Norwegian research scientists will contribute to realising the concept of storing electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water pressure. ...

Articolo - Giulio - 20/05/2013 - 11:52 - 0 commenti

The supplier base for photovoltaic (PV) inverters further fragmented in 2012, with the total market share of the 10 largest suppliers falling by more than 4 percentage points, according to the latest quarterly ...

Articolo - Giulio - 06/05/2013 - 23:08 - 0 commenti

Researchers developed a new form of high-performance solar photocatalyst based on the combination of the TiO2 (titanium dioxide) and other “metallic” oxides that greatly enhance the visible light absorption an ...

Articolo - Giulio - 03/05/2013 - 11:39 - 0 commenti

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to be ...

Articolo - Giulio - 02/05/2013 - 12:51 - 0 commenti

Improvements in cost-competitiveness means that renewables will account for between 69% and 74% of new power capacity added by 2030 worldwide, despite current difficult market conditions ...

Articolo - Giulio - 23/04/2013 - 18:41 - 0 commenti

Natural gas power plants can use about 20 percent less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northw ...

Articolo - Giulio - 17/04/2013 - 12:00 - 0 commenti

An open software platform promises to lighten the load for households and businesses by making it easier for consumers to put renewables to good effect. ...

Articolo - Giulio - 29/03/2013 - 17:31 - 0 commenti

China’s “Big Five” power utilities have hundreds of gigawatts of thermal power plants in water-stressed areas and face retrofit costs of up to $20 billion to improve their resilience, new report finds ...

Articolo - Giulio - 29/03/2013 - 16:29 - 0 commenti

For the first time First Solar became the world’s largest photovoltaic EPC contractor in 2012, with more than 500 megawatts of projects completed – an increase of 50 percent over 2011, according to a new repor ...

Articolo - Giulio - 29/03/2013 - 16:12 - 0 commenti

A new survey conducted by IMS Research of more than 400 global photovoltaic (PV) inverter customers has revealed a rapidly growing need for energy storage in PV systems. ...

Articolo - Giulio - 13/03/2013 - 18:53 - 0 commenti