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agriculture, solar energy -

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧-𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧-𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲

German renewable energy company Baywa r.e., the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, and partners have built a 258 kW agrivoltaic system for apples in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to test whether such systems can provide plant protection against harmful environmental influences. The five-year research project is financed by the State Ministry of Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, and Mobility of the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The project occupies a surface of 9,100 square meters, and the agrivoltaic system covers a third of a plot. For the next five years,...

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green hydrogen, solar energy -

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭

The research has been published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials and details how the researchers used leading innovations in next-generation ‘tandem’ solar cells, combined with advances in electrolysis techniques to achieve a solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of greater than 20 per cent. The researchers used low cost silicon-perovskite ‘tandem’ solar cells optimised for the production of hydrogen, which combined two types of solar cells layered on top of each other to achieve a combined efficiency of 24.3 per cent – an efficiency higher than most conventional silicon solar cells. The team then combined the high-efficiency tandem solar cells with low-cost catalyst materials...

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