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Increasing Stacked Solar Cell Efficiency: 'Wasted Energy?'

Research News Headline: We discussed how heat waves fry the electric grid in an earlier article. Solar cells lose voltage in the form of heat--'wasted energy' when stacked together. Read more

Paperblog Pick in Environment

15 Powerfully Creative Global Warming Awareness Ads

In 1958, American scientist Charles Keeling took direct measurements of carbon dioxide, and soon afterwards he connected the gas with global warming. Read more

LATEST ARTICLES BY PAPERBLOGGERS

World’s First Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage System Connected to Grid

SustainX's prototype of a 40 kW compressed air storage system in their facility in Seabrook. (Credit: Eugene Hunt / SustainX)SustainX, an energy storage... Read more

The 19 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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Obama’s Central Asian Gambit

The New Great Game Surges ForwardBy Sasha / Earth First! NewsThe NATO draw-down in Afghanistan and pending US strikes against Syria have Russia concerned that... Read more

The 05 September 2013 by Earth First! Newswire
Science Immortalised in Cartoon Version 2.0

© Seppo LeinonenI’m in the middle of participating in a short-course on science communication based at the University of Helsinki‘s Lammi Biological Station... Read more

The 24 September 2013 by Bradshaw
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Toyota Reveals Details on 2014 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid

2014 Lexus GS 450h. (Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation)Toyota has released the details on its 2014 Lexus GS 450h. Its drive system delivers a combined output of... Read more

The 26 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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ELF Attacks On Tourism, Development and Culture in Germany, Russia and Indonesia

Image of the site prior to sabotage. “Militante Ökos haben sich zum Anschlag auf die Seilbahn am Wurmberg bekannt.”from Earth First! NewswireThe... Read more

The 04 September 2013 by Earth First! Newswire
Study: CNG Powered Buses Are Cheaper and Greener

A Metro Bus in the Washington DC area. (Credit: Flickr @ Elvert Barnes http://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/)CNG (compressed natural gas), a fossil fuel... Read more

The 26 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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World Record for Four-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Achieved in Germany

World record solar cell with 44.7% efficiency, made up of four solar subcells based on III-V compound semiconductors for use in concentrator photovoltaics. Read more

The 25 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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New ‘Double Perovskites’ Materials Improve Key Chemical Reaction for Energy...

The strong activity of the new catalyst material (dark circle at center) in promoting the oxygen evolution reaction when submerged in water, as revealed by the... Read more

The 19 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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Anti-Oil Activists in Ecuador Stand Up To Protect Yasuni National Park

Because we believe that a different Ecuador and a different world are possible; a planet where nature doesn’t need to be destroyed and people don’t have to die... Read more

The 23 September 2013 by Earth First! Newswire
Ormat Will Develop 5 MW Recovered Energy Generation Plant For eBay

Omrat's Recovered Energy Generation (OREG IV) 3.5 MW power plant in Peetz, Colorado. (Credit: Ormat Technologies)Ormat offers 5 MW recovered energy generation... Read more

The 30 September 2013 by Dailyfusion
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