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Nanoscale Engineering May Boost Perovskite Solar Cell Durability

Perovskite solar panels could become more efficient and sturdier over longer periods by engineering the nanoscale structure of perovskite devices, claims a new study by...

March 7, 2024

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Technology
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MIT Scientists Develop Long-Lasting, Cobalt-Free Batteries for EVs

A new lithium-ion battery, which includes a cathode based on organic materials instead of metals such as cobalt or nickel, has been designed by researchers at the...

January 25, 2024

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Energy Storage

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Daily News Wrap-Up: NTPC Green Energy Floats 300 MW Solar EPC Tender

NTPC Green Energy invited bids for the engineering, procurement, and construction package with land development for up to 300 MW of inter-state transmission...

October 18, 2023

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Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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MIT’s New Design Can Harness 40% of Sun’s Heat to Produce Clean Hydrogen

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a conceptual design to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a train-like...

October 17, 2023

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Inexpensive Aluminium-Sulfur Batteries Could Outperform Lithium-ion: MIT Research

A team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new type of battery made from abundant and cheaper materials such as aluminum and sulfur. Lithium-ion...

August 26, 2022

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Vijayalakshmi Sridhar

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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MIT Researchers Develop Water-Free and No Contact Method to Clean Solar Modules

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method that uses static electricity to keep solar panels free of dust, removing the...

March 19, 2022

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Arjun Joshi

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Modules

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Solar
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Light Can Act as an Efficiency Booster for Lithium-ion Batteries

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated how light could be used to improve the efficiency of fuel...

February 26, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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MIT and Google Develop Simulator to Accelerate Solar Cell Development

Researchers at MIT and Google Brain have developed a computational simulator that can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new...

December 10, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology
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New Novel Electrode Material to Unlock Affordable Renewable Energy Storage: MIT

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a novel electrode material that they believe can be integrated into a semi-solid battery...

December 7, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Develop Device to Recover Waste Heat from Photovoltaic Units

Scientists from the University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have fabricated a thermally-coupled...

August 21, 2021

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar

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Technology
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IBM Claims to Have Come Up with A Battery that Could Replace Lithium-Ion

A new research finding at IBM Research could help eliminate the use of heavy metals in battery production, and this could lead to a paradigm shift in the long-term...

January 3, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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New Type of Electrolyte Can Boost Efficiency of Supercapacitors Used for Energy Storage

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and other institutions have come out with a new class of liquids that will enhance the efficiency and...

August 27, 2019

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Ramya Ranganath

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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MIT Research: Driven by Government Policies, Solar Module Prices Fell by 99% in 4 Decades

There has been a drastic fall in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in the past four decades, with the reduction in prices nearing 99 percent. Recently, in a...

November 21, 2018

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Nitin Kabeer

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Air Pollution Affects Solar Generation and Profitability of Developers: Report

Increasing air pollution levels can affect the energy generation capabilities of installed solar projects and can be a deterrent in utilizing the full solar potential....

September 5, 2018

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Saumy Prateek

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Four-junction Tandem Thin Film Cells Have Huge Potential for Rooftop Solar: MIT Study

Scientists working in the field of solar energy are constantly trying to find a balance between efficiency and cost. Recently, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts...

May 8, 2018

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Nitin Kabeer

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