The past five years have seen significant cost reductions in photovoltaics and a correspondingly strong increase in uptake, with photovoltaics now positioned to provide one of the lowest-cost options ...

Scientists in China have constructed and tested a device that uses redox couples paired with a single triple-junction amorphous-silicon photoelectrode. When tested under a xenon lamp simulating one ...

MobileNuclear Energy is to collaborate with Peregrine Turbine Technologies to integrate its MN-1 Mobile Microreactor system with PTT's supercritical carbon dioxide energy conversion system and ...

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Countries bordering the North Sea are working ever more closely together to accelerate the development of wind energy. The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Denmark aim to be producing an annual 150 ...

A new six-junction solar cell, developed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), converts 47.1% of incident light into electricity when combined with optical concentration. Indications thus ...

Environmental engineers help determine the most sustainable energy options using systems and life cycle analysis. This allows a comparison of energy use and environmental impacts over the entire life ...

Numerous power storage and conversion technologies, including batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells, utilize polymeric materials. These materials have multiple benefits over conventional ...

The Principle of Conservation of Energy states that energy can be changed from one form to another but the total amount of energy does not change. Energy is measured in joules (J) and 1 J is ...