Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Hydrogen bonds, best known for holding water and biomolecules together, now show a powerful role in solar energy conversion as part of a new supramolecular photocatalyst for water oxidation. Researchers from Inner Mongolia University and Tsinghua University report that carefully engineered hydrogen bond interactions can reshape charge behavior inside organic photocatalysts, opening a route to mo

London, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Manufacturing the next generation of solar panels could cut global carbon emissions by as much as 8.2 billion tonnes by 2035, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Warwick with colleagues from Northumbria, Birmingham and Oxford Universities. The team examined how rapidly scaling up advanced photovoltaic technologies can both support global decarbonisation

London, UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Pioneering research led by Northumbria University shows how the global solar industry can expand manufacturing of photovoltaic technology while further shrinking its environmental footprint. As solar power deployment accelerates to meet climate targets and rising electricity demand, the work tackles the challenge of making sure this growth is both scalable and sustainable rather than simpl

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 With electric vehicles and grid storage expanding worldwide, engineers are looking for better ways to track how lithium ion batteries age under real driving and operating conditions. A new study supported by Jilin University and China FAW Group reports a deep learning based method that monitors battery state of health with errors below 1 percent even when current and voltage vary in complex pat

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 A research team from the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and the School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology has reported a new advance in all perovskite tandem solar cells, resolving a key bottleneck in tunnel junction design. All perovskite tandem solar cells are regarded as a high potential photovoltaic technology, with the

Bangkok (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 Planned or under-construction solar and wind projects slowed last year, analysis showed Tuesday, casting doubts on whether countries will hit a goal of tripling renewable capacity by decade-end. Dozens of nations agreed in 2023 to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 as part of efforts to limit global warming. But announcements and construction starts of new wind and solar projects g

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Solar engineer and ABC Solar founder Brad Bartz will deliver a keynote-style talk titled "The Palos Verdes Landslide: Who Turned the Power Back On?" during an upcoming community event at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles on March 14, 2026. The presentation blends scientific storytelling with real-world engineering experience, exploring how fundamental physics principles translate into resilient

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported a new interface engineering strategy that significantly boosts the efficiency and stability of three dimensional perovskite solar cells. Working with international partners, the team formed a thin two dimensional perovskite phase at the buried interface of

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Penn Engineers have proposed a solar-powered orbital data center architecture that could scale to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence computing without drawing electricity from terrestrial grids. The concept uses flexible, tether-based structures in orbit to host thousands of computing nodes for AI inference, relying on established space tether technology rather than massive rigid pl

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Organic semiconductors are thin, flexible materials that already underpin many consumer displays, and researchers now report a strategy that lets these materials both emit light efficiently and harvest energy in the same device. Their work targets multifunctional organic components that can act as both organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic elements without sacrificing performanc

Toledo OH (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 A solar energy generation technology once considered limited in its potential is poised for significant growth in the United States. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists who analyzed the outlook for cadmium telluride photovoltaics in research published in the peer-reviewed journal Joule. University of Toledo physicists including Dr. Michael Heben, a Distinguished University

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Sunlight carries a wide range of wavelengths, but many solar harvesting technologies only tap a portion of that spectrum, limiting their efficiency. Researchers have now shown that tiny self-assembled gold spheres, known as supraballs, can capture nearly all wavelengths in sunlight, including those that conventional photovoltaic materials often miss, and can significantly increase solar energy a