(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to mimic the photosynthetic systems found in plants and some bacteria, scientists have taken a step toward developing an artificial light-harvesting system (LHS) that meets one of the crucial requirements for such systems: an approximately 100% energy transfer efficiency. Although high energy transfer efficiency is just one component of the development of a useful artificial LHS, the achievement could lead to clean solar-fuel technology that turns sunlight into chemical fuel.
Australia is taking its first leap into utility-scale solar PV with a 10-megawatt (MW) AC project located in Western Australia – 10 times larger than any operating project in the country.
Miscellaneous - India receives €200 million loan from EIB to fund renewable energy projects - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
PV - Solar may produce most of world’s power by 2060, IEA says - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
Germany now has more renewable energy installed than the USA. But the race is far from over and there is stiff competition in developing countries.
Biofuels - Thomson becomes first airline to fly customers on biofuel - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
Panorama - Renewables meet 16 percent of global final energy consumption in 2010 - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year
In a paper published in Nature Photonics, University of Toronto researchers report the first efficient two-layer solar cell based on colloidal quantum dots
Pythagoras Solar, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, is working on creating solar windows that could generate power for office buildings and
Researchers have identified an enzyme in bacteria which could be used to make biofuel production more efficient.
Panorama - Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments? - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism
Clothing embedded with micro-pumps releases bursts of scents for mood improvement.
(PhysOrg.com) -- Katru Eco-Energy, headed by founder and inventor, Varan Sureshan, has developed a new kind of wind turbine meant to capture the winds that fly in all directions atop big buildings, and unlike conventional devices, the IMPLUX, as it’s called, can capture wind from any direction as it stands; meaning without having to be repositioned or pointed. The IMPLUX achieves this feat by means of horizontal turbine blades that sit atop a vertical axis and are turned by wind that is pushed up through what Sureshan calls a "fluid dynamic gate."
