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MIT Researchers Start Collaborative Research Effort to Bring Dawn-to-Dusk Solar Energy to Marketplace

Lighter, more efficient flat-plate solar cells are the goal of MIT researchers who kicked off a collaborative research effort Dec. 15 with a three-year, $3.5 million award under the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program. Their aim is to bring the technology to the marketplace.

12 Jan 2016

Second-Generation Biofuel Crops Could Efficiently Meet Emission Reduction Goals

Second-generation biofuel crops like the perennial grasses Miscanthus and switchgrass can efficiently meet emission reduction goals without significantly displacing cropland used for food production, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Illinois and collaborators published their findings in the inaugural edition of the journal Nature Energy. The researchers call it the most comprehensive study on the subject to date.

12 Jan 2016

Study Emphasizes Significance of Long-term Datasets to Spot Climate Trends in Ocean Biology

Most ocean data sets are far too short for the accurate detection of trends resulting from global climate change, according to research published today in the journal Global Change Biology.

11 Jan 2016

Optimized Atmospheric Observations Help Effectively Predict Severe Weather Phenomena over Arctic Ocean

The current reduction in Arctic sea-ice extent causes unpredictable weather phenomena in the Arctic Ocean (strong winds, high waves, and rapid sea-ice movement associated with cyclones) also over the mid-latitudes (heat waves, severe winters, etc.).

11 Jan 2016

Hybrid Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Hold Potential to Achieve Ultimate Efficiency of 30%

Imagine if your clothing could, on demand, release just enough heat to keep you warm and cozy, allowing you to dial back on your thermostat settings and stay comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car windshield that stores the sun’s energy and then releases it as a burst of heat to melt away a layer of ice.

11 Jan 2016

NREL and CSEM Achieve Record 29.8% Conversion Efficiency with Dual-Junction Solar Cell

Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) have jointly set a new world record for converting non-concentrated (1-sun) sunlight into electricity using a dual-junction III-V/Si solar cell.

8 Jan 2016

Canadian Solar Connects Additional Five Projects to the Grid in UK

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has energized an additional five solar power plants, totaling 22.9 MWp, bringing its total fleet of solar power plants in operation in the United Kingdom to 63.1 MWp.

8 Jan 2016

EDF RE’s 150MW Slate Creek Wind Project Reaches Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) announced today that the 150 megawatt (MW) Slate Creek Wind Project in Kansas reached commercial operation on December 29, 2015.

8 Jan 2016

Duke Energy to Construct 17MW AC Solar Facility at Naval Support Activity Crane

Duke Energy plans to add more clean, renewable energy to its generation mix with the construction of a 17-megawatt (AC) solar facility at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, located 40 miles southwest of Bloomington, Ind.

8 Jan 2016

NASA’s COral Reef Airborne Laboratory to Survey More of the World's Coral Reefs

A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world's coral reefs, and in far greater detail, than ever before. The COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) will measure the condition of these threatened ecosystems and create a unique database of uniform scale and quality.

8 Jan 2016

Large-Scale Subsurface Energy System Incorporates CO2 Sequestration and Energy Storage

Meeting the Paris Climate Agreement goal of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels will require increased use of renewable energy and reducing the CO2 intensity of fossil energy use.

8 Jan 2016

Electrochemical Principle-Based Method to Harness Energy from Small Motions

For many applications such as biomedical, mechanical, or environmental monitoring devices, harnessing the energy of small motions could provide a small but virtually unlimited power supply.

7 Jan 2016

US Would Gain Major Economic Benefits from Global Mercury Regulations

Mercury pollution is a global problem with local consequences: Emissions from coal-fired power plants and other sources travel around the world through the atmosphere, eventually settling in oceans and waterways, where the pollutant gradually accumulates in fish.

7 Jan 2016

Switch Utilizes Energy from New Solar Facilities to Run SUPERNAP Data Centers

Switch announced that as of January 1, 2016 all of its SUPERNAP data centers and its more than 1,000 clients who are colocated at their facilities, will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy, making Switch the world's largest colocation data center environment to adopt all-inclusive green technology.

7 Jan 2016

Astoria 2 Solar Power Project Utilizing GE 1500V Inverters to Reach Commercial Operation in Fourth Quarter of 2016

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, one of North America's largest solar project developers, closed on a tax equity investment commitment with GE unit GE Energy Financial Services for the 75 megawatt (MWac) Astoria 2 solar power project. Recurrent Energy also closed a debt facility for the Astoria 2 project, currently under construction in California.

7 Jan 2016