Floating Solar Panels: Solar Installations on Water Most of the solar energy systems on the market today bare two major weaknesses: they require vast land areas in order to be built, and the costs related to solar cells fabrication and maintenance are high. A new technology is about to overcome these challenges and many more: [...]

Inexpensive hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist, but a number of problems need to be solved first. “We are focused on the hardest way to make fuel,” said Thomas Mallouk, Evan Pugh Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics. “We are creating an [...]

‘Tall Order’ Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system – based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers – that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel. Photosynthesis, the natural process carried out by plants, algae and [...]