From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

Europe’s rural areas could produce up to 30 times their energy needs with photovoltaics, but technical, environmental and social obstacles complicate their development. Networks, storage and community ...

A German research team has investigated the feasibility of a large-scale PV-powered seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Jordan and has found that keeping the concentrate flow constant is ...

Environmental Sustainability Photovoltaic systems are at the forefront of sustainable energy solutions, offering a clean way ...

Cheap, safe, widely available sodium could be used for battery energy storage alongside photovoltaics. The Sodium-Ion-Battery Germany (SIB:DE) Research project is investigating whether sodium-ion ...

With its strong belief in the role of renewable energy towards a progressive future, SMART ENERGY WEEK [February] continues to enrich industry expertise with the launch of its much-awaited conference ...

Researchers have developed a sustainable catalyst that increases its activity during use while converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable products. This discovery offers a blueprint for designing ...

Recent advancements in organic photovoltaics highlight the role of non-fullerene acceptors and secondary hole transport ...

US-based renewable energy supplier Enfinity Global has reported the addition of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in ...

Photovoltaics (PVs), devices that can convert sunlight into electrical power, are becoming increasingly widespread and more ...

State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation ...

Power generation is constantly becoming "greener" and more sustainable. The share of balcony power plants in photovoltaics is still less than one percent: on Thursday of this week, the officially ...