Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Boeing has introduced a 3D-printed solar array substrate design that cuts composite build times by as much as six months for a typical solar wing assembly, representing up to a 50 percent faster production cycle compared with current methods. The company has already completed engineering tests on flight-ready hardware and is moving through standard qualification steps ahead of operational

Kuching, Malaysia (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 Malaysia's verdant, river-crossed state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional "green battery," but its renewable energy dreams could come at serious environmental cost, experts warn. Wedged between peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines, Sarawak's leadership believes it could become a keystone in a regional energy transition. Its many rivers

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 A new study in Materials Futures sheds light on the main degradation pathways affecting scalable wide bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells, a promising material for tandem solar technologies. Researchers from imec, Hasselt University, and Ghent University in Belgium demonstrated how thermal stress - whether in the dark or under illumination - plays a central role in device instability. The

Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Sept 15, 2025 Germany's economy ministry proposed Monday cutting renewable energy subsidies as part of a more "pragmatic" approach to the green transition that was praised by industry but criticised by environmental activists. Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche unveiled a long-awaited report commissioned by her ministry, and set out measures she said would reduce the burden of the transition on

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Perovskites, a family of materials defined by their crystal structure rather than elemental composition, are emerging as a low-cost, efficient, and adaptable alternative to silicon in solar power. Nam-Gyu Park, a pioneer in the field who developed the first working perovskite solar cell, is now working to move the technology closer to market readiness by improving its durability and scalability.

London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 An international team of researchers has achieved a major advance in perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology by demonstrating effective passivation on textured silicon bottom cells, the industry standard. Their work shows that passivation of the perovskite top cell extends through the entire absorber layer, unlike silicon where it only impacts the surface, unlocking new efficiency potent

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 A research group led by Professors Pengwei Li, Yanlin Song, and Yiqiang Zhang has introduced a dicyandiamide (DCD)-based molecular bridge strategy that significantly advances quasi-2D alternating-cation-interlayer (ACI) perovskite solar cells. Published in Nano-Micro Letters, the study outlines a dual-function interface engineering method that enhances both efficiency and stability by passivatin

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has been chosen as a representative organization under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund for the initiative "Development of Domestic Solar Cells, Cover Glass, and Solar Arrays," part of the agency's first-phase program to strengthen Japan's satellite component supply chain. A formal contract has been signed with JAXA. Rising demand for satellite solar

Liverpool (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems. Spinning metal devices known as flywheels have for centuries been used to provide inertia - resistance to sudden changes in motion - to various machines, from a potter's wheel to the steam eng

Ithica NY (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 A series of studies by Cornell researchers is testing how crops might grow when planted between rows of solar panels on a solar farm in New York state. By acquiring real data, researchers may be able to provide farmers and policymakers with important information, as growing crops between rows of solar panels to maximize dual land use will be increasingly critical, especially since New York

Tangier, Morocco (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels. At a major reservoir near the northern city of Tangier, thousands of so-called "floatovoltaic" panels protect the water's surface from the blazing sun and absorb its light to generate electric

Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of a solar electric boat developed by James Worden '89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT). Worden visited the pavilion on a sizzling, sunny day in late July to offer students from the SEVT, the MIT Edgerton Center, MIT Sea Grant, and the broader community an inside look at the Anit