Record Efficiency of 68.9% for GaAs Thin Film Photovoltaic Cell Under Laser Light
In addition to the classical applications for solar cells on roofs and open spaces, photovoltaic devices [...]
Month: June 2021
Solar energy from the deep repository
During the winter months, renewable energy is in short supply throughout Europe. An international project is [...]
Harvesting drinking water from humidity around the clock
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a condenser for countries where water is in short supply. [...]
Levelized Cost of Electricity
Renewables Clearly Superior to Conventional Power Plants Due to Rising CO2 Prices Researchers at the Fraunhofer [...]
Majority of New Renewables Undercut Cheapest Fossil Fuel on Cost
Countries urged to power past coal as new report confirms renewables would bring cost savings of [...]
Small streams in agricultural ecosystems are heavily polluted with pesticides
The environmental risks of pesticides need to be revised Pesticides safeguard agricultural yields by controlling harmful [...]
Dry Rivers
60 percent of all streams around the world dry out intermittently – with an upward trend [...]
Global nuclear arsenals grow as states continue to modernize–New SIPRI Yearbook out now
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2021, which [...]
Climate Protection: Deep Decarbonization by 2050 Currently Not Plausible
The Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study [...]
Combating Marine Litter
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceans Marine litter is among the [...]
Urban life is not to everyone’s taste
Rapidly expanding urban habitats are likely to endanger a large number of butterfly species in the [...]
Heat stress due to climate: today’s hotspots and the outlook for the future
MCC uses the example of hospital admissions of the elderly in Germany to show the importance [...]
nuclear weapons spending increased by $1.4 billion in 2020
$72.6 billion is how much nine nuclear armed countries spent on their nuclear weapons as the [...]
Limiting climate risks for finance
Central banks and science publish scenarios To improve climate related risk management in the financial sector [...]
Are wind farms slowing each other down?
If offshore wind turbines are too numerous, they will produce less power. This should be considered [...]
Tipping elements can destabilize each other, leading to climate domino effects
Under global warming, tipping elements in the Earth system can destabilize each other and eventually lead [...]