Heat record after heat record
At the beginning of July 2023 there was a national heat record in Germany, in the [...]
Month: July 2023
Why Europe Needs a Circular Approach to Critical Raw Material
Report on the EU Critical Raw Materials Act: Circular economy increases security of supply of raw [...]
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century
Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts [...]
New Project “HybridKraft” Launched: PV Electricity Shall Increase Efficiency of Solar Thermal Power Plants
The hybrid combination of solar thermal power plants, photovoltaics and storage promises cost-effective and stable electricity [...]
Going the distance for better wireless charging
Accounting for radiation loss is the key to efficient wireless power transfer over long distances. A [...]
Tesla doubles its e-car production – and VW?
In the first half of 2023, Tesla sold 889,000 cars – 100 percent of which were [...]
Power electronics for novel heat pumps achieves efficiency of over 99.7 percent
Milestone in Fraunhofer lighthouse project “Electrocaloric heat pumps” In the Fraunhofer lighthouse project ElKaWe, researchers are [...]
Detecting nanoplastics – in fractions of a second
Tiny plastic particles are an environmental problem. They can even penetrate living cells. A method has [...]
Europe hoarding Chinese solar panels as imports outpace installations; €7 billion sitting in warehouses
Chinese-manufactured solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are piling up in European warehouses, with approximately 40 gigawatts-direct current* [...]
Bifacial Perovskite Solar Cells Point to Higher Efficiency
NREL Researchers Calculate Boost From Reflected Light Hitting Back of Device. A bifacial perovskite solar cell, [...]
The carbon cycle is speeding up
Soil is the largest natural carbon storage in the world. In Northern ecosystems particularly large amounts [...]
World Record Efficiency of 15.8 % Achieved for 1 cm² Organic Solar Cell
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) opens up new areas of application for solar energy thanks to its climate [...]
Amazon in the firetrap
Deforestation and warming lock rainforest in dry and damaged grassland state. Global warming and drastic deforestation [...]
HPS inaugurates the world’s first grid-serving solar-hydrogen home
HPS Home Power Solutions AG inaugurated the world’s first grid-serving solar-hydrogen home with year-round electricity and [...]
Microplastic pollution: some lakes are worse impacted than oceans
Microplastics are found in lakes and reservoirs around the world. Pollution reaches even the most secluded [...]
Rapid progress of key clean energy technologies shows the new energy economy is emerging faster than many think
But momentum in solar, EVs and heat pumps needs to expand quickly across more countries and [...]