How to make a 'perfect' solar absorber
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2014 -
The key to creating a material that would be ideal for converting solar energy to heat is tuning the material's spectrum of absorption just right: It should absorb virtually all wavelengths of light that reach Earth's surface from the sun - but not much of the rest of the spectrum, since that would increase the energy that is reradiated by the material, and thus lost to the conversion process. ...
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OPDE gain approval for new 10.8 MWp Solar Farm in UK
Somerset, UK (SPX) Oct 01, 2014 -
OPDE has obtained planning consent for a new 10.8 MWp solar farm located near the town of Crewkerne in Somerset (United Kingdom).
The planning approval consolidates OPDE's position in the UK PV market, adding to an active and successful development pipeline.
In March 2014, OPDE successfully connected a 12 MWp solar farm located in Alresford, Hampshire, and construction works are due ...
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How to make stronger, 'greener' cement
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2014 -
Concrete is the world's most-used construction material, and a leading contributor to global warming, producing as much as one-tenth of industry-generated greenhouse-gas emissions. Now a new study suggests a way in which those emissions could be reduced by more than half - and the result would be a stronger, more durable material.
The findings come from the most detailed molecular analysis ...
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Solar-Powered Sun Flyer Trainer Makes Progress
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2014 -
The quest for low-cost, environmentally friendly flight continues. One company working on a solar powered all-electric two-seater called the Sun Flyer is Aero Electric Aircraft along with its development partners Bye Aerospace and German PC Aero.
AEAC has started conducting research and development flights with a single-seat technology demonstrator at Centennial Airport (APA) near Denver. ...
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Bioenergy: Australia's forgotten renewable energy source (so far)
Sippy Downs, Australia (The Conversation) Oct 01, 2014 -
When we think of renewable energy, it's easy to picture spinning wind turbines or rooftop solar panels. But what about bioenergy? While wind and solar are now well established - in South Australia wind now supplies 33% of the state's power generation, while nationwide there are more than 1.3 million roofs now sporting solar panels - bioenergy has nowhere near the same reach or profile in A
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Blades of grass inspire advance in organic solar cells
Amherst MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2014 -
Using a bio-mimicking analog of one of nature's most efficient light-harvesting structures, blades of grass, an international research team led by Alejandro Briseno of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has taken a major step in developing long-sought polymer architecture to boost power-conversion efficiency of light to electricity for use in electronic devices.
Briseno, with colleagu ...
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Fukushima operator, Sellafield to compare nuclear notes
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 30, 2014 -
The operator of Japan's tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant announced Tuesday it had agreed to share knowledge and experience on decommissioning damaged reactors with Britain's Sellafield.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), has struggled with cleaning up the crippled nuclear plant, especially with safely storing radioactive water used to cool reactors, in the years since the 2011 quake-ts ...
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