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October 24, 2025
ENERGY TECH
Bacterium Breakthrough Points to New Path for Battery Self-Recycling
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
Scientists at Boston College have identified a previously unknown bacterium that thrives by feeding on waste from spent batteries, suggesting a potential new path toward self-sustaining recycling sy ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Europe opts for solar power and energy autonomy
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
A newly published study highlights Europe's move toward solar energy and a decentralized power grid, emphasizing less reliance on imports. The research, conducted by ETH Zurich, the University of Er ... more
ENERGY TECH
Breakthrough double-layer design enhances silicon battery performance in electric vehicles
London, UK (SPX) Oct 25, 2025
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have demonstrated that a novel double-layer electrode design, guided by operando imaging, significantly improves the cyclic stability and rapid chargin ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Next-generation solar cells harness atomically thin materials to boost performance
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 25, 2025
An international research team led by Professor Ghulam Dastgeer of Sejong University and Professor Zhiming Wang of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China has released a compreh ... more
ENERGY TECH
New X ray technique preserves lithium metal battery chemistry for accurate evaluation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
Stanford University researchers have developed a new method that enables scientists to analyze lithium metal batteries without altering their chemical composition. The team incorporated a flash free ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Photosynthetic algae evolve unique pigments to shield from sunlight and boost energy efficiency
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 23, 2025
Marine green algae have developed a remarkable defense against the harmful effects of excess sunlight, according to a study by Osaka Metropolitan University and its international research partners. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
New insights into halide perovskites could transform solar cell technology
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 ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Perovskite triple-junction solar cells move closer to ultra-high efficiency
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 ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Machine learning and solar energy unite for sustainable soil remediation
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 ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Standardized testing could fast-track indoor solar power for smart devices
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 ... more
ENERGY TECH
Water-boosted sodium-ion battery could store energy and desalinate seawater
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 re ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Self regulated molecular anchoring drives stable high efficiency perovskite solar cells
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, P ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Beyond Gravity boosts Swiss production of solar array mechanisms
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 ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Liquid metal templating boosts printable perovskite solar cell efficiency
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 t ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Trump administration cancels massive Nevada solar power project
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. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar farms poised to shelter Britains bumblebees if managed for biodiversity
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 Readi ... more
ENERGY TECH
Soil microbe mineral battery stores sunlight to degrade antibiotics after dark
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 ... more
SOLAR DAILY
University of Sydney team achieves global record for large triple-junction perovskite solar cell
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 re ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Inorganic perovskite solar cells near market readiness with record efficiency and stability
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 t ... more
SOLAR DAILY
How ageing solar panels can power a second life
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Australia's world-leading rooftop solar adoption is generating a mounting waste challenge as many photovoltaic systems are retired early and routed to landfill. A University of South Australia team ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Renewables overtake coal but growth slows: reports
Paris (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal for the first time on record this year, but US and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global 2030 target out of reach, reports said on Tuesday. ... more
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