Year: 2015

Tesla Model X Pics From The Wild

Originally published on EV Obsession. While the Tesla Model X has technically been released for over a month now, there aren’t actually all that many people that have received one yet, so some specifics of real-world use and aesthetics haven’t really been fully revealed yet. On that note, many of … [continued]

Tandem Perovskite-Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Record Broken

Originally published on Solar Love. A new tandem solar cell featuring monolithic perovskite and silicon has produced electricity with record efficiency, reports Helmholz-Berlin. “Teams from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have been the first to successfully combine a silicon heterojunction solar cell with a perovskite solar cell … [continued]

Renewables At The South Pole

Originally published on RMI Outlet. by Kaitlyn Bunker, Ph.D. Mawson Station, located on an isolated outcrop of rock at the edge of the Antarctic plateau, is the oldest surviving, continuously operated research station south of the Antarctic Circle. It’s also the most remote of the three main Antarctic stations operated … [continued]