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Joshua Richard, a PhD student in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, has been awarded a first-place prize in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards competition. Richard’s award
New study shows that from 1970 to 2009, Japan led the world in the number of patents related to photovoltaics (solar cells), with the United States second and China third. Over the last five years of that period, the number of solar patents worldwide increased by 13 percent per year, the study found.
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Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by an MIT economist.
In recent years, proponents of clean energy have taken heart in the falling prices of solar and wind power, hoping they will drive an energy revolution. But a new study co-authored by an MIT professor suggests otherwise: Technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead us to continue using all the oil, gas, and coal we can, unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emission
Multidisciplinary team develops mathematical approach that could help in simulating materials for solar cells and LEDs. Written by David Chandler, MIT News Office.
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and in Spain has found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystall
New type of photovoltaic device harnesses heat radiation that most solar cells ignore. Written by David Chandler, MIT News Office.
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About 40 percent of the solar energy reaching Earth’s surface lies in the near-infrared region of the spectrum — energy that conventional silicon-based solar cells are unable to ha