Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Accurate solar radiation forecasting is crucial for the stability of photovoltaic power systems, yet current models often blur as prediction time increases. Addressing this challenge, researchers led by Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology have unveiled an AI-based solution called GAN-Solar, designed to generate sharper, more reliable forecasts for solar energy management.

Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short lived, expensive to replace and raise disposal concerns. The lights are too heavy and prone to snagging nets. Fishers find them difficult to work with. To get past these hurdles, researchers at Arizona State University collaborated with

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Soil contamination continues to endanger ecosystems, agriculture, and human health worldwide. Traditional cleanup methods, while effective, remain energy-intensive and carbon-heavy, making long-term sustainability difficult to achieve. Researchers have now developed a photovoltaic thermo-electro dual module system (PTEDMS) that merges solar power, electrical resistance heating (ERH), electrokine

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Researchers from Simon Fraser University's (SFU) School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) have introduced a new framework to standardize the testing of indoor solar technology-an advance that could accelerate the deployment of self-powered smart devices and improve confidence in performance data across the field. Led by SEE professor Vincenzo Pecunia and his Sustainable Optoelectroni

London, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a simple yet transformative way to enhance sodium-ion battery performance - by keeping the water inside a key electrode material rather than removing it. The finding not only improves battery efficiency but could also enable electrochemical desalination, turning seawater into drinkable water. Sodium-ion batteries are considered one of

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 Global electricity consumption is rising rapidly, and researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have made progress toward developing next-generation solar cell materials. Their work uses computer simulations and machine learning to better understand halide perovskites, which are lightweight, flexible, and highly efficient but prone to instability. According to the Internat

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 A team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University has published a wide-ranging review of perovskite/perovskite/silicon triple-junction solar cells (PSTJSCs), highlighting their rapid progress and outlining future research priorities. The study, appearing in Nano-Micro Letters, was led by Leiping Duan, Cheng Xu, and Jianghui Zheng. As silicon solar cells approach their theoretical ceiling of 29.4 p

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Beyond Gravity has expanded its Swiss production capacity for solar array drive mechanisms (SADMs) by doubling its manufacturing floor area, enabling a fivefold increase in annual output from 36 to 200 units. The expansion underscores the company's growing role in supplying critical satellite hardware to the global space industry. "These mechanisms allow satellites to continuously align th

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2025 As perovskite solar cells (PSCs) move closer to commercialization, researchers are addressing hidden performance losses at the buried electron-transport interface. A team led by Prof. Guozhen Liu, Prof. Zhihua Zhang, and Prof. Xu Pan has developed a single-molecule strategy called self-regulated bilateral anchoring that enhances efficiency and durability in both rigid and flexible devices.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 A research team from Yunnan University has achieved a major advance in printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (p-MPSCs) by introducing liquid gallium nanodroplets as heteroepitaxial templates to control crystal growth. The breakthrough, led by Professor Qingju Liu, enables significantly higher efficiency and stability than previously attainable in this low-cost solar technology. Print

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025 The Trump administration has canceled the proposed Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada that would have been among the world's largest solar power facilities. Officials with the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced an environmental impact review of the proposed renewable energy facility has been canceled, which in turn cancels the project, Politico reported. The cancele

London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Solar farms in Britain could serve as important refuges for bumblebees, according to new research led by Lancaster University with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the University of Reading. The benefits, however, are mostly confined to the sites themselves. In field surveys, management approach was the dominant driver of bee numbers within solar farms. Sites with wildflower mar