Tag: research

January 20, 2023

BayWa r.e. and its subsidiaries have built four pilot projects in Europe to support agrivoltaics research. Ongoing research globally is examining how to best co-locate solar PV with agriculture for mutual benefits, which, in some cases, can include improved crop […]

March 1, 2021

The energy transition isn’t just sounding the death knell for fossil fuels. According to some experts, it has also revealed flaws in an idea that has bugged some academics for decades: As we move to less energy-dense fuels, could we […]

August 25, 2017

A discovery by two scientists at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) could aid the development of next-generation semiconductor devices. The researchers, Kwangwook Park and Kirstin Alberi, experimented with integrating two dissimilar semiconductors into a heterostructure by using […]

November 2, 2016

In the very near future, recycling light energy may be easier than recycling any other item in your house. Led by Shashank Priya, a team of mechanical and materials engineers and chemists at Virginia Tech, including post-doctoral researchers Xiaojia Zheng […]

September 30, 2016

In a discovery that could have profound implications for future energy policy, Columbia scientists have demonstrated it is possible to manufacture solar cells that are far more efficient than existing silicon energy cells by using a new kind of material, […]

June 21, 2016

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered a new way to optimize electron transfer in semi-conductors used in solar fuel solutions. The finding, published today in Nature Chemistry, could […]

June 14, 2016

A lot of people are staking a lot of money on the value of energy storage, but nobody agrees on how much it’s worth or how much we’ll need. That value is becoming clearer thanks to a new study by […]

June 1, 2016

If you thought the upper limit of solar cell efficiency was 32 percent in April, think again in May. Last week, MIT News reported on a research team that demonstrated how a silicon solar cell could top the theoretical limit […]

May 26, 2016

In the story of how energy is made and used to keep a country functioning, you don’t get a starring role. You are the passive receiver and consumer of electricity or gas in a tale dominated by governments, corporations and […]

May 18, 2016

Despite the rigors of scientific inquiry and the methodical approaches of the world’s most talented researchers, sometimes science has a surprise in store. Such was the case when a group of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne […]

April 28, 2016

Many programs encourage owners of homes and other buildings to improve their energy efficiency, sometimes offering substantial subsidies or tax incentives for doing so. Now, planners may have a way to determine where such programs can get the most return […]

April 12, 2016

Researchers have taken the next step in the evolution of bacteria-powered energy. For the first time ever, researchers connected nine biological-solar (bio-solar) cells into a bio-solar panel. Then they continuously produced electricity from the panel and generated the most wattage […]

April 4, 2016

What do consumers expect from their electric utility? What programs and services are they likely to be interested in? And how can utilities earn their trust? Each year the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) releases its annual State of the […]

April 1, 2016

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) last week approved the first wind energy research activities plan (RAP) for a facility to be located in U.S. federal waters. Last year, BOEM awarded a research lease to the Virginia Department […]

March 31, 2016

Ongoing wind power research and development will help the industry harness more wind, more efficiently and at lower costs in the future. The biggest factors in boosting wind turbine productivity — longer blades and taller towers — are fueling much […]

March 29, 2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Markets and Technologies for Natural Gas Storage” report to their offering. This report on natural gas storage market anticipates technology shifts, evaluates pricing trends for key North American and European […]

March 16, 2016

“Most people know we are frying the planet,” says MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, referring to the effects of climate change. After all, 2015 was the hottest year on record, portending drastic long-term problems involving agriculture, rising sea levels, drought, and […]

March 16, 2016

Measurement and data analysis techniques developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could provide new insight into performance-robbing flaws in crystalline structures, ultimately improving the performance of solar cells. While solar cells made from light-harvesting perovskite (an […]

March 1, 2016

Led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and in collaboration with Washington State University and the University of Tennessee, the researchers improved the maximum voltage available from a cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell, overcoming a practical […]

February 29, 2016

The recent natural gas well blowout in Aliso Canyon, California, was the largest methane leak in US history, according to new research from the University of California–Davis, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and others. During the period of activity […]