May 15
Nautical Torque is an innovative process for generating renewable electricity using large particles of slow moving matter (LPSMs). The huge potential of nautical torque lies in 3 areas: low cost of production, scalability and continuous output. In a tidal application of nautical torque, the LPSM will be in the form of large vessels, ships, barges …
May 15
Eden Scott Appointed to Recruit Four Executives for Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has announced a plan to recruit four senior level positions, and has appointed Scottish leading recruitment firm, Eden Scott, to source candidates for the positions. Launching in Spring 2013, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult forms part of an …
Jan 10
For highly efficient polymer-based organic photovoltaic cells — which are far less expensive to manufacture than silicon-based solar cells — size matters. To compete with energy from fossil fuels, photovoltaic (PV) devices must convert sunlight to electricity with a certain measure of efficiency. For polymer-based organic PV cells, scientists have long believed that the key …
Jan 10
China plans to more than double its installed capacity for solar electricity this year, a move that could breathe new life into Chinese solar manufacturers suffering heavy losses. In a speech at China’s annual national energy work conference dated Monday and released on Tuesday, Liu Tienan, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, …
Jan 10
The Hellenic Association of Photovoltaic Energy Producers (SPEF) has filed a formal complaint at the European Commission with regards to the special levy the Greek Government has imposed on photovoltaic parks – the levy does not concern residential installations. According to the SPEF press release published on January 7, the association filed two separate complains …
Jan 09
The race to develop the most efficient solar panels is definitely on and that’s the reason we regularly come up with breakthroughs that promise to convert sunlight into more energy and hence reduce the cost of solar power. While researchers at NREL and Solar Junction believe that their multi-junction PV cells would make the world’s …
Dec 30
Climate change is mentioned by Munich Re as a major culprit of increased weather-related losses, but lots o’ people say it is still a fringe, unproven myth. Ahhhh, Americans–not all, but too many. And, our presidential candidates did not mention it once in the debates, the first time since the early 80s that climate change …
Dec 30
Clean energy has become a dirty word in presidential politics. In their second debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama each tried to outdo the other’s love of fossil fuels: Obama extolling his record on oil and natural gas production, Romney vowing to take “advantage of the oil and coal we have here.” The Republican candidate …
Nov 15
For decades, photovoltaic devices have generated electricity directly from sunlight. Thermoelectric devices generate electricity from heat energy. Both devices have found their way into various applications, from photovoltaic roof panels to thermoelectric energy recovery in vehicles. Both methods of electrical generation are fairly inefficient, but now, by combining these two properties, researchers at University of …
Nov 15
Ongoing significant technological advances from companies such as Solar Junction and Amonix will help drive concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) installations to almost 1.2 GW by 2016, according to a new report from IMS Research. The report predicts that the cost of a CPV system will decline on average by 16% per year until 2016. In parallel …
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