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Revolutionary Loop Heat Pipe Transports 10 kW of Waste Heat — No Electricity Required

August 15, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, heat pumps, Japan, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:26:53 +0000

A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has developed a loop heat pipe (LHP) that can transport up to 10 kW of heat without the need for electricity. This heat transport capability is the largest in the world. The group’s LHP aims to contribute to energy savings and … [continued]

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The “Spin” Around Perovskite Solar Cells Has Only Just Begun

August 13, 2024 admin China, clean power, Energy, energy efficiency, Hong Kong, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy, spin, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:17:04 +0000

Spin control and chiral structures are front and center in the next generation of lower-costing, higher-performing perovskite solar cells.

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$10 Million to Develop New and Alternative Supplies of Critical Minerals & Materials

August 13, 2024 admin battery metals, battery minerals, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery materials, idaho national laboratory, investing in america, iowa state university, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, pennsylvania state university, rare earth elements, rare earth minerals, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:05:12 +0000

The Investing in America Agenda Supports Innovative, Clean Energy Technologies to Strengthen Responsible Domestic Supply Chains and Reduce Our Nation’s Reliance on Foreign Sources In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $10.2 million for four projects that will advance cost … [continued]

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Sheer Chaos As Paint-On Perovskite Solar Cells Take Over

August 12, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, Manufacturing, multi-junction solar cells, oxford pv, oxford university, perovskite solar cells, perovskites, research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy, solar prices, solar records, tandem solar cells, thin film solar, thin film solar cells, uk, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:33:30 +0000

Solar opponents will have to figure out a new line of attack when perovskite solar cells suddenly plaster the world.

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U.S. Fire Departments Spent Over Half a Billion Dollars on Gas Leak Responses in 2018, Study Finds

August 12, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, Fossil Fuels, gas leaks, natural gas, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:14:58 +0000

Gas Leaks Cost U.S. Fire Departments Nearly Half a Billion Dollars Each Year Every three minutes, a fire department responds to a suspected gas leak in the U.S. Now, new research suggests these emergencies place a significant burden on first responders and taxpayers. The new peer-reviewed study from scientists at … [continued]

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Stronger Together: Coupling Excitons to Polaritons for Better Solar Cells & Higher Intensity LEDs

August 12, 2024 admin clean power, energy efficiency, led, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:42:43 +0000

In solar cells and light-emitting diodes, maintaining the excited state kinetics of molecules against annihilation is a race against time. These systems need to strike a careful balance between different processes that lead to loss of energy and those that lead to the desired outcome. A major loss mechanism especially … [continued]

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A Fifth of U.S. Green Hydrogen Projects Eyed for Water-Stressed Areas

August 11, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory, Arizona, arizona state university, California, clean power, drought, fortescue, fortescue future industries, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, megadrought, policy research, research, SCIENCE, Water

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:58:24 +0000

As the federal government pours billions into hydrogen production to lower greenhouse gas emissions, critics worry water shortages in the Southwest could worsen. Armed with bright green shovels, executives from the Australian mining giant Fortescue broke ground in May on a green hydrogen plant outside of Buckeye, Arizona, in an area the … [continued]

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Soft Cost Analysis of EV Charging Infrastructure

August 9, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:19:52 +0000

Private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)—the charging infrastructure necessary to support the rapid rise in electric vehicles (EVs)—are essential to the transformation of the transportation sector, yet associated expenses outside of the actual hardware, software, and construction called “soft costs” are not well understood. A new multilaboratory initiative … [continued]

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A DIY Solar Revolution Is Quietly Taking Place

August 9, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, DIY, diy solar, EU, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar panels

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:38:44 +0000

What would you think about a DIY solar panel small enough to be easily installed on the side of your balcony or patio and then plugged into a wall socket? It could provide energy produced by the sun directly into your home. Each of the lightweight panels would produce only … [continued]

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