Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others By Magali Cervantes with Tomas Viola in Buenos Aires Susques, Argentina (AFP) Aug 14, 2024 Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary of a local government worker in her village of Susques. And while she […]
New Solar Coating Could Significantly Reduce Need for Traditional Solar Farms by Sophie Jenkins London, UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2024 Researchers at the Oxford University Physics Department have introduced an innovative method for generating solar electricity that bypasses the need for conventional silicon-based solar panels. Their new approach involves applying a power-generating coating […]
SwRI Expands EV Battery Research with Launch of EVESE-II Consortium by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2024 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has initiated the next phase of its electric vehicle (EV) battery research with the launch of the Electrified Vehicle and Energy Storage Evaluation-II (EVESE-II) consortium. Building on over ten […]
Why aren t we using solar panels now for everything? Why is solar energy not widely used? After all, photovoltaic cells generate electricity from sunlight, a free and essentially unlimited resource. One reason is that current photovoltaic cells are relatively inefficient. They only emit about a quarter of the energy they get from the sun. […]
Thousands protest in Serbian capital against lithium mine By Mina PEJAKOVIC Belgrade (AFP) Aug 10, 2024 Thousands hit the streets in Serbia’s capital Belgrade Saturday to protest the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital source to power Europe’s green energy transition. Ahead of the rally, two leading […]
Doped Spiro-OMeTAD May Not Be Essential for Efficient Indoor Perovskite Photovoltaics by Simon Mansfield Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2024 A new study challenges the conventional wisdom that doping Spiro-OMeTAD is essential for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells, particularly in indoor applications. Researchers explored the performance of lead halide perovskite (LHP)-based photovoltaic devices that […]
