Renewable Energy

December 2019

Harnessing hot Carriers for High Efficiency Solar Cells

Crystal structure of a two-dimensional hybrid perovskite with long hot-carrier cooling time.

Harnessing hot Carriers for High Efficiency Solar Cells

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Two-dimensional solar materials may offer a way to extract more energy from sunlight. By tuning the structure of a 2D perovskite solar material, researchers from KAUST and the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown they can prolong the lifetime of highly energetic hot carriers generated by light striking th

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12/30/2019

Carbon-Free Energy Deepens Penetration in North America

Carbon-Free Energy Deepens Penetration in North America

The transition from carbon-intensive generation to clean and renewable energy is picking up the pace in the United States, finds DNV GL’s latest Energy Transition Outlook report. However, unlike many other regions, the transition is being driven sub-nationally by cities, states, and corporations due to the lack of supportive federal regulations. The way the energy transition is unfolding in the U.S. is the result of market forces and technological developments and costs, rather than governmental mandates. Cities and states are front-line players in the energy transition. States like New York, California, and

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12/23/2019

Nuvera Advances Automated Fuel Cell Facility in China

Nuvera Advances Automated Fuel Cell Facility in China

Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, is pleased to announce construction of a fuel cell stack production line in the Hangzhou district government of Fuyang, China. A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Dec. 17, 2019 attended by Lucien Robroek, CEO and Jon Taylor, President of Nuvera, along with Fuyang government officials. In December 2018, Nuvera signed

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12/20/2019

Thermoelectric Materials for Cheaper Renewable Energy

Thermoelectric Materials for Cheaper Renewable Energy

Queen Mary University of London

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity. Materials known as halide perovskites have been proposed as affordable alternatives to existing thermoelectric materials, however s

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12/17/2019

SiC Gate Driver Provides Best-in-Class Power Efficiency

SiC Gate Driver Provides Best-in-Class Power Efficiency

With the MAX22701E isolated gate driver from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., designers of high-voltage/high-power systems can improve power supply efficiency by up to 4 percentage points over competitive solutions, reducing power loss and the resulting carbon footprint by 30 percent. The driver IC is intended f

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12/17/2019

Consider Marine Life When Adding Offshore Renewable Power

This is a photograph of offshore wind turbines.

Consider Marine Life When Adding Offshore Renewable Power

Cell Press

With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy now accounts for a third of the world's power. As this trend continues, more and more countries are looking to offshore energy sources to produce this renewable energy. In an Opinion publishing Dec

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12/17/2019

Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Window

Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Window

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective applications of such devices is their integration into buildings, vehicles, or portable electronics. Therefore, colour-perception and flexibility are important as we

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12/16/2019

A Flaky Option Boosts Organic Solar Cells

A Flaky Option Boosts Organic Solar Cells

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

An inexpensive material, made from tungsten disulfide flakes just a few atoms thick, has helped to improve the performance of organic solar cells1. The discovery by KAUST researchers could be an important step toward bringing these photovoltaic cells into wider use for generating clean electricity. Most solar cel

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12/16/2019

AI may Help Scientists Make Spray-on Solar Cells

UCF's Jayan Thomas led the team in reviewing more than 2,000 peer-reviewed publications about perovskites and collecting more than 300 data points that were fed into the AI system the team created. The system was able to analyze the information and predict which perovskites recipe would work best.

AI may Help Scientists Make Spray-on Solar Cells

University of Central Florida

Artificial Intelligence may be just the thing to accelerate spray-on solar cell technology, which could revolutionize how consumers use energy. A research team at the University of Central Florida used Machine Learning, aka Artificial Intelligence to optimize the materials used to make perovskite solar cel

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12/16/2019

World's Smallest Photocouplers for Industrial and Solar

World's Smallest Photocouplers for Industrial and Solar

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced five new 8.2mm creepage photocouplers that are the world’s smallest isolation devices for industrial automation equipment and solar inverters. With a package width of 2.5mm, the RV1S92xxA and RV1S22xxA photocouplers reduce PCB mounting area by 35 percent compared to co

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12/12/2019

Retail Energy Customers in U.S. Looking to Energy Providers

Retail Energy Customers in U.S. Looking to Energy Providers

DNV GL recently completed its annual U.S. Competitive Energy Sales Strategies Survey, a comprehensive survey exploring interconnected relationships between competitive energy providers, commercial customers, and the aggregator, broker, and consulting (ABC) companies who support the industry. The survey found th

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12/12/2019

Green Hydrogen: Research to Enhance Efficiency

This is the main author of the study, Aleksandr Bashkatov from the Institute of Fluid Dynamics.

Green Hydrogen: Research to Enhance Efficiency

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Laboratory experiments and a parabolic flight campaign have enabled an international team of researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) to gain new insights into water electrolysis, in which hydrogen is obtained from water by applying electric energy. Water electrolysis could play a key ro

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12/12/2019

AVX Sponsors GEOX DRAGON All-Electric Formula-E Team

AVX Sponsors GEOX DRAGON All-Electric Formula-E Team

AVX Corporation has announced its continued support of the GEOX DRAGON Formula-E racing team for the new 2019–2020 ABB FIA Formula-E Championship racing season, which kicked off in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, November 22. For the second-straight year, AVX is partnering with Mouser Electronics, TTI, Inc., an

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12/11/2019

Ducted Wind Turbines Wins Grant from Department of Energy

Ducted Wind Turbines Wins Grant from Department of Energy

Ducted Wind Turbines, the company formed by Clarkson University Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Ken Visser and his team has won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with funding from the DOE’s Office of

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12/10/2019

Fusion by Strong Lasers

Accelerator tunnel at the European XFEL

Fusion by Strong Lasers

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Nuclear physics usually involves high energies, as illustrated by experiments to master controlled nuclear fusion. One of the problems is how to overcome the strong electrical repulsion between atomic nuclei which requires high energies to make them fuse. But fusion could be initiated at lower energies with el

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12/06/2019

DC Diesel Generator Set Offers Compact, Powerful Solution

DC Diesel Generator Set Offers Compact, Powerful Solution

Generac Industrial Power has announced the company’s latest gen-set. The SDC015 is the first liquid-cooled direct current (DC) unit featuring one of the smallest footprints on the market and at 57 volts, this unit can pull 15 kW of power. The SDC015 features a quiet 1.5L diesel engine that produces only 65 dB

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12/03/2019

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