December 8, 2014 The ongoing worldwide effort to improve the efficiency of using solar energy to split water to produce hydrogen -electrolysis- has added a new milestone. Scientists from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have achieved a solar energy to hydrogen conversion efficiency of 12.3 percent using … Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
Australian Solar Panels 40% Efficient
December 7, 2014 Researchers at the University of New South Wales announced that they were able to convert more than 40% of sunlight hitting panels into electricity. The tests were replicated at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. A similar breakthrough (44.7%) at the Fraunhofer Institute for … Continue reading
New Solar Tracking System Improves Production by 22 to 28%
Mass Megawatts recently announced the company’s entry into the $12 billion, US solar power market with the development of a new solar tracking technology that significantly increases the level of energy produced by solar power systems. This innovative design, combined with substantial government incentives, has created an unprecedented opportunity for … Continue reading
Solar Power With Gold Nanocluster Technology
Western scientists revolutionize solar power with new “gold nanocluster” technology September 25, 2014 Scientists at Western University have discovered that a small molecule created with just 144 atoms of gold can increase solar cell performance by more than 10 per cent. These findings, published recently by the high-impact journal Nanoscale, … Continue reading
Generating Solar Power At Night
Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night By Ari Rabinovitch Reuters NEGEV DESERT Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli solar power company, Brenmiller Energy, says it has developed a new, more efficient way to store heat from the sun that could give a boost to the thermal … Continue reading
University of Glasgow Water Splitter
Decoupled catalytic hydrogen evolution from a molecular metal oxide redox mediator in water splitting Benjamin Rausch, Mark D. Symes, Greig Chisholm, Leroy Cronin* WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. The electrolysis of water using renewable energy inputs is being actively pursued as a … Continue reading
Stanford University Water Splitter
Stanford scientists develop water splitter that runs on an ordinary AAA battery Aug. 22, 2014 By Mark Shwartz In 2015, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers. Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles, most of the cars will run on hydrogen made … Continue reading
Advanced Hydrogen Turbine
Background Siemens Energy, along with numerous partners, has an ongoing U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program to develop hydrogen turbines for coal-based integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generation that will improve efficiency, reduce emissions, lower costs, and allow for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Siemens Energy is expanding this … Continue reading
Solar Cells 44.7% Efficient
Press Release September 23, 2013 The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center Berlin jointly announced today having achieved a new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity using a new solar cell structure with four solar subcells. Surpassing competition after only … Continue reading
Solar Batteries
June 21, 2013 SMA Solar, Germany’s largest solar company and the world’s largest maker of inverters, a device to feed solar-generated energy into the electricity grid, announced the introduction of a new battery set to store surplus daytime solar energy for up to three hours of nighttime use. The new … Continue reading