$12.25 Million Says Space Solar Really Is Happening
The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.
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Membrane-Free Green Hydrogen To Chase The Fossil Fuel Blues Away
A new electrolysis system can pump green hydrogen from water without an expensive membrane, taking a giant step toward the $1-per-kg goal.
New Solar Cell Efficiency Research Breaks 30-Year Logjam
New research from Israel’s Technion demonstrates how a solar cell can break the theoretical maximum efficiency limit by harvesting heat as well as light.
New LED Sensor Generates Its Own Power And Light When You Touch It
We’ve covered the field of piezoelectronics on and off for the past couple of years, in which certain materials produce electricity when you apply pressure to them. Well, here’s yet another twist: piezo-phototronics. A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed an LED sensor that produces a … [continued]
Low-Cost Hydrogen Breakthrough Uses Solar Power And Rust
Hydrogen fuel cells are emerging as key players in the clean energy landscape of the future, except for one problem: it takes a lot of energy to make hydrogen, and here in the US, the preferred source of that energy appears to be natural gas. That’s hardly a sustainable solution. … [continued]
