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Rinnovabili • Digital twin of Italy: 60 million synthetic users for virtual testing
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Italy’s first digital twin simulates 60 million synthetic users

The digital twin of Italy simulates 60 million synthetic users to test policies, products, and smart city solutions without real-world risks

Rinnovabili • BIPV: semitransparent solar panel with micro-concentration boosts energy efficiency
Energy
New semitransparent BIPV panel from Spain…

BIPV breakthrough from Spain: a semitransparent solar panel with tracking and micro-concentration…

Rinnovabili • perovskite cell efficiency: rubidium strain cuts energy loss
Energy
Rubidium strain enhances perovskite cell efficiency…

Incorporating rubidium into perovskite solar cells via lattice strain has been shown…


Rinnovabili • gravity batteries
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Transforming skyscrapers into gravity batteries

Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis have developed a new concept for energy…

Rinnovabili • Rechargeable batteries
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Rechargeable batteries: Science identifies the formula for lasting 100 years

Tesla’s battery research group at Dalhousie University is investigating the potential of lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt rechargeable batteries, devices…

Rinnovabili • carbon-capture
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Carbon capture, the world’s fastest system has 99% efficiency

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed new carbon-capturing storage directly from the atmosphere, with unprecedented…

Rinnovabili • biobattery
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A biobattery to store hydrogen safely

A group of scientists creates the first biological-based system for the accumulation and release of H2.…

Rinnovabili • Smart-textiles
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Smart textiles and photovoltaics, now you can wash and recycle

The three-year Sun-powered Textiles project has developed a new method to make solar cells adhere to…

Rinnovabili • solar-cell
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Printable solar cells, new polymer improves yield

A team of researchers has created a new polymer complex conductive able to make organic photovoltaics…

Rinnovabili • photovoltaic cell
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World’s most efficient solar photovoltaic cell created, close to 40%

Researchers of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States have created a triple junction…

Rinnovabili • solar cells
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Biological solar cells, bacteria power a microprocessor for over 1 year

Cambridge researchers have created a new photosynthetic device capable of powering an Arm Cortex M0+ microprocessor…

Rinnovabili • Photovoltaics
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Photovoltaics night: the anti-solar cells of UNSW does not fear the dark

New advances for photovoltaics and the technology of "anti solar cells" thanks to the thermal radiation…

Rinnovabili • sodium-ion batteries
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Series production of sodium-ion batteries begins in the USA

Natron Energy has partnered with Clarios International to build the world’s largest sodium-ion battery factory. The…

Rinnovabili • artificial intelligence
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Italy experiments artificial intelligence to improve building efficiency

A team of Italian researchers used Artificial Intelligence to simulate some energy strategies achieving a 13%…

Rinnovabili • solar-cells
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FoilMet® transforms rigid solar cells into flexible solar modules

From the Fraunhofer ISE a new laser process to connect solar cells without busbars. Improving design…