Jan
31
A New Idea For Window Glass That Harvests Energy
January 31, 2024 | Leave a Comment
What happens when you expose tellurite glass to femtosecond laser light? That’s the question that Gözden Torun at the Galatea Lab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in a collaboration with Tokyo Tech scientists, aimed to answer in her thesis work when she made the discovery. Its a discovery that may one day turn windows into […]
Jan
18
Success & Lessons From A Space Solar Power Beam Down Trial
January 18, 2024 | Leave a Comment
One year ago Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate and test three technological innovations that are among those necessary to make space solar power a reality. The mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth. The spaceborne testbed demonstrated the ability to beam […]
Jan
11
Ammonia Suggested to Replace 60% of Ocean Shipping Fuel
January 11, 2024 | Leave a Comment
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that green ammonia could be used to fulfill the fuel demands of over 60% of global shipping by targeting just the top 10 regional fuel ports. That suggests that the fuel could be a viable option to help decarbonize international shipping by 2050. The study report has […]
Dec
27
Next Solar Cell Development Is The Back Contact Micrometric
December 27, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… University of Ottawa engineers, together with national and international partners, have achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells. The cells, with a size twice the thickness of a strand of hair, have significant advantages over conventional solar technologies, reducing electrode-induced shadowing by 95% and potentially lowering energy production costs […]
Dec
14
New Catalyst and Solar Process Produces Low Cost Hydrogen
December 14, 2023 | Leave a Comment
Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… A study developed jointly by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and the spin-off BeDimensional has identified a solution based on ruthenium particles and a solar-powered electrolytic system. Small ruthenium particles and a solar-powered system for water electrolysis can produce green hydrogen more efficiently and cheaply. The technology, developed in the context of the Joint-lab’s […]
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