Renewable Energy

Low-cost solar cell problem solved

Solar panel image; Credit: © Shutterstock Researchers in the United States have solved 20-year-old problem with a low-cost solar cell. The Grà ¤tzel cell was cheap to produce, but it...

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AORA's tulips: Solar energy in bloom

Credit: AORA A garden of flowers that produce- rather than consume- energy sounds unreal, but that is the concept behind AORA's innovative solar plant. Located in the Arava desert in...

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Solar energy for US student homes

Installation of solar panels via Shutterstock Three student housing developments in America are to be run on clean energy. More than 9,000 solar panels are to be fitted at The...

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Solar hat-trick for Renewable Energy Corporation (REC)

REC stand at the 13th SolarExpo (Pavilion 7, Stand E2.1); Credit: Business Wire A leading solar products company is celebrating three major achievements. Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has been named...

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Low-cost 3D solar cell prototype in development

Solar cell image via Shutterstock American company Solar3D Inc is working on a low-cost 3D solar cell prototype that could lower the cost of solar power. The aim is to...

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Photosynthesis, the dream of renewable energy

Photosynthesis image; Credit Shutterstock When wind and Sun have been utilised, eco-experts have often asked, why not the air, the rain and the Sun. CO2 and water are used by...

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Solar power 'the real thing' after Japan earthquake

Solar panel image via Shutterstock Youngsters at a Japanese primary school devastated by last year's earthquake are learning that solar power is 'the real thing'. Shiraishi Daiichi Elementary School, in...

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Wind power backed in Britain - but not by Donald Trump

Wind farm image via Shutterstock The majority of both the British public support wind power, two new surveys have shown. Leading conservation group WWF Scotland has welcomed the findings ahead...

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