of St. Petersburg scientists has proposed and experimentally tested a technology for the fabrication of high-efficiency solar cells based on A3B5 semico…

Solar Technology

Panasonic Reaches 16.09% Efficiency with Perovskite Solar Module Using Inkjet-Based Coating

Panasonic has achieved the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module by developing lightweight technology using a gl…

Solar Power Panel

New Perovskite Promises 38.7% Efficient Tandem Cells

Scientists from Japan’s Gifu University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have identified a chalcogenide perovskite material with light absorption attribut…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

NETL to Increase Efficiency in US Fossil Fuel-Based Power Plants

In the US, fossil energy is important for security, with coal producing nearly 30% of the nation’s electricity.

Coal Mine

Renewable Energy Policy Paper Proposes Crackdown on Coal Use

The accelerating renewable energy and energy efficiency discussion document explores possible options to address barriers to reducing energy-related emissions a…

Energy Efficiency Is A Core Target For Machine Learning

At a local climate action conference late last year, much of a session was devoted to making buildings consume less power, something with diminishing climate r…

New Trump Administration Rule Complicates Efficiency Standards

Energy efficiency standards for facility equipment, such as commercial air conditioners and lighting, is the “top US policy for saving energy in buildings,” s…

Flexible Gas CHP Sets New Standards in Northern German City of Kiel

In the first seven weeks of operation, Stadtwerke Kiel’s new gas-fuelled combined heat and power plant (CHP) has set “new standards in terms of flexibility, e…

Solar Company

Longi Claims Another Solar Panel Efficiency Record

Solar panel manufacturing goliath Longi has announced what it says is “a new world record” for conversion efficiency in a monocrystalline module. But is it?

A Smart Way to Predict Building Energy Consumption

Researchers predicted the energy consumption of buildings using hybrid deep algorithms, computational experiments, and parallel computing. A team of internation…

Digital Energy Transformation

Q&A: How Data Centers Can Become More Energy Efficient

As the world becomes more digital, electricity consumption in data centers will surge — that number could rise to 8 percent of the global total by 2030. A lead…

Researchers Develop A More Efficient Fracturing Fluid Called StimuFrac™ for Geothermal

Researchers at PNNL in the U.S. have identified processes that help to improve efficiency of fracturing activities with new fracturing fluid called StimuFrac (T…

Develop 600-kwp Solar Pv Array At Air Force Base

Known as the Energy Efficiency Programme at the Brasilia Air Force (GUARNAER-BR), the initiative will be implemented at the Ala 1 - Brasilia Air Base.

​New York to Invest $2bn in Utility Energy Efficiency Initiatives to Combat Climate Change

As part of the initiative, the New York State Public Service Commission has approved energy efficiency and electric heat pump targets to significantly reduce en…

Energy Storage System

Energy Storage Systems Market to Record USD 500 billion by 2025

Increasing consumer inclination subject to energy efficiency along with rising concerns pertaining to renewable energy assets will stimulate the energy storage …