UK approves world's biggest offshore wind farm project
17.08.2016 | Phys.org | phys.org
The British government gave the green light for what it called the world's biggest offshore wind farm to be built off the English coast.
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Štítek "Energy Storage"
Solar cell captures CO2 and sunlight, produces burnable fuel
29.07.2016 | UIC | news.uic.edu
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have engineered a potentially game-changing solar cell that cheaply and efficiently converts atmospheric carbon dioxide directly into usable…
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Solar panels study reveals impact on the earth
13.07.2016 | Lancaster University | www.lancaster.ac.uk
Researchers have produced the first detailed study of the impact of solar parks on the environment, opening the door to smarter forms of farming and better land management.
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Virtual power plants
01.07.2016 | MIT Technology Review | www.technologyreview.com
Using software to unify solar panels and battery storage creates a single, flexible resource that utilities can use to supply the grid.
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New method for effective production of hydrogen peroxide for fuel cells
23.05.2016 | Phys.org | www.phys.org
Scientists have used sunlight to turn seawater (H2O) into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which can then be used in fuel cells to generate electricity. It is the first photocatalytic method of H2O2…
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Carbon doped with nitrogen dramatically improves storage capacity of supercapacitors
04.01.2016 | Phys.org | phys.org
A team of researchers working in China has found a way to dramatically improve the energy storage capacity of supercapacitors - by doping carbon tubes with nitrogen. In their paper published in the…
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Storing electricity in paper
04.12.2015 | Linköping University | www.liu.se
Researchers at Linköping University’s Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed power paper – a new material with an outstanding ability to store energy. The material consists of…
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Shining more light on solar panels
23.10.2015 | Phys.org | www.phys.org
Solar panels are the beacon of renewable energy, yet they are not getting as much light as they could be. Joshua Pearce from Michigan Technological University and a team from Queen's University in…
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Making batteries with portobello mushrooms
12.10.2015 | University of California | universityofcalifornia.edu
Can portobello mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering think so.
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Secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy for every European
26.08.2015 | European Commission | www.europa.eu
Energy is used to heat and to cool buildings and homes, transport goods, and power the economy. But with ageing infrastructure, poorly integrated markets, and uncoordinated policies, our consumers,…
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