Energy News - Energy-Daily.Com brings you daily news on energy technology - its manufacture, its distribution and its application http://www.energy-daily.com/index.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT en-us Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector - and the world economy. Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country's depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy transitions. "These are the metals of the future," Ariel Wojciuszkiewicz, a geologist at the Polkowice-]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT The EU proposed Wednesday a tweak to its flagship carbon market scheme to reduce price volatility in preparation for a broader review later this year, as some countries complain about costs for industry. Brussels has been under pressure to make changes to its Emissions Trading System (ETS), which was first set up in 2005 to help tackle climate change, as the 27-nation EU pushes to boost indu]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depends on specialized sensors known as diagnostics, which can track how plasmas behave under the extreme conditions needed to produce energy. A new national report sponsored by the U.S. Department of]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT An ion beam based method for qualifying materials for use in the cores of advanced nuclear reactors is moving into industry standards this year, offering a path that is about a thousand times faster and far cheaper than conventional test reactor approaches. The methodology is advancing through stages of approval by the standards organization ASTM and will be presented at a special Electric Power]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT In a world facing rising pressure to deliver both reliable food supplies and clean energy, scientists are exploring agrivoltaics as a way to combine solar power with crop production on the same land. A new modeling study led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines how agrivoltaic systems could alter crop yields and farm profits across the U.S. Midwest, where climate conditions an]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Redwire Corporation has introduced a new high-performance, low-mass solar array product, the Extensible Low-Profile Solar Array, or ELSA, targeting mass-manufactured satellites that need standardized, modular power solutions for on-orbit operations. The company said ELSA is designed to serve government and commercial customers that are ramping up satellite production to support applications such]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT A new study has demonstrated that artificial intelligence can design color-tunable solar windows that maintain, and even enhance, their power output compared to conventional transparent solar cells. The work focuses on semitransparent perovskite photovoltaics, a promising technology for building-integrated applications where windows and other surfaces can generate electricity while remaining see]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT As demand for renewable energy grows worldwide, engineers continue to wrestle with how to harvest the full solar spectrum efficiently using different conversion technologies in a single system. Photovoltaic cells operate best at relatively low temperatures, while photothermal and thermophotovoltaic systems require high temperatures, creating a thermal conflict that has limited hybrid solar desig]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT A team from the University of Stuttgart and international partners has reported a new material design that increases both the efficiency and environmental resilience of perovskite solar cells. The work represents another step toward practical deployment of perovskite technology as a competitive option in photovoltaics and is described in Nature Energy under the title 'Photoswitchable isomers to ]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Regular perovskite solar cells, which place the electron transport layer beneath the perovskite absorber and the hole transport layer on top, face limits for large scale manufacturing and operational stability. Inverted perovskite solar cells reverse the positions of the electron and hole transport layers, offering strong power conversion potential and good compatibility with scalable solu]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have demonstrated a fully solvent free route to high performance perovskite solar cells using an all vacuum deposition process that improves crystal quality and device stability. The work, carried out with collaborators at the University of Oxford and other European partners, shows that multi source co evaporation can turn vacuum ]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT A new review in the journal Energy and Environment Nexus examines how advances in the geometric design of tubular solid oxide fuel cells could speed their adoption in cleaner and more efficient energy systems. The authors provide a detailed survey of fabrication methods, structural configurations, and real world deployment strategies for tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. S]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT A cross-disciplinary team at Rice University has developed a new type of electric heating element that uses carbon nanotube fibers to deliver high power in flowing gases while remaining lightweight and robust. In work reported in the journal Small, the researchers show that wires and fabrics made from carbon nanotube fibers, or CNTFs, can provide substantially more heating power per unit m]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Airspan Networks Holdings LLC has expanded its In-Motion 5G platform from commercial air to ground deployments into defense-grade mobile ad hoc networks, high-altitude pseudo-satellite systems, and uncrewed aerial platforms. The company is advancing a 3GPP-based Integrated Access and Backhaul architecture that operates efficiently between terrestrial infrastructure and satellite networks, ]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT Aalyria has closed a 100 million dollar Series B funding round to accelerate deployment of its next generation space communications technologies and expand its role in emerging satellite and defense networks. The round values the Livermore, California based company at 1.3 billion dollars and is led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors. Aalyr]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:53:23 GMT