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.

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.

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

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

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

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Researchers have uncovered how soil communities can bank sunlight as usable energy long after nightfall. A team from Kunming University of Science and Technology and the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports a bio-photovoltage soil-microbe battery that stores solar charge and later drives the breakdown of antibiotic pollutants without light. In lab tests, common soil bacterium Bacill

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 A University of Sydney-led team has achieved a new global milestone in solar energy, developing the largest and most efficient triple-junction perovskite-perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell ever reported. Led by Professor Anita Ho-Baillie, John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience at the University of Sydney Nano Institute and the School of Physics, the project achieved a certified steady-state pow

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), working with international partners, report one of the highest efficiencies yet for fully inorganic perovskite solar cells and, crucially, show they can run stably for hundreds of hours, narrowing the gap with commercial silicon. "Perovskite solar cells are one of the fastest-growing solar technologies in the world - they can be lightweight, t