Virtual power plants
01.07.2016 | MIT Technology Review | www.technologyreview.com
Using software to unify solar panels and battery storage creates a single, flexible resource that utilities can use to supply the grid.
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Štítek "Power Engineering"
Perovskite Solar Cells Surpass 20% Efficiency
15.06.2016 | Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanneg | actu.epfl.ch
Michael Graetzel and his team found that, by briefly reducing the pressure while fabricating perovskite crystals, they were able to achieve the highest performance ever measured for larger-size…
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First Iceland power plant turns carbon emissions to stone
10.06.2016 | Phys.org | www.phys.org
Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to a solid within…
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New method for effective production of hydrogen peroxide for fuel cells
23.05.2016 | Phys.org | www.phys.org
Scientists have used sunlight to turn seawater (H2O) into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which can then be used in fuel cells to generate electricity. It is the first photocatalytic method of H2O2…
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Solar-powered plane to soar again on round-the-world flight
02.05.2016 | Phys.org | www.phys.org
Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, is to take flight again on Monday, organizers said.
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Future Solar Panels Will Generate Energy From Raindrops
11.04.2016 | Science News Journal | www.sciencenewsjournal.com
A new solar cell prototype developed by a team of scientists in Qingdao, China may change the way we use solar panels in the not so distant future.
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Solar cells as light as a soap bubble
02.03.2016 | MIT News | news.mit.edu
Imagine solar cells so thin, flexible, and lightweight that they could be placed on almost any material or surface, including your hat, shirt, or smartphone, or even on a sheet of paper or a helium…
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Chemically Storing Solar Power
22.02.2016 | TU Wien | www.tuwien.ac.at
By combining highly specialised new materials, the scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) have managed to combine high temperature photovoltaics with an electrochemical cell. Ultraviolet light can be…
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Heliatek sets new Organic Photovoltaic world record efficiency of 13.2%
15.02.2016 | Heliatek | www.heliatek.com
Heliatek reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic…
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World's largest ever offshore wind farm to be built
05.02.2016 | DONG Energy | www.hornseaprojectone.co.uk
DONG Energy will build the giant Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm, capable of powering well over 1 million UK homes, off the Yorkshire coast.
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