NASA continues to assess Solar Sail system progress following deployment by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is advancing through post-deployment testing, with mission operators carefully reviewing data to evaluate the performance of the spacecraft’s composite booms. Following the successful deployment of both the […]
Towards better solar cells through unique electricity generation by Riko Seibo Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2024 Researchers in Japan have experimentally demonstrated the bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect in alpha-phase indium selenide (a-In2Se3) along the out-of-plane direction for the first time, potentially leading to advancements in solar cell technologies and photosensors. This unusual […]
Space Solar and Transition Labs to bring space solar power to Iceland by 2030 by Sophie Jenkins London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 Space Solar, a leading company in space-based solar power, has partnered with Transition Labs to provide Reykjavik Energy with electricity from the world’s first space-based solar power plant. This plant, […]
Mercedes opens electric car battery recycling plant by AFP Staff Writers Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Oct 21, 2024 Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Monday a plant for recycling electric vehicle batteries in Germany, with the luxury carmaker’s boss hailing a “key milestone” in boosting the sector’s sustainability. The plant, in the southwestern town of Kuppenheim, will have […]
Chinese EV battery giant CATL reports jump in profits by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2024 Chinese electric vehicle battery behemoth CATL reported a 26.0 percent jump in third-quarter profits on Friday but still fell short of analyst expectations. Founded in 2011 in the eastern coastal Chinese city of Ningde, CATL […]
How much land would it take to power the US with solar? That might seem like an impractically large amount of land, but not if you put it into perspective. 21,250 square miles is a square approximately 145 miles on each side. The United States has 3,797,000 square miles of territory. Only about half would […]
