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Harmful lead in photovoltaics – are there sustainable alternatives?
Without globally unified standards in waste management, the risk from toxic materials such as lead will become increasingly important.
Jan 17, 2020 // Opinions, Stephan Kube, Susanne Müller, HELIATEK
New Purification System Uses Power from Solar Panels to Sanitize Water
At Texas A&M University, researchers have actually established an eco-friendly, affordable service that can aid meet the water as well as electrical power needs of underserved neighborhoods.
Nov 6, 2020 // Technology, USA, Solar Panels, North America, Decontaminate Water, Texas A&M University, Le Xie, Shankar Chellam
Investor Pressure For ESG Compliance To Drive Corporates Towards Renewables In 2022
A New Report from Wood Mackenzie presumes that there is a genuine close to term threat for corporates as well as sustainable firms as they invest to decarbonise the power system.
Jan 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Wood Mackenzie, Market research, esg, akif chaudhry, Investor pressure, norman valentine
Major advancement in producing new family members of semiconductor materials
MIT engineers report producing the very first high-grade thin films of a new household of semiconductor materials. The task, which lead scientist Rafael Jaramillo describes as his "white whale" because of his fixation in pursuing it over the years, has the potential to effect several areas of technology if background repeats itself. The capability to develop top notch films of other families of semiconductors brought about computers, solar cells, night-vision video cameras, and extra.
Oct 4, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, perovskite, MIT, North America, Thomas Lord
Australia's H2 Trade May be Worth US$ 90 billion in 2050: WoodMac
Low-carbon hydrogen can end up being a US$ 50 billion to US$ 90 billion export industry for Australia in 2050, states Wood Mackenzie.
Jun 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Wood Mackenzie, Australia, Oceania, Low Carbon Hydrogen Trade, Net-Zero Emissions, Prakash Sharma
Canada extends trade measures against Chinese metal silicon
With the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed in November 2013 set to expire nine months ago, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has extended them for another five years, ruling their expiry would harm the nation’s only domestic manufacturer.
Aug 27, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Canada, China, polysilicon, Asia, North America, metal silicon, Quebec Silicon Limited Partnership, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, QSIP Canada ULC, Wacker Chemie AG, Pedro Larrea
Hydrogen economy requires public laws
According to the 2020 Global Gas Report by Snam, the International Gas Union and also BloombergNEF, public policies are required to sustain clean hydrogen reach commercial clusters and to facilitate large-scale use. The authors of the report recognized the benefits of using wind and solar to directly power electrolysis, but they do not dispose of the opportunity of using gas power with carbon capture storage space. The professionals of the three celebrations also identified barriers to get rid of for future development.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Storage, Policy, Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, BloombergNEF, Snam, 2020 Global Gas Report
8 Tips for a Greener Home via Smart Technology
A smarter home is quite often a greener home.Though it may take some investment, a smart home can pay for itself within a medium term period of time.
Oct 19, 2020 // Solar, Green Home, tips
Stanford scientists develop ultrafast method to produce perovskite solar modules
High-speed production might progress the commercialization of perovskite modules, a green option to standard solar panels constructed from silicon.
Nov 26, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, Stanford, Nick Rolston, Reinhold Dauskardt, William Scheideler
Recently established solar materials could introduce ultrathin, lightweight photovoltaic panel
A race is on in solar engineering to produce nearly impossibly-thin, flexible solar panels. Designers visualize them made use of in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices as well as sensors to lightweight aircraft and also electrical vehicles.
Dec 15, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar panel, North America, Stanford University
Unique Stellio Heliostat Solar Project Goes Online in China
Among the globe's initial molten salt tower focused solar energy (CSP) projects that utilizes a "Stellio" heliostat was grid-connected at the end of December in China's Xinjiang district near the Mongolian boundary. The 50-MW Hami pilot project established by Chinese state-owned firm China Power Engineering Consulting Group notes a significant turning point for the unique heliostat layout, which went from idea to building in a simple 5 years.
Mar 2, 2020 // Technology, Thermal, China, Asia, csp, Stellio, Heliostat
Why Desalinating Water is Hard — and Why We Might Need To Anyway
Desalination technology has been around for decades. But turning salt into fresh water takes more energy and money than is often worthwhile.
Dec 30, 2019 // Thermal, desalination, Manzoor Qadir
'Hydrogen Economy' Offers Promising Path to Decarbonization
Use tidy hydrogen can aid deal with the most difficult 3rd of international greenhouse gas discharges by 2050, yet just if net-zero exhaust objectives and also plans are established
May 19, 2020 // Market Research, Sydney, hydrogen, BloombergNEF, London, decarbonization, Kobad Bhavnagri
Solar modules made from perovskite product get a boost of stability as well as performance to change the sector
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and also Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed next-generation solar modules with high efficiency and great security. Made using a type of material called perovskites, these solar modules can keep a high performance for over 2000 hours. Their searchings for, reported 20th July 2020 in leading journal, Nature Energy, have lightened up prospects of commercialization.
Jul 21, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar modules, efficiency, perovskites, OIST, Yabing Qi, Luis Ono
Solar Mini-Grids, Lighting-Up Marginalised and Remote Communities
Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy is a major global challenge, especially in poverty-stricken developing nations. It is estimated that
Dec 3, 2021 // Grids, solar mini-grids, solar grid