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New Type Battery Designed for Solar, Wind Grid Storage

By Alan, on April 24th, 2013%

(National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Engineers at Stanford University and Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory developed a lower-cost design for long term storage of wind and solar energy on the power grid. The team led by Yi Cui, a materials science and engineering professor at Stanford and part of a joint materials and energy . . . → Read More: New Type Battery Designed for Solar, Wind Grid Storage

Solar Nanoscale Protein Filter Cleans Antibiotics from Water

By Alan, on April 19th, 2013%

David Wendell (University of Cincinnati)

Engineers at University of Cincinnati in Ohio developed a nanoscale filter powered by sunlight that can clean biochemical compounds, such as antibiotics, from lakes and rivers. Environmental engineering professor David Wendell and Ph.D. candidate Vikram Kapoor published their findings online last week in the journal Nano Letters (paid . . . → Read More: Solar Nanoscale Protein Filter Cleans Antibiotics from Water

Study: Solar Panel Industry Now a Net Energy Producer

By Alan, on April 2nd, 2013%

(National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

The global photovoltaic industry has reached a point where solar panels are now likely generating more energy than needed to produce the panels, concludes a new study by Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project. The findings of postdoctoral fellow Michael Dale and project director Sally Benson appear in . . . → Read More: Study: Solar Panel Industry Now a Net Energy Producer

Material Developed to Reflect Sun’s Heat, Cool Buildings

By Alan, on March 27th, 2013%

Shanhui Fan, center, with graduate students Aaswath Raman, left, and Eden Rephaeli. (Norbert von der Groeben, Stanford University)

Engineers at Stanford University in California developed a new type of cooling material based on nanotechnology that radiates sunlight back into space. The team led by Stanford engineering professor Shanhui Fan published its findings earlier . . . → Read More: Material Developed to Reflect Sun’s Heat, Cool Buildings

NSF Funding Organic Crystals Research for Electronics

By Alan, on March 25th, 2013%

Oana Jurchescu (Wake Forest University)

A physics professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina received a $400,000 National Science Foundation grant for research on the physical structure and electronic properties of organic semiconductor crystals. The five-year award to Wake Forest’s Oana Jurchescu was made under NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) . . . → Read More: NSF Funding Organic Crystals Research for Electronics

R&D Project Aims To Cut Time, Cost of Solar Installations

By Alan, on December 19th, 2012%

Thin-film solar cells can be fashioned into roof-top tiles or shingles. (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

A new research and development project led by North Carolina State University in Raleigh seeks to reduce the time and cost of installing rooftop solar energy systems. The five-year, $9 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department . . . → Read More: R&D Project Aims To Cut Time, Cost of Solar Installations

Solar Cell Developed from Carbon-Based Nanotech Materials

By Alan, on October 31st, 2012%

All-carbon solar cell (Mark Shwartz, Stanford University)

Researchers at Stanford University in California developed a solar cell made entirely of carbon, instead of silicon and more expensive materials found in current solar cells. The team that included contributors from University of Rochester in New York and Nankai University in China published their findings . . . → Read More: Solar Cell Developed from Carbon-Based Nanotech Materials

Americans Use More Gas and Renewables, Less Coal in 2011

By Alan, on October 24th, 2012%

(Brookhaven National Lab)

Americans used less energy overall in 2011 than in 2010 due mainly to reductions in the amount of energy wasted, along with natural gas and renewable sources increasing, and coal declining. The findings were published in an annual accounting of national energy supply and demand by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, . . . → Read More: Americans Use More Gas and Renewables, Less Coal in 2011

Solar Cells Built to Power Portable Devices in Low Light

By Alan, on October 11th, 2012%

Tim Jones (University of Warwick)

Chemistry researchers at University of Warwick in the U.K. and Molecular Solar Ltd., a Warwick spin-off company in nearby Coventry, created an organic solar cell that generates enough power to recharge a lithium-ion battery directly and can work in various levels of light, including partial shade. The team . . . → Read More: Solar Cells Built to Power Portable Devices in Low Light

Prototype Net-Zero Energy Home Being Tested

By Alan, on September 14th, 2012%

Net-zero energy home under construction (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, unveiled this week a two-story suburban-style home to demonstrate that a family of four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year. The year-long . . . → Read More: Prototype Net-Zero Energy Home Being Tested

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