Rinnovabili • Giant batteries in cities, how electric vehicles support the grid
Energy
Electric cars and hot water systems could turn cities into giant batteries

A new study shows how electric vehicles and hot water systems could help turn urban areas into massive storage hubs, easing pressure on the power grid.

Rinnovabili • Indoor photovoltaic reaches 40% efficiency with GaInP
Energy
Indoor solar cells hit 40% efficiency…

Fraunhofer ISE develops a high-efficiency indoor photovoltaic cell using GaInP semiconductors, pushing…

Rinnovabili • Organic photovoltaic facade, the first real-world building installation
Energy
Organic photovoltaic facade debuts on building…

NEXT Energy Technologies installs the world’s first integrated organic photovoltaic facade in…


Rinnovabili • parabolic solar module
Tech innovations and Startups
Here is the new parabolic solar module that produces heat and electricity

The ECOSun project aims to radically reduce the costs of concentrating photovoltaic with low-cost materials and…

Rinnovabili • Blue hydrogen
Tech innovations and Startups
Blue hydrogen certified, the first standard of TUV SUD

Presented the standard TÜV SÜD CMS 77 hydrogen and its derivatives capable of ensuring a reduction…

Rinnovabili • Space photovoltaic power plants
Tech innovations and Startups
Space photovoltaic power plants, do they offer an advantage?

NASA study evaluates the agency’s potential advantages, challenges and options in developing solar space

Rinnovabili • Organic photovoltaic
Tech innovations and Startups
Organic photovoltaic cells increase efficiency by 66% with nanoshells

A new irregular surface structure gives the polymer photovoltaic a greater capacity of light absorption

Rinnovabili • hydrogen
Tech innovations and Startups
Ansaldo’s gas turbine can burn 100% hydrogen

Successfully tested the ability of the GT36 turbine to continuously switch from natural gas to pure…

Rinnovabili • Offshore solar parks
Tech innovations and Startups
GW scale and standardized Offshore solar parks, think BAMBOO

Sixteen European partners have launched an industrial project to bring offshore photovoltaic technology to standard formats…

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Tech innovations and Startups
Here is the agrivoltaic module HS-B96, double-sided and semi-transparent

The photovoltaic modules of the French Feedgy are composed of heterojunction solar cells and offer a…

Rinnovabili • lithium batteries
Tech innovations and Startups
Flame retardant electrolyte for super-safe lithium batteries

From a new international research comes the self-extinguishing rechargeable battery that can increase safety standards

Rinnovabili • quantum dot solar cells
Tech innovations and Startups
Build the world’s most efficient quantum dot solar cells

UNIST engineers in South Korea created perovskite-based "quantum dot" solar cells that convert 18.1% of light…

Rinnovabili • tandem photovoltaic modules
Tech innovations and Startups
Here are the tandem photovoltaic modules with a record efficiency of 25%

The panels measure 1.68 square meters and boast a power of 421 watts. Behind the result…

Rinnovabili • Charging lithium batteries
Tech innovations and Startups
Charging lithium batteries drops below 5 minutes with indium

A team of researchers found that indium could be an exceptionally promising material for fast-charging batteries,…

Rinnovabili • Extracting water from the air
Tech innovations and Startups
Extracting water from the air, cobwebs and beetles improves the collection

Designed thanks to biomimetic engineering new systems to capture atmospheric humidity and turn it into drinking…