Energy Efficiency - Undecided with Matt Ferrell

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Energy Production

Why Waiting for Perovskite Solar Isn’t Worth It (Solar 3.0)

Perovskite solar cells could hit 35% efficiency and cost half as much as silicon, but they’re still years away from your roof. Meanwhile, ...

By Jon Okun1 week ago0

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Renewable Energy

The Solar Underdog That Could Rival Perovskite

Perovskite solar cells are smashing efficiency records and starting to hit the market, but what if the real future of solar is a ...

By Heather HunspergerJanuary 20, 20260

Energy Production

Why Coastal Cities Are Betting on Osmotic Power

What if you could power cities just by mixing river water with seawater? Around 15,000 TWh of energy pours into the oceans each ...

By Heather HunspergerDecember 9, 20250

A bag of graphene powder in front of a solar panel

Energy Production

How Two Overhyped Materials Could Change Solar Forever

What if solar panels could generate twice the power for a fraction of the cost, making them cheap enough that you’d actually want ...

By Jon OkunDecember 2, 20250

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Energy Production

How Hydrogel Can Double Solar Panel Lifespan

Why are the world’s most efficient solar panels learning to sweat? When it comes to solar, you’d assume more sun equals more power, ...

By Jon OkunSeptember 23, 20250

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Energy Production

How This Bifacial Solar Panel Reaches 91% Efficiency

What if I told you there’s a way to get up to 30% more power from the same solar panel footprint? No breakthrough ...

By Jon OkunSeptember 9, 20250

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Electric Vehicles

How Subways Are Powering Cities

Every time a subway screeches to a stop, we usually chalk it up to another moment in the daily grind … if we ...

By Jon OkunJuly 15, 20250

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Energy Production

Why Thorium is About to Change the World

Thorium reactors are like the solid-state batteries of nuclear power: vastly superior, yet forever on the horizon. But now, a Danish company is ...

By Heather HunspergerJune 10, 20250

Renewable Energy

How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind

Every crashing wave delivers a pulse of power. Add them all up, and the ocean carries more energy than the roughly 30,000 TWh ...

By Heather HunspergerMay 6, 20250

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Sustainable Tech

Why Ice Might Be the Future of Heating

Heat from ice? It sounds like a joke—or maybe a paradox. But what if the future of warm, cozy homes lies in freezing ...

By Vincent M.March 18, 20250

Tag: Energy Efficiency

Why Waiting for Perovskite Solar Isn’t Worth It (Solar 3.0)

The Solar Underdog That Could Rival Perovskite

Why Coastal Cities Are Betting on Osmotic Power

How Two Overhyped Materials Could Change Solar Forever

How Hydrogel Can Double Solar Panel Lifespan

How This Bifacial Solar Panel Reaches 91% Efficiency

How Subways Are Powering Cities

Why Thorium is About to Change the World

How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind

Why Ice Might Be the Future of Heating

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