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Energy Storage for Solar Power

Energy startup BrightSource has developed an energy storage system that involves heating up molten salt, and pumping it through a heat…

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Solarbuzz Report Sees US PV Market Doubling in 2011

A new report shows lower module prices and greater incentives will help the US PV market grow over the next five years.

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Commercial Operation Begins at NRG Solar, Eurus Energy America’s 45MW Plant

Eurus Energy America's 45MW solar generating facility could generate enough electricity to cater for the energy requirements of 36,000…

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New Process Could Make Canadian Oil Cheaper, Cleaner

Alberta-based consortium N-solv has developed a new method of extracting oil from deep within the ground.

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Nanoscale Pillars Could Have a Big Role in Future Batteries

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory experimenting with tin and graphene have discovered a new way of structuring…

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NREL Confirms New CdTe Cell Efficiency Record From First Solar

First Solar has set the new conversion efficiency record for cadmium telluride solar cells with it's new test models constructed using…

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Pure Nanotubes by the Kilo

Researchers at Rice University have improved on a method for making pure nanotubes called amplification that could allow them to turn a…

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Corn Ethanol Is Dead, Long Live Corn Ethanol

As a sign of corn ethanol's growing maturity, ending direct U.S. support for ethanol production is under serious consideration.

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Tomorrow's Transistor, Built Atom by Atom

Chipmaker Applied Materials claims that the most effective way of producing the next generation of 22-nanometer transistors is through…

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Nanostructures Could Result In Cheaper Electric-Car Batteries

Chinese startup Wuhe is increasing the conductivity of lithium-iron phosphate by milling it into extremely fine nanoscale powders. This…

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Solar Panels Can Be 3-D Printed Onto Regular Paper, Folded 1,000 Times

MIT engineers have created a tough solar cell that cannot only flex, but still function properly after being bent or folded.

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UCSB Second in World in Materials Research

New ranking shows shows the impact UCSB is having in the areas of materials for energy production & storage, next generation…

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Small Wind Now Available at Home Depot

Southwest Windpower has announced that their compact, grid-connected Skystream 3.7 wind turbine said to produce up to 400 kWh of clean…

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Solar Cells that See Red

Stanford researchers are working on a method of upconversion that increases the conversion efficiency of amorphous-silicon solar cells…

Research

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Sulphur Breakthrough Significantly Boosts Lithium Battery Capacity

Stanford researchers have discovered a way to use graphene-coated sulphur particles as a means of increasing the specific capacity of…

Research

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All-Electric Airliner Could Take to the Skies by 2035

Lithium ion battery technology, coupled with advancements in high-temperature superconducting materials could bring an all-electric…

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