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At this point, the coffin is already covered in nails. 🧪 eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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Events of extreme low energy production are expected to increase even in optimistic climate change scenarios, affecting at least one-third of regions. In this context, PV stands out as the most reliable renewable energy source, provided that climate goals are met. 🧪 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rising worldwide challenges to climate-induced extreme low-production events of photovoltaic and wind power - Nature Communications

This work shows that climate change is projected to unevenly intensify extreme low-production events in solar and wind power systems worldwide, highlighting the need for mitigation and adaptation to e...

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We are witnessing a major, unstoppable shift, and to ignore this is to look elsewhere. 🧪 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

China accounts for more than half of leading output in the applied sciences

The first Nature Index table on the field shows how research in the East is focused on industrial strategy.

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The Chinese manufacturer LONGi is making it again. Well done! 🧪 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/26/l...

Longi achieves 33.35% efficiency for flexible perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell

The Chinese manufacturer said the tandem device was developed through a dual-buffer layer strategy that improves interfacial adhesion while preserving efficient charge extraction. The efficiency resul...

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In a recent article published in Nature, scientists from LONGi have revealed how they achieved the record efficiency in a single PV cell. They have been successfully breaking the world efficiency record year by year—their own record, by the way. 🧪 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/20/l...

Longi reveals details of world’s most efficient silicon solar cell

In a new scientific paper, the Chinese solar manufacturer explained that the 27.81%-efficient hybrid interdigitated back-contact cell it unveiled in April is based on passivated tunneling contacts and...

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A study in Brazil's Minas Gerais (a region bigger than Spain or France) shows Transfer Learning is enabled by neighbouring station data to predict solar irradiation in data-scarce areas, despite that same data being unhelpful for existing local models. 🧪 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Transfer learning for solar irradiation prediction in Minas Gerais, Brazil - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Transfer learning for solar irradiation prediction in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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This study unveils a hitherto underestimated dust effect: the thermal loss in PV panels is disproportionately governed by the chemical composition of the settled particles, not just their mass. 🧪 🔌💡 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unveiling the role of chemical composition in dust-induced degradation of radiative cooling surfaces

Radiative cooling offers a zero-energy pathway to meet global cooling demands. However, its deployment is critically hampered by performance degradati…

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UAE researchers achieved a sensorless approach to monitor PV panel temperature. Their novel model accurately estimates module operating temperature using only the open-circuit or maximum power point voltage, eliminating the need for physical sensors. 🧪 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/s...

Sensorless approach for PV panel temperature monitoring

Researchers in United Arab Emirates have developed a novel model that relies on either the open-circuit voltage or the maximum power point voltage to estimate PV module operating temperature without u...

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A terrain with only a few meters of variation is enough to boost wind speed at the lower zone. It occurs via the vertical displacement of the Low-Level Jet, a phenomenon observed and quantified in an operational wind power plant. 🧪 🔌💡 wes.copernicus.org/articles/10/...

Influence of simple terrain on the spatial variability of a low-level jet and wind farm performance in the AWAKEN field campaign

Abstract. In wind energy research, scientific challenges are often associated with complex terrain sites, where orography, vegetation, and buildings disrupt flow uniformity. However, even sites charac...

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Carlos Rossa@carlosrossa.bsky.social · 2y ago

Coming back here 10 months after these two posts to bring some update. 🧪 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/m...

Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating

Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first car prototype with a silicon-free, 20%-efficient nanoparticle solar coating that powers the vehicle even when off and uses modules thinner than a human hair.

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We have some news: Mismatch losses caused by uneven irradiance on vehicle bodies. I would say that these losses would be significantly enhanced due to temperature differences, with the vehicle in movement. With dirt and soiling, would be even worse. 🧪 🔌💡 doi.org/10.1002/pip....

Understanding the dust impact on PV systems in the Sudano-Sahelian region (Burkina Faso). The detailed analysis shows power cuts of up to 35% at 20 g/m2. The accumulation rate is high at ~40 g/m2 per day. High winds offer crucial natural cleaning. 🧪 🔌💡 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Analyses of the dust influence on individual efficiencies of the silicon PV module in Sudano-Sahelian conditions

The evaluation of degradation caused by dust accumulation on photovoltaic (PV) systems is critical to ensuring optimal energy exploitation in the Sahe…

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This isn't the usual topic I post about here, but it's a really interesting subject nonetheless—both for future researchers and current lab leads. Mental health truly matters. Recently published on @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs

Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.

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Monocrystalline silicon solar cells hit 50–60% efficiency at 30–50 K, beating the Shockley–Queisser limit by suppressing thermal losses. This could potentially power future lunar mining robots and deep-space probes. 🧪 🔌💡 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Surpassing Shockley–Queisser Efficiency Limit in Photovoltaic Cells - Nano-Micro Letters

The Shockley–Queisser (S-Q) model sets a theoretical limit on the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of single-junction solar cells at around 33%. Recently, a PCE of 50%-60% was achieved for the first time in n-type single-junction Si solar cells by inhibiting light conversion to heat at low temperatures. Understanding these new observations opens tremendous opportunities for designing solar cells with even higher PCE to provide efficient and powerful energy sources for cryogenic devices and outer and deep space explorations.

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Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 10mo ago

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Some dogs show behaviours towards their toys that resemble behavioural addictions in humans, such as gambling and internet gaming, according to a study of 105 dogs published in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4odqkFw 🧪

A Malinois focusing on a toy that is out of reach on a shelf. Credit: Alja Mazzini.

The just-released IEA's Renewables 2025 report forecasts capacity will nearly double by 2030, but miss the COP28 target. Solar PV dominates growth (80%), with China leading the build-out. The USA forecast was cut significantly due to policy changes. 🧪 🔌💡 www.iea.org/reports/rene...

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