Cleantech’s Little-Known Multi-Billion-Dollar Market: Oil & Gas Production
Concept: The oil & gas industry isn’t going away any time soon, so let’s consider it a global opportunity for clean tech innovation. To secure a sustainable future, [...]
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Dishing the Dirt on Solar
Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air pollution and dust. Modeling Shows Dust Cuts Solar Energy Output by 25% According to a new study, airborne [...]
Creating Hydrocarbon Fuels with Solar Power and CO2
Regardless of how we feel about the issue, economic and policy forces dictate that hydrocarbon fuels will most likely be with us for at least the near term-future. Research [...]
Targeting that Fracking Wastewater
The hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry doesn’t have a lot of positives to show for itself. While the technology has helped to wean the US from dependence on foreign [...]
An EV for the City: Swappable Batteries Expand Range of Possibilities
The concept: plug a modular battery system into a light car, then network it all to give urban fleets non-stop range and opportunity. Not all EV start-ups start out building [...]
Nano-Coated Solar Collectors Revolutionize Heating & Cooling
The Concept: a Finnish company uses an innovative combination of nano-coatings, improved mechanical design, and larger panels to provide unprecedented solar thermal [...]
First Commercial Solar-Wind Hybrid Project In U.S. Aims To Boost Net Capacity
The Concept: combine the peak power profile of solar and wind energy to increase net system capacity up to 4%. You got chocolate in my peanut butter! Two great ways to [...]
Cleantech Forum Diary Day Two: Opportunities for Emerging Markets
Day Two’s prevailing themes focused on implementation of local and worldwide engagement and advocacy. A packed lunchtime session on solving emerging market energy [...]
At 30.2% Efficiency, Surpassing the Theoretical Limits of Silicon Solar
“We are working on methods to surpass the theoretical limits of silicon solar cells,” says Dr. Frank Dimroth, department head at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy [...]
Tandem Perovskite Solar Modules Hit 17.8% Efficiency, and Aim for 25%
New research points the way towards perovskite solar modules that are highly efficient to manufacture, and approaching the efficiency of crystalline silicon photovoltaics. [...]
2016 Cleantech Concepts