Source: City College of New York Summary: Researchers announce the development of a novel low cost, rechargeable, high energy density battery that makes the widespread use of solar and wind power possible in the future. It is based on manganese dioxide (MnO2), an abundant, safe and non-toxic material. Researchers at The City College of New […]
Monthly Archives: April 2017
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Source: Lund University Summary: Researchers have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells. The goal is to be able to use iron-based dyes in solar cells in the future. By using iron instead of other […]
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Source: Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) Summary: Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate change intensify. An emission-free, solar-powered chiller has now been developed by scientists. The potential market is world-wide, particularly in warm countries. Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate […]
There are really only two possible endpoints for human energy production, and they’re both fusion. Either we find a way to create tiny, controlled fusion reactions here on Earth (fusion power) or we find a way to usefully collect a good portion of the energy already being released form the enormous fusion reactor our solar system has […]
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Solar power is headed everywhere these days, from the rooftop of your home to the sky above it, to orbital space above that, even stretching all the way into your local Ikea. Yet even if we use every available foot of rooftop for solar, it still can’t provide more 40% of our needs, while space-based rigs are expensive and far-out […]
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Politicians and lobbying groups still regularly dismiss the science of climate change and efforts to increase the use of cleaner forms of energy like wind and solar. However, any opposition to the spirit of renewable energy could be a moot point soon as the cost of energy acquired by modern photovoltaics continues to drop. The […]