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Renewable Energy Sources Help Produce Hydrogen Peroxide for Water Purification

Water sources are usually contaminated with industrial, urban, and agricultural waste in the developing world, and hence, limited access to clean water is a major issue for billions of people.

3 Apr 2017

New Power-to-Gas Technology Could Dramatically Increase Use of Intermittent Renewable Energy

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to dramatically increase the use of intermittent renewable energy.

31 Mar 2017

Compressed Air for Renewable Energy Storage Could Lower Costs, Improve Storage Capacity

In Europe, the two unpredictable resources sun and wind are becoming more and more important as key sources of energy. This underscores the fact that there is an increasing need for energy storage facilities because if the generated energy cannot be used instantly then it must be stored until it is required.

29 Mar 2017

Scientists Get One Step Closer to Ultra-Thin Silicon Solar Cells with Higher Efficiency

Despite the increase in the solar cell R&D in recent years involving emerging materials such as perovskites and organics, the inorganic crystalline silicon photovoltaics continue to be the most favored in the solar cell industry.

20 Mar 2017

HyperSolar Produces Renewable Hydrogen Using Commercially Available Silicon Solar Cells

HyperSolar, Inc., a company developing a breakthrough technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, has announced that it had succeeded in producing renewable hydrogen using commercially available, inexpensive silicon solar cells (provided by Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC "MWOE") protected with its proprietary coating.

22 Feb 2017

Improved Electrical Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage

Solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for emergencies, as the sun does not shine every day. The case is similar with wind power, as the wind may not always blow.

22 Feb 2017

Research on Electrochemical Water Catalysis to Tap Energy from Renewable Energy Sources

New, greener energy solutions are needed as fossil fuel energy is fast depleting and a leading cause of pollution.

15 Feb 2017

New Technology for Developing Automobile Tires Using Renewable Resources

A research team headed by the University of Minnesota has invented a new technology that will help develop automobile tires from grasses and trees in a process capable of shifting the tire production industry toward using renewable resources available in our backyards.

9 Feb 2017

SolAmerica Announces Launch of 1.3 MW Solar Project in Plains, Georgia

Atlanta-based SolAmerica Energy, a leading solar, development and construction firm, today will be having a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its latest solar project, on February 8, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to Noon in Plains, Georgia.

30 Jan 2017

Researchers on the Verge of a Major Breakthrough in Producing Renewable Diesel

Researchers from MIT have carried out genetic reprogramming of a specific yeast strain so that it performs more efficient conversion of sugars to fats. This advance could make the renewable production of high-energy fuels possible.

18 Jan 2017