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Solar energy
Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?
Chen Liu, Clarkson University
Solar cars exist. The best place to see them is the World Solar Challenge, a race that’s held every two years...
Solar batteries: a new material makes it possible to simultaneously absorb light and store energy
University of Córdoba
The collaborative effort between the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) is making progress on...
Polycarbonate Solar Vehicle Success
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Photovoltaics is now a key enabling technology for land vehicles and boats. The favorite type is single crystal silicon which is even viable on...
Electric vehicles could add to carbon emissions and load shedding: but there’s a solution
MJ (Thinus) Booysen, Stellenbosch University and Mark Apperley, University of Waikato
South Africa has the highest emission intensity in the G20 group of industrialised and...