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APRIL 18, 2023
EPFL researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addition to generating hydrogen with unprecedented efficiency for its size. This is the first system-level demonstration of solar hydrogen generation. Holmes-Gentle et al.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
ETH Zurich spin-off Synhelion has started the construction of DAWN—its own industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat. The production process—using only solar heat—was first demonstrated in 2019 in a mini-refinery on the roof of ETH Zurich. Earlier post.)
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APRIL 14, 2020
a division of GCL Poly, in China to make the final modifications to the solar cells required to manufacture the Gen 1 hydrogen production panels to be used in demonstration pilot plants. December, 2019 video of the operation of HyperSolar Gen 1 prototype. In 2019, China issued Patent No. HyperSolar, Inc., ZL201580026002.0
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JANUARY 8, 2020
in 2019 based on preliminary energy and economic data. Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. The drop in coal generation reduced emissions by 190 million metric tons in 2019.
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FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Together with E.ON, Audi is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centers of its plant in Gy?r This will create Europe’s largest photovoltaic system installed on a building at the Audi Hungaria plant in Gy?r. r covering about 160,000 square meters. The system will have a peak output of 12 megawatts.
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DECEMBER 12, 2019
The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved six applications for local energy ordinances that exceed statewide requirements of the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. New nonresidential construction must be all-electric and install solar generation. The 2019 standards take effect 1 January 2020.
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MAY 30, 2020
Synhelion was founded in 2016 at ETH Zurich and is working on bringing solar fuels to the market. Synhelion uses solar heat to convert water and CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Climeworks machines consist of modular CO 2 collectors that can be stacked to build machines of any size.
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