By Sam Stranks A new material has entered the emerging low-cost photovoltaics arena and is threatening to blow much of the existing competition away. Power conversion efficiencies (how efficiently incident sunlight is converted to electrical power) in perovskite-based solar cells have increased from a starting point of 3.8% in 2009 to a staggering … [continued]
Think these are the prettiest Christmas decorations I’ve seen. Thank you, internet! Best bike lights ever http://t.co/DPvrRtLUb6 — Kay Teschke (@kteschke) December 23, 2013 @kteschke @BikeBikeYYC @SecretCoAuthor Oxford, UK. The tandem is the best: pic.twitter.com/5UWW7Vz2wp — Richard Mann (@ParadiseOxford) December 23, 2013 Special thanks to Michael Graham Richard of TreeHugger … [continued]
Community-owned solar project enthusiasts have something to celebrate in the UK: the world’s biggest crowd-sourced solar farm has reached its funding milestone of £2.5 million, putting it on track for the next phase of funding. The project, called Westmill Solar, is located between Swindon and Oxford in south-central England. … [continued]
We’ve been covering New Energy Technologies and its SolarWindow technology for years (see the stories at the bottom of this post). However, a new solar startup out of the UK is apparently looking to offer a similar product and could even beat New Energy Technologies to market. Oxford Photovoltaics (aka Oxford … [continued]
Even the most environmentally-conscious among us use batteries containing toxic heavy metals on a daily basis. But a discovery made by chemists at Oxford University could one day lead to cleaner batteries for everyone. The researchers recently discovered that an enzyme produced by fungi growing on rotten wood can be … [continued]
