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July 12, 2016Integrated Energy Systems Office
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July 11, 2016By adopting solar friendly practices, like streamlining the permitting process and providing online resources for local solar development, communities position themselves for greater solar investment opportunities. A new SunShot funded program called S...Integrated Energy Systems Office
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July 5, 2016Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a possible secret to dramatically boosting the efficiency of perovskite solar cells hidden in the nanoscale peaks and valleys of the cryst...Office of Technology Commercialization
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June 29, 2016EERE Success Story—Solar Receiver Redesign Enables CSP to Beam AheadSuccess Stories
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June 28, 2016The utility sector is going through a rapid transformation as more renewables come online and more Americans choose to go solar. Adding large quantities of distributed energy onto the grid requires the workforce to acquire new knowledge and skills, whi...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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June 23, 2016When President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Modi met earlier this month, they pledged to show global leadership in the fight against climate change and reaffirmed their commitment to collaboratively support India’s ambitious goal to deploy 175 gig...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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June 16, 2016Dormitory mini fridges, dishwashers in dining halls, and campus computer labs are just a few of the things that can create large utility bills for colleges and universities across the country. The SunShot Initiative is working to make it easier for col...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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June 9, 2016To understand the important interfaces in a solar cell connected to a water-splitting catalyst, researchers from Missouri University of ScienceBasic Energy Sciences
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June 9, 2016When sunlight is absorbed in a solar cell, negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes are created which in turn drive electricalBasic Energy Sciences
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BulletinJune 8, 2016In this simplified architecture, sunlight passes through the top layer (metal oxide) and creates electron-hole pairs in the silicon. The holes areBasic Energy Sciences