solar energy

Jan
18

Germans break sunlight-to-electricity record

German researchers say they’ve broken a new record for solar energy efficiency, converting a full 41.1 percent of
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Jan
14

Paper: solar industry not as clean as it needs to be

Hmm, it seems as though kicking this fossil fuel habit through renewables isn’t so straightforward after all: right on
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Jan
13

Stanford starts new, $100 million energy institute

Stanford University announced this week that it’s establishing a new institute to focus solely on energy issues. The Precourt
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Jan
09

Cleantech week in review: Jan. 3 - 9

Spending too much time obsessively tracking the latest cleantech news on your Google Reader? Despair not: here’s a roundup
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Dec
17

Growing, glowing energy not the answer to climate change: study

What’s the best overall source of energy if you take into account factors like climate change, sustainability, pollution, human
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Dec
17

Photovoltaic art glass delivers beauty, electricity

A new branch library that opened in San Jose, California, this week sports an art glass window installation that is
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