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 • Propane heat pumps
Energy
Propane heat pumps, growing market share

In 2023 HVAC manufacturers have collectively announced more than 60 models of propane heat pumps, and…

Rinnovabili • Decarbonizing steel with hydrogen
Tech innovations and Startups
Decarbonizing steel with hydrogen, 1st trial in Italy

Snam, TenarisDalmine and Tenova will test the use of clean hydrogen to power hot lamination of…

Rinnovabili • sodium ion storage plant
Tech innovations and Startups
Inaugurated the largest sodium ion storage plant in the world

Connected to the network a storage project of 100 MWh of capacity in the province of…

Rinnovabili • solar cell factory
Energy
The largest thin film solar cell factory in Europe is born in…

The Swedish company has received a new grant from Invitalia to complete its Apulian plant of…

Rinnovabili • organic photovoltaics
Energy
The efficiency of organic photovoltaics reaches 20%

Realized a high performance ternary organic solar cell thanks to two isomeric non-ferrous acceptors

Rinnovabili • LONGi
Tech innovations and Startups
LONGi launches Hi-MO X6 Max modules, standard wafer sizes

The Chinese manufacturer has launched new photovoltaic modules using 72-cell rectangular silicon wafers, resulting from the…

Rinnovabili • Floating photovoltaics on lakes
Tech innovations and Startups
Floating photovoltaics on lakes, where is the greatest potential?

A new international study has calculated the global potential for the implementation of floating solar panels…

Rinnovabili • Solar cell tandem perovskite/TOPcon
Tech innovations and Startups
JinkoSolar’s perovskite/TOPcon solar cell sets the record

The Chinese photovoltaic company has achieved a conversion efficiency of 33.34%, the highest ever touched with…

Rinnovabili • Electrolysis cells
Tech innovations and Startups
Electrolysis cells Ni-GDC for the future power-to-X

DTU researchers manufactured and tested a new type of ceramic electrolysis cells with special electrodes that…

Rinnovabili • metamaterial
Tech innovations and Startups
How to fight the heat in the house with transparent metamaterial

Created a polymer-based microfotonic metamaterial that allows light diffusion and radiative cooling,maintaining a high level of…

Rinnovabili • Volcanic ash
Tech innovations and Startups
Volcanic ash for solar concentration accumulation

How Volcanoes Can Help Thermodynamic Solar The molten salts are carving out a space of all…

Rinnovabili • Building wind turbines
Tech innovations and Startups
Building wind turbines with robots, the NREL experience

Researchers at the US lab used robotic assistance to automate the post-stamping operations of the blades.…