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Roadmap to accelerate the deployment of thin film manufacturing and play a critical role in building a competitive U.S. photovoltaic industry.
Jul 8th, 2013
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will conduct a field campaign this summer and fall in the skies over the Pacific Northwest and Tennessee to measure the evolution of aerosols in wildfires and prescribed agriculture burns, respectively.
Jul 8th, 2013
Read moreThe CRYSTAL CLEAR (Crystalline silicon photovoltaic: low-cost, highly efficient and reliable modules) project focused on crystalline silicon modules, which are used in around 9 out of 10 solar energy systems sold worldwide. The project partners focused on developing state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies that reduced the production cost of solar modules to around EUR 1 for each watt produced.
Jul 8th, 2013
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London Array, the world's largest offshore wind power plant, was inaugurated on July, 4th.
Jul 7th, 2013
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ETH-Zurich spin-off Climeworks is looking to filter carbon dioxide out of the ambient air and sell it to major customers such as greenhouses at competitive prices. The first pilot plant is up and running and the equipment is expected to filter up to 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air a year by 2014.
Jul 5th, 2013
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An innovative iodine-based aqueous cathode doubles the energy density of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Jul 5th, 2013
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At next week's Intersolar conference in San Francisco, imomec, imec's associated lab at the Hasselt University, and Solliance, the European consortium that focuses on thin-film photovoltaic solar energy, will present a CZTSe-based solar cell with 9.7 percent efficiency.
Jul 3rd, 2013
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General Motors and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. The collaboration expects to succeed by sharing expertise, economies of scale and common sourcing strategies.
Jul 3rd, 2013
Read moreSouth Carolina's leading automotive research center and premier technology and aviation business park have partnered to study next-generation vehicle technology.
Jul 3rd, 2013
Read moreA Centre for Power Electronics that will focus on delivering the underpinning science and engineering behind many low carbon technologies from electric vehicles to renewable energy generation and distribution has been launched thanks to funding of GBP18 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Jul 3rd, 2013
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Scientists have discovered for the first time that temperature determines where key soil microbes can thrive - microbes that are critical to forming topsoil crusts in arid lands.
Jul 3rd, 2013
Read moreThe DESERTEC Foundation announced the termination of its membership with Dii GmbH.
Jul 3rd, 2013
Read moreStudy shows the atmospheric CO2 has big consequences for the tiny bacteria that are the foundation of most of the life in the sea.
Jul 2nd, 2013
Read moreSince 2005, the European Union has co-financed 22 projects in 58 cities in the scope of the EU CONCERTO initiative. The objective of these projects is to build and renovate buildings in an energy efficient manner and to utilise renewable energy sources in an intelligent mix. This is a commitment that pays off, as was demonstrated in Brussels at the EU Sustainable Energy Week.
Jul 2nd, 2013
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Researchers built and tested the prototype of a device to harness energy from ocean currents able to work in deep water.
Jul 2nd, 2013
Read moreUntil now, scientists have assumed that keeping livestock on large steppe grassland contributes to the constantly growing nitrous oxide concentration in the atmosphere and thus to global warming. But now the opposite has been proved: Klaus Butterbach-Bahl's team of five from the Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) have shown that animals grazing on steppe and prairie areas can actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Jul 2nd, 2013
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Bicyclean, a 2012 thesis project that helps recycle e-waste in developing nations, wins silver at Acer Incredible Green Contest.
Jul 1st, 2013
Read moreWhat do the cities of the future look like? What role do they play for global climate change? What influence does the German energy transformation have worldwide? These questions are in the centre of the 2nd Global Sustainability Summer School on 'COMPLEX(C)ITY - Urbanization and energy transition in a changing climate' taking place from 1 to 12 July.
Jul 1st, 2013
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